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Lungi Ngidi ruled out of India Series

Proteas fast bowler Lungi Ngidi sustained a left lateral ankle sprain and won;t take any part in the T20I series.

09-12-23 10:05
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Lungi Ngidi. Photo: Team SA / © Agence France-Presse

When the Proteas play India in a three-match T20I series starting on Sunday, they will be missing one of their key seamers after Lungi Ngidi was ruled out through injury.

The 27-year-old fast bowler sustained a left lateral ankle sprain and won;t take any part in the T20I series.

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LUNGI NGIDI RULED OUT OF INDIA SERIES

He had only been scheduled to be available for the first two matches of the series along with Gerald Coetzee and Marco Jansen.

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Ngidi, who last played in the league stage of the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, sustained the knock in training.

He will undergo rehabilitation under the guidance of the Proteas medical staff after being dismissed from the T20I squad.

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Before a decision is made on his participation, he will be evaluated ahead of the Test series against India later this month. 

Beuran Hendricks has taken Ngidi’s spot in the T20I squad. If the left-arm seamer attains the playing XI, it will be his first international match in two years.

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REVISED SQUAD

South Africa T20I squad: Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Matthew Breetzke, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee (1st and 2ndT20Is), Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen (1st and 2nd T20Is), Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Beuran Hendricks, Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, and Lizaad Williams.

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Schedule

Sunday, 10 December – 1st T20I, Durban 

Tuesday, 12 December – 2nd T20I, Gqeberha 

Thursday, 14 December – 3rd T20I, Johannesburg  

Sunday, 17 December – 1st ODI, Johannesburg  

Tuesday, 19 December – 2nd ODI, Gqeberha 

Thursday, 21 December – 3rd ODI, Paarl 

26 December – 30 December – 1st Test, Centurion 

03 January – 07 January – 2nd Test, Cape Town