Much-changed South Africa select five uncapped players for T20 tour to New Zealand

Keshav Maharaj (right) will captain the side and with George Linde (left) will be two of the spin options on tour
Keshav Maharaj (right) will captain the side and with George Linde (left) will be two of the spin options on tourPRAKASH SINGH / GETTY IMAGES ASIAPAC / GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP

South Africa have named a much-changed squad that includes ⁠five uncapped players for their five-match Twenty20 tour of New Zealand next month, leaving ‌behind most of the team that have qualified for ‌the Super Eights at the ongoing ‌World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.

Batters Connor ‌Esterhuizen, Dian Forrester and Jordan Hermann, all-rounder ‌Eathan Bosch and teenage seamer Nqobani Mokoena will all hope to make their international debuts on ‌the tour.

Hermann is the younger brother ⁠of Rubin, who ‌is also in the squad and has been capped ​in One Day Internationals and T20 matches for South Africa, while Bosch ​is the younger sibling of Corbin, who has impressed at the World Cup.

The side will ⁠be captained ​by spinner Keshav Maharaj, with a return for seamers Gerald Coetzee, Lutho Sipamla and Ottneil Baartman.

There are three players from the current World ‌Cup squad who will tour – Maharaj, spinner George Linde and all-rounder Jason Smith.

"With this series taking place directly after the T20 World Cup, the majority of that squad will return home, which creates a great opportunity for this group of players to step into the international environment and show what they're ‌about at this level," South Africa coach ​Shukri Conrad said.

The five-match series will be ‌played between March 15-25.

South Africa squad:

Keshav Maharaj (captain), Ottneil Baartman, Eathan Bosch, Gerald Coetzee, Tony de Zorzi, Connor Esterhuizen, Dian Forrester, Jordan Hermann, Rubin Hermann, George Linde, Nqobani ⁠Mokoena, Andile Simelane, ⁠Lutho Sipamla, Prenelan ‌Subrayen and Jason Smith

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