Temba Bavuma, the captain of South Africa, has overcome his injury and will lead the side at the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia later this year.
On Tuesday, Cricket South Africa announced the 15-player team and three travelling reserves for the event in October and November. He has fully recovered from a left elbow injury sustained in the T20 series against India in June, the organisation said.
During last week’s second test against England, Rassie van der Dussen broke his left index finger and needed surgery to fix it. Despite an impressive performance in the recent T20 series against England, 22-year-old Tristan Stubbs has not been chosen, while Dewald Brevis is not included, despite signing for this year’s IPL but having yet to play for the national team.
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“It has been quite difficult to select this squad, simply due to the number of players that have been in superb form recently and whose performances have caught the eyes of the Selectors,” said Victor Mpitsang, convenor of the selectors.
“Tristan Stubbs, who wasn’t considered a year ago, has proved incredibly resilient based on his performance to force his way into consideration. His selection should be an inspiration to every young player out there.”
South Africa will face India soon
Later this month, South Africa will play an exhibition T20 series against India. This will be followed by an early-October series of three One Day International matches, for which a squad was also chosen on Tuesday.
ODI squad vs India: Bavuma (captain), De Kock, Hendricks, Klaasen, Maharaj, Janneman Malan, Markram, Miller, Ngidi, Nortje, Parnell, Phehlukwayo, Pretorius, Rabada, Shamsi.
South Africa T20 World Cup squad
Temba Bavuma (captain), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs
Travelling reserves: Bjorn Fortuin, Marco Jansen, Andile Phehlukwayo
