Ryan Rickelton and Tristan Stubbs return to the SA squad for WT20, De Zorzi and Ferreira ruled out

Ryan Rickelton and Tristan Stubbs on Thursday replaced the injured duo of Tony de Zorzi and Donovan Ferreira in South Africa’s squad for next month’s T20 World Cup. De Zorzi had suffered a right hamstring muscle tear during South Africa’s tour of India late last year. While Donovan Ferreira sustained a shoulder injury during the SA20. Donovan Ferreira was injured while fielding on the cover boundary for Joburg Super Kings against Pretoria Capitals in SA20.

CSA released a statement to confirm this news. The statement read “De Zorzi has not progressed as expected in his rehabilitation from a right hamstring muscle tear sustained during the One-Day International series against India. Due to his unavailability for the series and the need for continued

rehabilitation, he will miss the T20 World Cup. Ferreira, meanwhile, sustained a fracture of his left clavicle during the SA20 encounter between Joburg Super Kings and Pretoria Capitals on 17 January. Ryan Rickelton and Tristan Stubbs have been named as their replacements in the 15-player squad,”

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While David Miller has also been ruled out of the SA20 knockouts but he is making recovery and they are hopeful he will be available for the WT20. He has been ruled out of West Indies series. Rubin Hermann has been named as Miller’s replacement for the series against West Indies.

“David Miller suffered an adductor muscle injury on Monday (January 19) while playing for Paarl Royals and will play no part in the T20I series. His (Miller’s) availability for the T20 World Cup remains subject to the outcome of a fitness test ahead of the support period,” CSA said in a statement.

South Africa will start their campaign against Canada on February 9, with group-stage matches against Afghanistan, New Zealand, and the UAE to follow. Teams can make changes to the squad till January 31.

South Africa Squad for T20 World 2026

Aiden Markram (captain), Corbin Bosch, Dewald ​Brevis, Quinton de Kock, Marco Jansen, ⁠George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller*, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Jason Smith, Tristan Stubbs