South Africa rest Aiden Markram, David Miller among other T20 World Cup-bound players for West Indies tour

South Africa have named a 15-member squad for their forthcoming three-match T20I tour of the West Indies. Rassie van der Dussen has been named the captain of the crew within the absence of Aiden Markram.

Numerous T20 World Cup-bound players haven’t been included within the squad to handle their workload after a busy IPL (Indian Premier League) season. 

Skipper Markram, David Miller, Kagiso Rabada, Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj and Marco Jansen are the players who’re part of South Africa’s squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup however will not journey to the  Caribbean for the bilateral sequence towards the Windies.

Gerald Coetzee (Mumbai Indians), Quinton de Kock (Lucknow Super Giants) and Anrich Nortje (Delhi Capitals) are the one three players who’ve been named for the tour regardless of collaborating within the seventeenth version of the IPL for their respective franchises.

The tour will probably be alternative for players like Ryan Rickelton and Matthew Breetzke among others to impress the selectors with their performances. Ryan Rickleton completed the second season of the SA20 because the main run-getter.

Rickleton, 27, aggregated 530 runs in 10 video games at an astounding strike charge of 173.77. He was pretty constant together with his scores as properly and averaged 58.88 with the willow in hand. On the other hand, Breetzke was the third-highest run-scorer within the premier T20 match with 416 runs in 13 video games.

Even Rassie who hasn’t been named within the provisional squad for the World Cup, has the prospect to stamp his authority on the tour and make a robust case for himself for the T20 World Cup. Notably, each collaborating nation could make modifications to their provisional squad till May 25 after which the modifications would require the approval of the ICC Event Technical Committee.

South Africa’s tour of West Indies schedule

South Africa’s squad for the West Indies tour:

Rassie van der Dussen, Ottniel Baartman, Matthew Breetzke, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Patrick Kruger, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Nqaba Peter, Ryan Rickelton, Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock and Anrich Nortje