South Africa announced their squad for the 20-20 World Cup, Rassie van der Dussen ruled out

With a little over a month left for the start of the 20-20 World Cup 2022, Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced their squad. In a piece of great news for the team, their skipper Temba Bavuma has pretty much recovered from the injury. He missed the ongoing all-format tour of England due to an injury. In a press briefing from Victor Mpitsang, he stated that Bavuma is recovering well and is playing well for the Highveld Lions team in the last week

"Temba has recovered well. He has been playing for the Lions in Namibia over the last week and he is good to go," Victor Mpitsang, CSA's convenor of selectors, said in a press briefing. "Rassie - we are all aware that he broke his finger a week ago. He went for surgery. It will take up to six weeks before he has recovered. Unfortunately, the timing of his injury didn't come at the right time," Mpitsang added.

On the other hand, Rassie van der Dussen, who broke his index finger during the second Test against England, has been ruled out of the showpiece event. He has been replaced by Rilee Rossouw, who is a Kolpak-returnee.

Wayne Parnell gives us different variations: Victor Mpitsang

Another Kolpak-returnee, Wayne Parnell has also made it to the playing squad. On his selection, Mpitsang said that the left-arm pacer gives the team the option of bowling with the new ball and in the death overs.

"Wayne gives us a different variation upfront, and his performances with the new ball and at the death," Mpitsang explained. "The way Pretorius has bowled at the middle and the end has stood out. A guy like Andile had a good run. It's a good back-up to have."

Squad: Temba Bavuma (capt), Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs.

Reserves: Bjorn Fortuin, Marco Jansen and Andile Phehlukwayo