Johannesburg: Former Captain Faf du Plessis, Veteran Leg-Spinner Imran Tahir and All-Rounder Chris Morris was abandoned when South Africa announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Tahir and Du Plessis have retired from other forms of the game to focus on playing at the scheduled showpiece will be held in the UAE from October 17 to November 14.
Toba Bavuma, who has surgery on Sundays and is expected to be fit by.
Mid until the end of October, will lead the young team, which also displays Keshav Maharaj, left arm spinners who have not played T20 International.
In the absence of Bavuma, Maharaj will captain South Africa in the upcoming T20i series in Sri Lanka.
“Kesh is a very good leader,” said Victor Mpitsang, CSA voter convention.
“He has team support and the US as a panel.
He has more than proving his leadership skills in dolphins which were established and reinforced by our good decisions during the ODI series against Sri Lanka which ended on Tuesday.” The exemplary captain is what we believe is the best interest of the team’s stability during the last international series that will be played in front of the World Cup.
“In the Rotate Department, apart from Maharaj, Taborn Shamsi and Bjorn Fortuin will be a specialist bowler in the army.
Quinton de Kock, Aidem Markrich, Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller will form a part of the arrangement of experienced batting, while the Fast-Bowling line-up displays Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje.
“There is no better time than now for us to bring home the trophy, and bring the nation together that way only sports can,” Mpitsang said.
” We hope that South Africans will rally behind this team and cheer them up to the final.
“George Linde, Andile Phehluwayo A ND Lizaad Williams was named after a reserve player.
South Africa has been placed in Group 1 at a showpiece with Australia, England and West Indies.
Troops: Toba Bavuma (C), Keshav Maharaj, Quinton de Kock (WK ), Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, W Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraus Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen.