Injured Bavuma ruled out of England tour
Proteas white ball captain Temba Bavuma has been ruled out of the team’s entire tour to the UK due to an elbow injury.
Bavuma, who hurt his elbow during the recent T20 series in India, is set to be on the sidelines for at least eight weeks.
The Proteas will play three ODIs, T20 international and Test series respectively against hosts, England, as well as two T20Is against Ireland.
Dolphins teammates Keshav Maharaj and David Miller, will take over the reins and lead the ODI and T20 teams respectively.
In Bavuma’s absence, 21-year-old, Gerald Coetzee has received his maiden Proteas call-up for the T20I series, and 32-year-old Rilee Rossouw included in that squad for the first time since the 2016 T20 World Cup in India.
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Kagiso Rabada will be rested for the ODI series as part of his workload management.
“The T20 format is a high priority for us at the moment because of ICC T20 World Cup coming up in a few short months in Australia,” said CSA convenor of selectors Victor Mpitsang.
“We are looking to give opportunities to players that we are interested in seeing and working out the best combinations, while also trying to balance our desire to maintain enough consistency within the set up that the players are used to playing together as a team by the time they reach Australia for the World Cup.”
