For Bavuma, the next opportunity may come at a home ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, which South Africa will co-host alongside Zimbabwe and Namibia in 2027.
He believes the momentum of the WTC victory can be carried into the white-ball formats as well.
“I think it’ll be massive. I mean, that tournament, we’re definitely setting our sights on doing special things in that tournament,” Bavuma noted.
“There is still a way to go until then. Shukri (Conrad) obviously comes in now as the white-ball coach, so we’ll see what plans that he has, who his personnel will be. But yeah, hopefully this is the start of those trophies for the team.”
Before the ODI World Cup, South Africa will feature in the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
Under the captaincy of Aiden Markram, they will look to go one step further than they did in 2024, where they finished as close runners-up to India.
“Before then, the guys go to train and stuff, so Aiden and his boys, we’ll be supporting them to follow suit,” Bavuma said.
“But that 2027, a lot of us, we want to be there. We need to be fit to be there first. But I’ll definitely be putting up my hand to be a part of that group.”
