(Reuters) – Opening batsman Aiden Markram and all-rounder Wiaan Mulder will return to the South Africa One-Day International squad for the first time in two years ahead of a three-match home series against Pakistan next month.
Markram has not played since the England World Cup after failing to transfer his test form to the 50-over format, while Mulder won the last of his 10 caps in the home series against Sri Lanka in March 2019.
Uncapped sailor Lizaad Williams and burley rounder Sisanda Magala are also included in the extended 22-man squad, which will be Temba Bavuma’s first time captain. The games will be played from April 2-7, followed by the four-match Twenty20 International series, although Cricket South Africa has confirmed that players contracted to the sides of the Indian Premier League will be released for beginning April 9 of the competition.
That disregards Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi, while there is no place in the ODI or T20 squads for the most expensive foreign player in IPL history, Chris Morris, who was bought by the Rajasthan Royals for $ 2.25 – million.
“The ODI squad prides itself on the caliber of talent we have in South African cricket and I’m very excited to see how they go about the series. We have enough experience within that squad to provide a good challenge for Pakistan, ”said selectmen convener Victor Mpitsang in a press release from Cricket South Africa.
“The T20 squad is also a good indication of our depth as a cricketing nation with the loss of some of the senior players to the IPL.”
ODI squad: Temba Bavuma (captain), Quinton de Kock, Beuran Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Janneman Malan, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Jon-Jon Smuts , Rassie van der Dussen, Junior Dala, Lutho Sipamla, Wiaan Mulder, Sisanda Magala, Kyle Verreynne, Daryn Dupavillon, Lizaad Williams
Twenty20 squad: Temba Bavuma (captain), Bjorn Fortuin, Beuran Hendricks, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, George Linde, Rassie van der Dussen, Janneman Malan, Sisanda Magala, Dwaine Pretorius, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lutho Sipamla, Kyle Verreynne. , Migael Pretorius, Lizaad Williams, and Wihan Lubbe.