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Kagiso Rabada leads a beardown South Africa gait onslaught for the T20 World Cup successful February.
Rabada returned to competitory cricket connected New Year’s Eve successful the SA20 with figures of 2-48 for MI Cape Town aft being sidelined for astir 10 weeks owed to a rib injury.
Anrich Nortje, Corbin Bosch, Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen and Kwena Maphaka were the different gait options picked successful the squad connected Friday.
Batters Dewald Brevis, Tony de Zorzi and Jason Smith, allrounders George Linde and Donovan Ferreira and accelerated bowlers Bosch and Maphaka volition diagnostic successful their archetypal World Cup.
Quinton de Kock, who precocious reversed his retirement, was retained and among the 7 Proteas players who mislaid the 2024 last to India successful Barbados.
Notable players to miss retired included Reeza Hendricks, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs and Tabrazi Shamsi.
“We person had to marque immoderate large calls but we consciousness this radical is the strongest and has each accidental of succeeding successful India and Sri Lanka,” enactment convener Patrick Moroney said successful a statement. “We person assembled a world-class squad with immoderate of the finest and astir experienced players successful the game, unneurotic with immoderate of the champion T20 youngsters coming through.”
South Africa volition beryllium led by Aiden Markram, who is expected to unfastened the innings with de Kock.
With the subcontinent pitches besides expected to suit spinners, South Africa has gone with 2 experienced left-armers successful Keshav Maharaj and George Linde. Markram and Ferreira were part-time rotation options.
South Africa volition big the West Indies for 3 T20s earlier its archetypal T20 World Cup crippled against Canada successful India connected Feb. 9. Afghanistan, New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates are besides successful the Proteas' group.
