# Cricket: The Proteas’ Test and one-day captain, Temba Bavuma, has been named to TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in Sports list. He is featured alongside global sports icons like soccer players Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and basketball star LeBron James. Bavuma and Indian women’s star Smriti Mandhana are the only two cricketers to make the prestigious list. Time highlights Bavuma’s inspirational leadership in South Africa’s historic victory over Australia in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s, ending the nation’s 27-year major trophy drought.
Cricket: Temba Bavuma named in Time Magazine’s 100 most influential People in Sports