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South Africa Team Squad World Cup 2019 (Confirmed)

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The 12th successful edition of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 is scheduled to be started from 30th May 2019 and continues till 14th July 2019 at different playing venues of England & Wales. South Africa is among the other 9 participating teams of this event.

South Africa is well-reputed ODI team which also holds very impressive playing record in previous editions of World Cup. However, Proteas are among those unlucky teams that never able to uplift the trophy of World Cup.

In recent few years South Africa has proved themselves as one of the best ODI side and no doubt scenario is completely different for them in upcoming world cup 2019. South Africa is entering into this tournament as hot contender for the trophy and betting odds for them are way high than many other high profile cricketing nations like Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Currently South Africa is positioned at 4 place in ICC ODI rankings and this clearly indicates the gradual progress in their performance over the last few years. Proteas are also hoping to showcase their extra-ordinary cricket in the upcoming World Cup 2019 and change the general prospective of their fans regarding to their predicting performance in World Cup’s.

Well South Africa has also filtered their best playing squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 as this team has produced many high profile cricketers after World Cup 2015. Hopefully we are going to see the mixture of experienced as well as young players in Proteas final playing squad.

The officials of South Africa team have still not announced the final 15-man squad for South Africa for World Cup 2019. But let’s take a look at 26 player line-up and it is expected that the final playing eleven of Proteas for this event will be picked up out of these players.

  • Faf Du Plessis
  • Christian Jonker
  • Khaya Zondo
  • Pieter Malan
  • Quinton de Kock
  • Heinrich Klassen
  • Dwaine Pretorius
  • Wian Mulder
  • Chris Morris
  • Imran Tahir
  • Tabraiz Shamsi
  • Keshav Maharaj
  • Dale Steyn
  • Kagiso Rabada
  • Lungi Ngidi
  • Junior Dala
  • Dane Paterson
  • Beuran Hendricks
  • Hashmi Amla
  • Reeza Hendricks
  • David Miller
  • Rassie van der Dussen
  • Farhaan Behardien
  • Temba Bavuma
  • Adam Makram
  • JP Duminy

Key Players for South Africa in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

Well South Africa is equipped with one of the best ODI squad but to be honest the strong batting line-up of Proteas is their 1st line of defense in World Cup 2019. So their victory ratio truly relay on the performance of main stream batsmen like D Miller, de Kock, H Amla, Faf du Plesis and JP Duminy.

Main Batting Players for South Africa in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

Quinton de Kock

  • ICC ODI Ranking: 4th
  • Total Matches: 106
  • Runs: 4602
  • Highest Score: 178
  • Average: 45.56
  • Strike Rate: 95.81

Faf du Plessis

  • ICC ODI Ranking: 5th
  • Total Matches: 134
  • Runs: 5120
  • Highest Score: 150
  • Average: 46.54
  • Strike Rate: 88.53

Hashim Amla

  • ICC ODI Ranking: 15th
  • Total Matches: 174
  • Runs: 7910
  • Highest Score: 159
  • Average: 49.74
  • Strike Rate: 89.22

Main Bowling attackers for South Africa in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

Imran Tahir

ICC ODI Bowlers Ranking: 4th

  • Matches: 98
  • Wickets: 162
  • Best Figures: 7 for 45

Kagiso Rabada

ICC ODI Bowlers Ranking: 5th

  • Matches: 66
  • Wickets: 106
  • Best Figures: 6 for 16

Dale Steyn

  • ICC ODI Bowlers Ranking: 16th
  • Matches: 123
  • Wickets: 194
  • Best Figures: 6 for 39

Options for South Africa cricket team

South Africa cricket team will jump into ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 under the captaincy of Faf du Plessis as under his supervision Proteas have achieved many historical milestone. Among the other South Africa has won 3 out of 4 series in current season under the captaincy of du Plessis.

South Africa holds wide range of options in both bowling and batting departments as their expected opening batsmen in World Cup 2019 are de Kock and H Amla as both these batsmen are considered as the most successful opening pair for this team. However, Henrich is another option for them to be utilized as replacement of De Kock or Amla.

When it comes to pace bowling attack no other emerging team of World Cup 2019 can compete South Africa as this team has showcased some best pace bowlers in their team. Dale Steyn, Kagiso Rabada , Lungi Ngidi and Junior Dala are top wicket takers of this team in recent series.

South Africa has also recruit some best spin wizards in their team and hopefully Proteas will remain dominant in World Cup 2019 on the behalf of their spin attack. Imran Tahir, JP Duminy, Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi are expected spin options for them in World Cup 2019.