NEW DELHI: South Africa fast bowler Good luck will be absent from the upcoming three-match home Twenty20 International series against India, commencing on Sunday. He is currently racing against time to regain fitness for the opening Test of the tour scheduled to start on December 26.
The 27-year-old Ngidi is sidelined due to a left lateral ankle sprain. Beuran Hendricks will take Ngidi’s place in the T20I squad. Hendricks, who last played in the T20 format for South Africa against Ireland in July 2021, will step in as a replacement.
The 33-year-old Hendricks will vie for the specialist seamer role in the side with the less experienced Ottniel Baartman, Heard BurgerGerald Coetzee and Lizaad Williams. South Africa have rested premier fast bowler Kagiso Rabada for the series.
India’s tour will start with three T20 matches in Durban, Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) and Johannesburg. They will then switch format for three One Day Internationals between December 17-21, played in the latter two venues and Paarl.
The first Test will start on December 26 in Pretoria, with the second on January 3 at Newlands in Cape Town.
(With Reuters Inputs)
The 27-year-old Ngidi is sidelined due to a left lateral ankle sprain. Beuran Hendricks will take Ngidi’s place in the T20I squad. Hendricks, who last played in the T20 format for South Africa against Ireland in July 2021, will step in as a replacement.
The 33-year-old Hendricks will vie for the specialist seamer role in the side with the less experienced Ottniel Baartman, Heard BurgerGerald Coetzee and Lizaad Williams. South Africa have rested premier fast bowler Kagiso Rabada for the series.
India’s tour will start with three T20 matches in Durban, Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) and Johannesburg. They will then switch format for three One Day Internationals between December 17-21, played in the latter two venues and Paarl.
The first Test will start on December 26 in Pretoria, with the second on January 3 at Newlands in Cape Town.
(With Reuters Inputs)
