Quinton de Kock makes himself unavailable for selection for West Indies game, cites personal reasons : Rashtra News
Protea
captain
Temba
Bavuma
revealed
at
the
toss
that
the
wicketkeeper-batsman
has
kept
himself
out
from
selection
in
the
playing
eleven
citing
personal
reasons.
Opener
Reeza
Hendricks
has
replaced
the
left-handed
batsman,
the
only
change
in
South
Africa’s
XI.
“Quinny
is
out
and
Reeza
is
in.
He
(de
Kock)
has
made
himself
unavailable
for
personal
reasons,”
Bavuma
said
after
winning
the
toss
and
electing
to
field.
Both
South
Africa
and
West
Indies
are
coming
back
from
defeats
in
their
opening
game
and
would
be
looking
to
come
to
winning
terms.
“I
think
just
having
a
look
at
the
wicket,
it
has
been
challenging
for
us
to
know
what
a
good
score
is,
so
we
want
to
have
a
look.
We
take
out
a
lot
(from
the
series
win
against
West
Indies),
all
the
positives
and
all
the
negatives.
We
know
what
a
power-packed
side
they
are,
looking
at
our
performances
we
know
where
we
can
cool
them
down.
(Area
of
focus)
Probably
the
batting.
I
think
that
would
be
the
one
I
would
highlight
and
like
to
show
a
better
batting
display,”
Bavuma
said
after
the
toss.
De
Kock’s
sudden
decision
to
give
this
match
a
miss
stunned
the
experts
and
commentators.
Former
Australia
all-rounder
Shane
Watson
claimed
there
must
be
some
‘internal
issues’.
“Huge
shock.
There
must
be
something
going
on
internally,”
Watson
said
on
Star
Sports.
Meanwhile,
former
West
Indies
captain
Brian
Lara
said
the
southpaw’s
absence
will
give
Kieron
Pollard’s
side
an
edge.
“It’s
gonna
big
advantage
West
Indies
now
that
de
Kock
is
not
playing,”
Lara
said.
For
West
Indies,
Obed
McCoy
misses
out
and
Hayden
Walsh
made
his
entry
in
the
playing
eleven.
South
Africa
were
handed
a
five-wicket
defeat
by
Australia,
West
Indies
sank
to
a
six-wicket
loss
against
England.
Playing
XI:
South
Africa:
Temba
Bavuma(c),
Reeza
Hendricks,
Rassie
van
der
Dussen,
Aiden
Markram,
Heinrich
Klaasen(wk),
David
Miller,
Dwaine
Pretorius,
Keshav
Maharaj,
Kagiso
Rabada,
Anrich
Nortje,
Tabraiz
Shamsi.
West
Indies:
Kieron
Pollard(c),
Lendl
Simmons,
Evin
Lewis,
Chris
Gayle,
Shimron
Hetmyer,
Nicholas
Pooran(wk),
Andre
Russell,
Dwayne
Bravo,
Akeal
Hosein,
Hayden
Walsh,
Ravi
Rampaul.
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