LAHORE: South Africa have suffered a major blow to their power-play line-up ahead of the Pakistani One Day International (ODI) series, as the team’s most potent middle-order batter, Dewald Brevis, has been ruled out with a shoulder injury.
The rising talent was hurt during the third T20 International between the two sides held at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium last week. Further scans confirmed a shoulder muscle tear, so he will not feature in the three-match ODI series, which is going to be held from October 4 to 8.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) in its official communication said Brevis’ condition is “a minor injury, he needs to take rest,” thus he has been kept out of the upcoming series. The board said a player replacing announcement will be made shortly.
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FAISALABAD: Momentum Multiply Titans batter Dewald Brevis has been ruled out of the three-match One-Day International series against Pakistan due to a low-grade shoulder muscle strain.
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Brevis, who was compared for his style to AB de Villiers, hence called “Baby AB,” has made his debut in the South African team in six ODIs, accumulating 110 runs at a strike rate of 159.42.
Without him, the Proteas will be hard-pressed to achieve their goals, as Brevis was the one of the brightest young batsmen in limited-overs cricket for them.
Pakistan clinches exciting win over South Africa in first ODI
Pakistan defeated South Africa by 2 wickets in the first match of the three-match ODI series, taking a 1-0 lead in the series.
In the match played at Faisalabad Cricket Stadium, Pakistan chased down the target of 264 runs set by South Africa in 49.4 overs for the loss of eight wickets.
In Pakistan’s innings, Salman Agha scored 62 runs, Mohammad Rizwan contributed 55, and Fakhar Zaman added 45 runs. Saim Ayub played a crucial innings of 39 runs. Captain Babar Azam managed only 7 runs, while Hussain Talat scored 22 and Hassan Nawaz was dismissed for 1 run.
For South Africa, Langi Ngidi and Donovan Ferreira took two wickets each.
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Batting first, South Africa posted 263 runs in 49.1 overs. Quinton de Kock scored 63, Luan-Dre Pretorius played a responsible innings of 57, captain Matthew Boje contributed 42, and Kagiso Bosh scored 41. Tony de Zorzi made 18 runs.
For Pakistan, Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed took three wickets each, Saim Ayub claimed two, and Muhammad Nawaz picked up one wicket.
