South Africa T20 International Cup 2024 squad - Anrich Nortje returns in Aiden Markram-led squad

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Anrich Nortje will make a world comeback after a nine-month absence on the 2024 T20 International Cup. Nortje, who has been in motion on the IPL, has been named in South Africa’s 15-player squad that might be led through Aiden Markram. Opening batter Ryan Rickelton and seamer Ottniel Baartman – each standout performers at this 12 months’s SA20 – have additionally earned call-ups and are set to earn their first T20I caps.

Rickelton used to be the main run-scorer within the SA20 and the second-highest run-scorer on the just lately finished CSA T20 Problem and can most likely spouse Quinton de Kock on the most sensible of the order. The T20 International Cup may be de Kock’s closing world look after he retired from ODI cricket closing 12 months. Baartman used to be the main bowling on the SA20 till he used to be leapfrogged within the wicket-charts through his Sunrisers Jap Cape team-mate Marco Jansen. He has been with the Delhi Capitals on the IPL however has now not but performed a sport.

South Africa have opted for 4 frontline seamers in Nortje, Baartman Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee, with Lungi Ngidi and Nandre Burger as touring reserves, and 3 spinners. Left-arm spinners Keshav Maharaj and Bjorn Fortuin are each a part of the squad, along side wristspinner Tabraiz Shamsi. That left room for just one allrounder: Jansen, with Andile Phehlukwayo and Wiaan Mulder each lacking out.

Their batting will come with a powerful center order of Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller and Tristan Stubbs and no batters a few of the reserves. Faf du Plessis, who used to be in line for a world comeback, has now not been named whilst Rassie van der Dussen and Matthew Breetzke – the main run-scorer within the CSA T20 Problem and third-highest within the SA20 – have each been overpassed. Van der Dussen and Breetkze will shuttle with a second-string South African aspect to play West Indies in 3 T20Is that precede the International Cup, despite the fact that that squad may just trade in line with participant availability from the IPL.

The opposite absentees from South Africa’s closing T20 International Cup squad, in 2022, are former captain Temba Bavuma, Rilee Rossouw and Wayne Parnell.

South Africa T20 International Cup squad: Aiden Markram (capt), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs.
Travelling reserves: Nandre Burger and Lungi Ngidi

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