JOHANNESBURG (South Africa): skipper of South Africa Quinton de Kock on sunday he said to graze Kagiso rabada he was not included in the squad for the second test against Sri Lanka as management wants to keep him fit for the next series against Australia.
Rabada was included in the Proteas squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka, but in the end, he was not selected in the XI game.
“There is not much deliberation on bringing KG back to the team. We want to keep him fit for the Australia Series. We just want to keep going with the momentum and that’s all we talked about, “de Kock said during the launch before the second test.
When asked about the test captaincy, de Kock replied: “I haven’t thought about the captaincy. Everything is going well, hopefully we can do it two out of two. We just want to get another win and start 2021 on a good note. Very behind in the Trial Championship. We don’t mind, either way, it’s not too stressful for a pitch. ”
Rabada had missed the first test against Sri Lanka by a right adductor muscle strain injury.
In the second test, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to hit first.
South Africa had beaten Sri Lanka by one inning and 45 runs in the opening round of the two-game series. Proteas are currently in the sixth position of the World Trials Championship (WTC) positions.
South Africa playing with XI: Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis, Quinton de Kock (w / c), Temba Bavuma, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Lutho Sipamla, Lungi Ngidi.
Sri Lanka playing XI: Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Kusal Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Minod Bhanuka, Niroshan Dickwella (w), Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Vishwa Fernando, Dushmantha Chameera, Asitha Fernando.
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