Tristan Stubbs earns maiden call-up as SA announces T20I squad

After being named in the team to play five T20Is in India in June, Tristan Stubbs, the second-highest run-scorer in South Africa’s domestic T20 competition, has received his first call-up to the national side.

Stubbs will be part of a full-strength South African squad that includes all of the players that missed the Bangladesh Test due to the IPL.

Anrich Nortje, who hasn’t played for South Africa since the T20 World Cup in November, is back in the squad after regaining fitness in the IPL.

“This is the Proteas like we have not seen them in a long time,” Victor Mpitsang, South Africa’s selection convener said.

“The injection of the IPL players means that we will have a team that’s ready to fire on all cylinders immediately and has vast experience of the conditions that we will be playing in. The country can also join us in a collective sigh of relief at the return of Anrich Nortje, who has been working hard to recover from a frustrating injury. The National Selection Panel and I are really excited to watch our full-strength Proteas take on the world’s number one T20 team.”

After Cricket South Africa dismissed disciplinary allegations against him last week, Mark Boucher reaffirmed his commitment to lead the team until the end of the 2023 World Cup, as stated in his contract.

Squad: Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Marco Jansen

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