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Captaincy is one of the main aspects that leads and guides the right direction of the team. Many of the players made their team proud and contributed well in taking multiple victories and trophies. One of the famous international teams in
South Africa had some captains who made their team successful.
They contributed well enough during their career, where South Africa has made many achievements in
but still struggled to win the ICC world cup. Moreover, here are some captains who did well as team captains.
Graeme Smith is one the most successful captains in the history of
, who made his team achieve 53 tests and 92 ODI wins. He is a former batsman who made an excellent contribution to his team. He made a record of being a captain for more than a decade, contributed 9265 test format runs, and 6989 in ODI cricket.
Graeme started his career with the test format, where his debut match was against
Australia on 08 march 2002. As per the
cricket news, he got his name recognition in the 2003
England tour, where he performed well in the match by making a double hundred and the highest record of 259 runs. Moreover, he finished the series with a total of 714 runs.
Shaun pollock is one of the famous captains that comes second on the list. He is a fast bowler who made good contributions to the team with his bowling and captaincy. He captained South Africa for 26 matches, out of which 14 they won. Moreover, they played 97 matches on the ODI platform, out of which 60 they won. In total, he made 74 victories for his team as a captain.
His bowling stats were great, as he took 421 wickets in the test format and 393 in the ODI with a bowling average of 23.12. As per the
sports news cricket, he started his career with the test format where his debut match was against England on 16 November 1995.
Faf Du Plessis is a star player of South Africa who is known as one of the most successful batters. He comes third on the list, where he captained his team for 36 test matches and took 18 victories. Similarly, they played 39 ODI matches, out of which 28 they won under his guidance.
Faf started his career with the ODI platform, where his debut match was against
India on 18 January 2011. Moreover, he made 5507 runs in ODI cricket and 4163 in his test cricket career. Currently, he is also a part of the
Indian premier league, doing captaincy in the franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore.
AB De Villiers needs no introduction as he is already a famous player known as MR. 360 in the
. He comes fourth on the list, where his team won 59 ODI matches under his captaincy. He is a superstar player of South Africa who made 9577 runs in his ODI career and 8765 in test cricket.
According to the
top cricket news, he started his career in test format, where his debut match was against England on 17 December 2004. Moreover, his constant dedication and contribution as a batsman & captain make his team proud.
Hansie Cronje comes in at fifth on the list, where he was the captain of South Africa who made his team 27 times winners in 53 test matches. He started his career with the ODI platform, where his debut match was against
Australia on 26 February 1992.
He made a total of 5565 runs in ODI cricket and 3714 in test cricket. As per the
cricket breaking news, his career was not that long as he was involved in game-fixing.
So, this is complete information about the top five captains of the international team in South Africa. You get updates about these captains' achievements, contributions, and performance. Moreover, they created and broke multiple records in the history of world cricket.
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