Cricket South Africa has announced their 15 man squad for the T20 World Cup 2024. Aiden Markram will lead South Africa's team for the first time in an ICC event after being named the T20I skipper. The tournament will be played in the United States and West Indies from June 1 to 29. South Africa have been drawn in Group D of the 20-team tournament. They will begin their T20 World Cup campaign on 3 June, against Sri Lanka in New York.

Fast Bowler Anrich Nortje has been called in the team. Nortje’s raw pace and proven quality earned him a place in South Africa's squad for the T20 World Cup, head coach Rob Walter said when he announced a 15-man squad on Tuesday.

Nortje, 30, has not played an international match since suffering a back injury during a one-day series against Australia in September 2023 and has struggled for form in the current Indian Premier League.But Walter said he backed the quality of the player who was South Africa's leading bowler at the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia.

"He has another month before the World Cup and I have no doubt he will hit his straps," said Walter. "It's good to see that his speed is up. The one thing that Anrich has that separates him from others is raw pace, not many guys can bowl at 150 (kilometres an hour)."

The pace battery will be led by Kagiso Rabada and Nortje with the support of Marco Jansen and Gerald Coetzee while Bjorn Fortuin, Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi will be the frontline spinners.

Their first three matches, against Sri Lanka, Netherlands and Bangladesh, will be at the custom- built Nassau County International Stadium near New York.

Their final group match against Nepal will be in Saint Vincent in the West Indies. The match between South Africa and Sri Lanka on June 3 will be the first to be played at the new stadium, which will feature a drop-in pitch imported from Adelaide, Australia.

South Africa have played in all eight previous T20 World Cups but have only advanced from the group stages twice. They reached the semi-finals in 2009 and 2014.

Quinton de Kock and David Miller will be playing in their fifth T20 World Cups, while fast bowler Kagiso Rabada will make his fourth appearance.

South Africa's squad includes two players uncapped at T20 international level, wicketkeeper- batsman Ryan Rickelton and fast bowler Ottniel Baartman.

South Africa Squad

Aiden Markram (capt), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock (wkt), Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton (wkt), Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs
Travelling reserves: Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi

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