Cape Town
\nSouth Africa have selected wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock, fast bowler Anrich Nortje and all-rounder Jason Smith in their squad for the T20 World Cup to be staged in India and Sri Lanka starting next month, but there is no place for Tristan Stubbs.
\nAiden Markram will captain the side, which contains only two frontline spinners in George Linde and Keshav Maharaj, and will rely greatly on pace.
\nKagiso Rabada has been included despite missing the last few months with injury, only returning to action in the last week.
\nAlong with Nortje, he forms part of a pace line-up that also includes Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Kwena Maphaka and Lungi Ngidi.
\nDe Kock will likely open the batting after stepping out of retirement late last year, with powerful hitters David Miller, Dewald Brevis and Donovan Ferreira included.
\nBut Stubbs has been left out after a run of indifferent form, while Ryan Rickelton is also dropped.
\n\u201cWe are returning to the subcontinent, where we recently competed against hosts India,\u201d coach Shukri Conrad said.
\n\u201cMany of the players selected for the World Cup squad were on that trip and experienced first-hand the pitches that we will likely encounter and that will stand them in good stead once we get to India.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe experience we gained playing in those conditions will undoubtedly benefit us as we head into this tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n
South Africa are drawn in Group D alongside Afghanistan, Canada, New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates, and will begin their campaign on February 9 against Canada in Ahmedabad.
\nSouth Africa squad:
\nAiden Markram (captain), Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Quinton de Kock, Tony de Zorzi, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada and Jason Smith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cape Town South Africa have selected wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock, fast bowler Anrich Nortje and all-rounder Jason Smith in their squad for the T20 World Cup to be staged in India and Sri Lanka starting next month, but there is no place for Tristan Stubbs. Aiden Markram will captain the side, which contains only two […]<\/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":["post-523541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n