Johannesburg, South Africa
\nSouth African batter Aiden Markram is quite sure of his place in the Protease\u2019 squad for upcoming T20I World Cup in Australia.
\nMarkram, currently placed at number three spot in ICC T20I batting rankings, averages 42.60 in T20Is, strikes at 146.55 and contributes with part time offspin.
\n\u201cThe communication has been really good from coach, management team and captain. It makes it easier to understand why they are doing it (rotating players). Building up to World Cups you want to pick your best squad and it\u2019s important to give guys fair opportunities before you select the team,\u201d Markram said ahead of South Africa\u2019s two-match T20I series against Ireland, which starts on Wednesday in Bristol.
\n\u201cRilee, Tristan and Reeza are exciting for us as a team and creates some good competition for us as a squad. For me, it\u2019s just about playing the situation. If they get us off to a flier, it\u2019s about coming in and matching their intensity. And if not, it\u2019s for me to up the intensity,\u201d he was quoted as saying by espnCricinfo website Tuesday.
\nMarkram has been included in the squad, after missing the series against Bangladesh because of the IPL and following a particularly poor run.
\nBefore that, Markram had gone 13 Test innings with only one half-century and an average of 16.38. He has since been replaced by Sarel Erwee as Dean Elgar\u2019s opening partner, and does not think he will find his way back into the XI anytime soon.
\n\u201cI am not even expecting to play to be honest,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you look at the makeup of the top three, they\u2019ve done really well over the past few series. I\u2019m over the moon for the three of them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Johannesburg, South Africa South African batter Aiden Markram is quite sure of his place in the Protease\u2019 squad for upcoming T20I World Cup in Australia. Markram, currently placed at number three spot in ICC T20I batting rankings, averages 42.60 in T20Is, strikes at 146.55 and contributes with part time offspin. \u201cThe communication has been really […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-275283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n