, on Wednesday, announced the replacement of Dwaine Pretorius for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022, scheduled to start on October 16 in Australia. Notably, Pretorius was ruled out of the global showpiece event after he had…){kind=link}
Cricket South Africa (CSA), on Wednesday, introduced the replacement of Dwaine Pretorius for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022, scheduled to begin on October 16 in Australia. Notably, Pretorius was dominated out of the worldwide showpiece occasion after he had fractured his left thumb in the third T20I in opposition to India.
Left-arm pacer Marco Jansen has now been known as as much as exchange injured Pretorius in South Africa’s 15-member squad for T20 World Cup. In place of Jansen, who was initially a part of the travelling reserves, quick bowler Lizaad Williams has been included. Jansen had just lately changed Pretorius for the ODI collection in opposition to India the place they misplaced to hosts 2-1.
Earlier this 12 months in June, Jansen made his T20I debut for the Proteas tour of India. He took the wicket of Shreyas Iyer then and conceded 38 runs off his 4 overs. That was the one T20I the left-armer has performed thus far. He has additionally appeared in seven Tests and three ODIs for South Africa.
There isn’t any denial that South Africa will miss Pretorius however with Jansen’s inclusion, their tempo assault will get extra deadly having already a star studded quick bowling unit with the likes of Wayne Parnell, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi.
The rainbow nation will begin their marketing campaign on October 24 in opposition to one of many qualifying sides from the primary spherical.
South Africa squad for T20 World Cup 2022 (Updated):
Temba Bavuma (capt), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs
Reserves: Bjorn Fortuin, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lizaad Williams