CSA announces Test, ODI and T20I squads for South Africa’s tour to Bangladesh

CSA announces Test, ODI and T20I squads for South Africa’s tour to Bangladesh: Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced the South African squad of the teams for upcoming Test, ODI and T20I series against Bangladesh. The Proteas are set to visit Bangladesh for, 2 T20Is, 3 ODIs and 2 Test match series in July this year. The series is set to commence with the T20I from 5th July, followed by the ODI series from 10th of July and finally the Test matches starting from 21st of July 2015.

The T20 squad was announced with just one uncapped player among the 14 names announced. Senior bowlers like Steyn, Morkel and Tahir have been rested for the twenty twenty matches.

The 15-man ODI squad is filled with the usual names and is almost the same set-up that was selected for the 2015 CWC in Australia & New Zealand. Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander are the two players who have been rested for the ODIs. Rest of the team looks same as the ones that featured in the CWC 2015.

The Test squad has 4 uncapped players. AB de Villiers will be on a paternity leave during the Test series and will miss a Test match for the first time since he made his Test debut in 2004.

Faf du Plessis will lead the T20 team, AB de Villiers the ODI team and Hashim Amla will captain the Test team for the Proteas.

South African squad for the T20I series against Bangladesh:

Faf du Plessis (c), Quinton de Kock, Rilee Rossouw, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, David Miller, David Wiese, Chris Morris, Kyle Abbott, Kagiso Rabada, Aaron Phangiso, Eddie Leie (uncapped), Wayne Parnell, Beuran Hendricks.

South African squad for the ODI series against Bangladesh:

AB de Villiers (c), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, Rilee Roussouw, JP Duminy, David Miller, Farhaan Behardein, Chris Morris, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir, Kagiso Rabada, Kyle Abbott, Aaron Phangiso, Wayne Parnell, Ryan McLaren.

South African squad for the Test series against Bangladesh:

Hashim Amla (c), Dean Elgar, Reeza Hendricks (uncapped), Faf du Plessis, Stiaan van Zyl, JP Duminy, Quinton de Kock, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Aaron Phangiso (uncapped), Simon Harmer, Temba Bavuma, Kagiso Rabada (uncapped), Dane Vilas (uncapped)