Delhi Capitals can be hurt twice as Enrique Nortje He hasn’t bowled much since November and it is unclear whether the CSA’s medical team will approve him to play in the Indian Premier League.
Some of South Africa’s top cricketers are in danger of being out of the IPL for three weeks due to their home series against Bangladesh, which consists of three ODIs and two Tests that starts on March 18 and ends on April 12.
save for quinton de kockThere is no certainty on who has retired from Test cricket and will play for Lucknow Supergiants, Proteas pace attack from Kagiso Rabada (Punjab Kings), Nortje (DC), Marco Jensen (Sunrisers Hyderabad), Lungi Ngidi (DC) will happen or not. Available before the end of the test series against Bangladesh.
Add to this, Dwayne Pretorius, Rassie van der Dussen, Auden Markram, David Miller. Faf du Plessis has already retired from international cricket.
“BCCI will contact Graeme Smith and find out if some of the top players are available at least sometime in advance. We are hopeful of a solution as we share a good relationship with CSA. Some franchises will be hurt if they are “T is available for three weeks,” a senior BCCI official told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
During the third wave of the Kovid-19 pandemic and the rising cases of the Omicron variant in South Africa, the BCCI continued its A tour and then sent the senior team for three ODIs followed by three Tests.
While PTI had sent a formal query to the CSA, it is learned that no concrete policy decision has been taken yet.
It is a tough call between loyalty to the national team and the wealth that comes with the IPL, ESPNcricinfo quoted Test captain Dean Elgar as saying.
“The players need to indicate to Cricket South Africa whether they are willing to go to the IPL or if they are willing to play for the Test team. It’s a little hard to put it in the players box but I think, it’s that. The place is where you see the loyalty of the players,” Elgar said.
“He should not forget that Test cricket or one-day cricket made him appear in the IPL and not the other way around.”
So far, CSA has announced their 18-man ODI squad for the Bangladesh series and while de Kock, Rabada, Markram, Ngidi, Janssen, Pretorius are part of the squad, Nortje is not in it.
BCCI and CSA will have to find a middle ground and there may be a possibility that some players may leave after the first Test, which ends on March 4, however, Test experts, after three days of quarantine, 12 days (approx. two weeks) which is effectively at least three IPL games.
While the BCCI may depend on Smith, the former captain himself will be ending his term on March 31 and his formal arbitration proceedings initiated by the CSA are based on the findings of Social Justice and Nation Building President Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeja between Smith and Mark Boucher. based on the findings. The appointments have started out as “procedurally flawed”.
It is understood that CSA will place a formal advertisement for the job once Smith’s term ends, but whether the former captain will reapply is unclear.