George Linde, who has been the man of the match in the first T20I against Pakistan, shared a hilarious incident of missing the bus while travelling with the South Africa national team. He informed that he was 15 minutes late for the bus, and it had already left when he walked down Thankfully, the police escorts helped him reach the bus. In the post-match conference, he said, "For some reason, my phone was 15 minutes behind. So I had a thought to myself, 'Okay, at 4 o'clock I'm gonna walk down and I am getting to the bus nice and early,' and then as I got out, there is the bus leaving and that feeling was not right. And then, luckily, there were police escorts. And they took me to the bus. And actually no one realized that I am not on the bus, which was quite cool. They obviously thought I was on the bus, and it was embarrassing. But I reckon for the next game that I might just be late again!" The cat is out the bag🫢George Linde may have missed the bus for the match, but he still TURNED UP for the Proteas in a big way, with a “Man of the Match” performance.😃👏🏏Maybe being late is the secret?🤔😏#WozaNawe #BePartOfIt #SAvPAK pic.twitter.com/G7AgZAhHGA — Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) December 11, 2024 Read also: Kwena Maphaka Dismisses Babar Azam for Zero in Dramatic Over George Linde: the main man behind South Africa's win George Linde has made a sound comeback in competitive cricket after three years. South Africa won the toss and had decided to bat. It was just David Miller's 82 off 40 balls and Linde's 48 off 24 balls that took South Africa to 183 runs. Coming to defend against Pakistan, Linde gave 21 runs, taking 4 wickets, having the lowest economy among the rest of the Proteas bowlers. South Africa won the match by 11 runs and is set to play the second T20I on December 13 at Centurion.