Sisanda Magala Injury: Before the start of the ODI World Cup, the trend of injured players being out of this mega event continues. The South African team has suffered a double blow before the World Cup. After the exclusion of fast bowler Enrique Norkhia, now the second blow has been dealt in the form of Sisanda Magala who has been out of the World Cup team due to a knee injury.
Enrique Norkhia suffered a back problem while bowling during the second match of the home ODI series against Australia. In this match, he returned to the dressing room after bowling 5 overs. The African team was confident that he would be fit before the World Cup but he is now out due to a back problem. According to RevSports, Sisanda will also not be able to participate due to a knee injury.
Sisanda Magala has so far played 8 ODI matches for the South African team and in this he has taken 14 wickets at an average of 25.4. Now the African team has time till September 28 to announce the names of replacements for these two players.
South Africa will play its first match against Sri Lanka on October 7.
If we look at the schedule of the South African team in the ODI World Cup, they have to play their first match against the Sri Lankan team on 7th October in Delhi. Before this, the team will also get a chance to play 2 practice matches, one on 29th October with the Afghanistan team and the other on 2nd October with the New Zealand team.
look here one day world cup South Africa team for 2023,
Temba Bavuma (captain), Rassie van der Dussen, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi.
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