South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has been ruled out of the remaining ODIs against India and the T20s that follow due to a fractured finger. He did damage to the finger – his right index digit – during the first ODI on February 1. He is likely to require three to six weeks’ time to recover, a Cricket South Africa (CSA) statement said.
Batsman Farhaan Behardien has been added to South Africa’s squad as a replacement, while Heinrich Klaasen comes in as a back-up wicketkeeper given AB de Villiers is also sidelined by injury – incidentally, also a finger issue. This is Klaasen’s maiden ODI call-up. No one has been named stand-in captain as yet.
South Africa lost the first ODI in Durban, despite a century from du Plessis. Five more ODIs follow, with three T20s after that. South Africa’s first game against the visiting Australians is set to begin on March 1.
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