You enter what you thought was an empty lift, and there they are: your ex-partner. The break-up was complicated, but life without them has been better than expected. And now this, an awful, awkward silence even as words loudly bounce around the inside of your head.
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'De Kock will have a point to prove' - Bavuma
De Kock returns to the South African dressing room for the first time since his shock Test retirement. © Getty
But Temba Bavuma gave nothing away, offering only the slightest half-smile when he was asked whether the return of Quinton de Kock to South Africa's dressing room for the ODI series against India had been awkward.
"We obviously miss him as a Test team, but he has made his decision and that's a decision we respect," Bavuma told an online press conference on Tuesday. "Having 'Quinny' again within the team, it's been good. And knowing 'Quinny'... I don't want to put words in his mouth but he will have a point to prove, and I am sure he is as excited as we are to see him in the team."
De Kock shocked his teammates and the cricket world when, at 29, he ended his Test career, citing family reasons most prominently, on December 30 - the same day
