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South African ODI Squad For SL Tour Announced
By CricShots - Jun 18, 2018 4:15 pm
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The South African team is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka for a full tour comprising of a practice match as well and the tour will commence in July and will continue till the mid of August. The tour will start with a two-day practice match followed by the international matches. The Test team has already been declared earlier with the likes of Dale Steyn making their comeback.

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South African cricket team

Recently, Cricket South Africa has also announced the ODI squad as well for the 5-match series starting from July 29 with Dambulla, Palekelle, and Colombo, being the venues for the encounters. The veteran Faf du Plessis has been given the captaincy job while Hashim Amla and JP Duminy are the most experienced batsmen in the lineup.

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As per Cricbuzz, they also have Quinton de Kock as the sole wicket-keeper. David Miller hasn’t been in the greatest of forms for the Proteas and he would want to make some changes to it. Aiden Markram has grown leaps and bounds ever since he made his debut and he will be expected to cut loose under testing conditions. The bowling lineup also looks a formidable one.

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JP Duminy will be the South African skipper in the T20I series

Kagiso Rabada, Lungisani Ngidi are the spearheads in the fast-bowling department. The spin department will be handled by left-arm wrist spinner Tabraiz Shamsi and left-arm orthodox tweaker Keshav Maharaj to shoulder the spin bowling armory. Andile Phehlukwayo’s all-around abilities also need to come to the fore.

Wiaan Mulder played an ODI last year and will be hoping to get a game. Heinrich Klaasen has had a memorable India series and needs to bring his power hitting skills to the front. Junior Dala and Reeza Hendricks are the ones who are yet to play a 50-over match for South Africa.

Here’s the full squad:

Faf du Plessis (c), Hashim Amla, Junior Dala, Quinton de Kock, JP Duminy, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungisani Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi