Tristan Stubbs rewarded as South Africa announce squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2022

Cricket South Africa have named their 15- men Squad for the upcoming T20I World Cup which is to be held in Australia and is scheduled to start in October. 3 reserve players are also named to travel with the squad. Temba Bavuma made his comeback and will lead the side after recovering from his left elbow injury which he sustained in June earlier this year. He will lead the Proteas for a second consecutive time in this edition of the ICC World T20I World Cup. South Africa play their first game on October 24. They will also tour India for a three match T20I and ODI series starting 28 September. 

The talking point has been the inclusion of Tristan Stubbs who had a great series against England recently. He has earned his maiden world cup call-up. Other notable additions include the experienced duo of Wayne Parnell and Rilee Rossouw. The reserve players named are Andile Phelukwayo, Marco Jansen and Bjorn Fortuin. 

The key miss has been experienced batter Rassie Van Der Dussen. He was ruled out of the T20 World Cup as he suffered a left index finger fracture in the Second test against England. With a month and a half required to recover he wouldn’t be unavailable until the T20I World Cup.

“All 18 players are available to play in the T20I series against India from 28 September 04 October, while a 15-strong player squad has been named for the proceeding three-match 50-over series," clarified Cricket South Africa in a statement.

Squad for T20 World Cup and T20Is versus India: Temba Bavuma (C), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Tristan Stubbs, Rilee Rossouw, Heinrich Klassen, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, 

ODI Squad for India Tour: Temba Bavuma (C), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Janneman Malan Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Wayne Parnell, Tabraiz Shamsi.