Cricket South Africa has announced a 15-strong squad for the T20 World Cup 2024 in the Caribbean and the USA. Aiden Markram will continue to lead the side with pacer Anrich Nortje returning to the national team after 9 months. Two uncapped stars have been picked while Lungi Ngidi has missed out.
Jake Fraser-McGurk is set to feature in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the first time. Meanwhile, Lungi Ngidi, South Africa pacer, has been ruled out of the upcoming season. Ngidi is the latest addition to the long list of injured/unavailable for this season.
23 wickets fell on Day 1 of the series decider between India and South Africa, only the second time in Test cricket history and for the first time on the opening day as the batters from both teams struggled in Cape Town. India are marginally ahead and will look to wrap the game up on the second day.
South African head coach Shukri Conrad confirmed Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi's return to the nets on Saturday ahead of the Boxing Day Test match against India and also highlighted India's poor record in Rainbow Nation.
South Africa and India are currently facing each other in the three-match T20I series and will then face in three ODIs as well. The two teams are scheduled to lock horns in the two-match Test series starting from December 26 which is also the part of World Test Championship.
Lungi Ngidi suffered a left lateral ankle spray on Friday and has been ruled out of the T20I series against India starting on December 10. Western Province's pacer Beuran Hendricks has been named as a replacement and will join the team ahead of the first game in Durban.
"Having someone of Dhoni's calibre put his trust in me to win him games when I was 22 was massive for me," said Ngidi.
Elgar was caught plumb by spinner R Ashwin in front of the stumps and umpire Marais Erasmus raised his finger.
Ngidi's 41st over the double strike in successive balls pulled things back a bit for South Africa.
Ngidi is a part of the South Africa Test squad announced for the three-match series against Virat Kohli's men, starting December 26.
The South African pacer bowls nine deliveries in the 20th over, including three no balls, to conceded whopping 30 runs by Royals’ England star Jofra Archer.
The South African trio became the latest arrivals among overseas cricketers who are taking part in the upcoming edition of the cash-rich league.
Former South African batsman Hashim Amla has come in support of the 'Black Lives Matter' movement, and thanked Lungi Ngidi for standing up for the cause.
Ngidi had said that South African players should take a stand on the BLM movement, especially considering the history of segregation in the country.
The 24-year-old pacer had said that the racism issue is "something that we need to take very seriously and like the rest of the world is doing, make the stand."
Lungi Ngidi has recently made it clear that he will be supporting the movement, just like the West Indies and England cricketers, who are wearing the BLM logo on the collar of their shirts in the ongoing Test series and have also paid the 'One Knee' tribute.
De Kock and Ngidi have both been nominated in the following three categories: SA Men's Cricketer of the Year, ODI Cricketer of the Year and T20 Cricketer of the Year. In addition, the wicketkeeper-batsman has been nominated in Test Cricketer of the Year category.
Janneman Malan scored 129 while Lungi Ngidi grabbed a career-best of 6/58 as South Africa beat Australia by 6 wickets in the second ODI.
Opener David Warner was unbeaten on 67 off 56 balls at the end of the chase but Australia were 146/6 in reply to South Africa's 158/4. Ngidi gave South Africa the breakthrough by dismissing Australian captain Aaron Finch in the fifth over.
Chasing 178, England fell short by just one run as they could manage 176/9 in their stipulated quota of 20 overs at the Buffalo Park on Wednesday evening.
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