The 36-year-old calls it quits with 86 international appearances for the West Indies, with more than half of those coming in the Test arena where he made a name for himself as a fearsome fast bowler.
Steady rain restricted play to just the final session on the fourth day.
The West Indies are one of the economically poorer members of the Test-match elite.
Bavuma was not involved in the T20 World Cup in which South Africa were beaten finalists.
With the two teams opening their Super Eights journey on the losing side, the Kensington Oval is poised to stage a spectacle.
West Indies have had quite an edge over their upcoming rivals in the T20 International format.
Jason Holder is one of a number of useful pace-bowling options in the travelling party, with vice-captain Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales and the breakout star Shamar Joseph also included.
The men in maroon have been the first team to win two T20 World Cups.
"What we've been able to do throughout the last year as a T20 group, the players we've exposed, has brought us to this moment," said Sammy. "And I think we're about to knock it out of this world."
West Indies Cricket board decide to change its name as part of a comprehensive re-branding program that sees all representative teams recognized as the WINDIES.
West Indies on Friday called up uncapped fast bowler Ronsford Beaton into their 13-man squad to face Afghanistan in a three-match Twenty20 series next month.
Yasir Shah’s stranglehold of the West Indies continues on the fourth day of the second Test at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Wednesday as the leg-spinner snares six for 90 to re-open the prospect of a first-ever Test match victory at the venue for Pakistan going into the final day.
West Indies lost two more wickets as they worked themselves into the lead at 112 for three at lunch on the fourth day of the second Test against Pakistan at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Wednesday.
Less than a year since retiring from Test cricket, Jerome Taylor made himself available for selection in the five-day format, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced on Wednesday (April 12).
Batting great Viv Richards has slammed "arrogant" Caribbean administrators for thinking they are as important as players and has laid the blame for the decline of West Indies cricket firmly at their door.
The annual ICC rankings update sees Bangladesh's Test team close the gap with eighth-placed West Indies from 29 points to just eight points.
After more than two decades and 164 Test matches, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, one of West Indies' finest batsmen, retires.