It might be curtains for JP Duminy as far as Tests are concerned

South Africa batsman JP Duminy’s Test future looks hugely uncertain after he was sent back home after South Africa’s 340 run win in the second Test against England at Trent Bridge. Duminy had an utterly disappointing campaign in the first two Tests and skipper Faf du Plessis believes the same. According to the skipper, Duminy has to work extremely hard and come a long way to earn his spot back.

With Theunis de Bruyn and Aiden Markram in contention, it can well be curtains on JP Duminy’s Test career. Skipper Faf du Plessis stated that both the young stars being exciting talents now deserves the opportunity to prove themselves at the highest level.

What Faf du Plessis had to say:

“If he wants to … he’s got a long way back,” du Plessis said.  “Thenius de Bruyn will be our next in batsman now and then we’ve got Aiden Markram, who’s a young exciting batsman.” added Du Plessis.

Having said the Faf also pointed out that it is a decision-making time for Duminy. He needs to decide if he wants to earn his spot back into the Test squad or he wants to focus on the shorter versions of the game. Du Plessis added that, considering the quality of a player like Duminy, the way back is not an impossible task.

“(Duminy) will have to decide if he wants to fight his way back into the Test team or if he just wants to focus (on) playing white-ball cricket for South Africa.  “That’s a decision that he would have to make.  “But a player of JP’s quality, if he wanted to come back and put in the performances there’s still a way back for him.” told Du Plessis.

JP Duminy registered mere scores of 15 and 2 in the first Test against England which earned him a lot of criticism. Du Plessis mentioned that Duminy was left out of the team based on his performance and current form.

“JP, as I said when he got let out of the team, it was purely from a performance point of view and he was the first to understand that his performances over the last while haven’t been there,” Du Plessis said.

“And with us having an extra guy in the squad and a youngster in Aiden Markram, it’s just an opportunity for him to learn now and get some valuable information and obviously tap into some of the senior guys in the team and see how we prepare and how we play.  “JP was going to be the next batter after the next batter. So (we) just saw it as a nice opportunity for Aiden to get a huge learning on this tour behind him.” concluded the skipper.