Cricket South Africa not too long ago introduced their squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, slated to be held in Pakistan and UAE.
A properly brewed stability between expertise and younger skills could be seen within the South African squad. The workforce can be led by its seasoned campaigner Temba Bavuma who has already steered the Proteas to the finals of the ICC World Check Championship (WTC) towards Australia. Nevertheless, South Africa is eyeing to win their maiden ICC trophy earlier than the WTC finals and emerge from their fame of bottling main ICC tournaments all through their cricketing historical past.
South Africa’s run within the ODI World Cup 2023
South Africa made an honest begin to the ODI World Cup held in India again in 2023. The Proteas had been second within the group stage solely behind India with 7 wins and a pair of losses. Nevertheless, they confronted off towards Australia within the semi-finals of the event the place they had been defeated by the then 5-time world champions by 3 wickets. Thus their long-standing dream of profitable a serious ICC trophy couldn’t come true. The Aussies would go on to defeat the winner of the second semi-final, India and win the celebrated title for a file sixth time.
Retaining the reminiscences of this unsuccessful marketing campaign in perspective South Africa made a number of modifications of their restricted overs declare to lift a strong declare over the Champions Trophy this 12 months. Thus, listed below are 5 South African gamers who performed the ODI World cup 2023 however didn’t make it to the Champions Trophy 2025 squad listing.
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5 gamers who is not going to play for South Africa in Champions Trophy 2025
1) Quinton de Kock:
The ace wicket-keeper batter with 6,770 runs within the ODI format for South Africa was the third highest run-scorer within the ODI World Cup 2023 with 594 runs to his title. The 32-year-old even took retirement from Check cricket in 2021 to deal with the restricted overs format. Nevertheless, an uncertainty looms round whether or not he desires to play for South Africa once more. De Kock has not performed worldwide cricket since South Africa’s T20 World Cup 2024 marketing campaign. He was additionally not a part of the South African workforce of their current white-ball collection towards Pakistan and India.
2) Gerald Coetzee
The younger South African tempo sensation, Gerald Coetzee has been stored out of the South African squad for the Champions Trophy 2025 on account of a groin harm which has been bothering him because the first Check match towards Sri Lanka in Durban. The 24-year-old was earlier dominated out for the Check, ODI and T20I collection towards Pakistan and a set date over his comeback within the South African squad continues to be unknown. Coetzee was the star performer for South Africa with the ball through the 2023 ODI World Cup the place he clinched 20 wickets in 8 innings.
3) Andile Phehlukwayo
Andile Phehlukwayo is amongst the South African gamers who confirmed promising indicators in first-class cricket however failed to go away a mark for the Proteas. He was part of South Africa’s ODI world cup squad as a promising teenager with confirmed all-round skills in South Africa’s home cricket. Nevertheless, the 28-year-old may by no means make it huge within the ODI format. He was not too long ago given the chance towards Pakistan within the ODI collection however the all-rounder failed miserably. Phehlukwayo has scored simply 883 runs and brought 97 wickets in 85 ODI matches for South Africa.
4) Reeza Hendricks
Reeza Hendricks has been an necessary a part of the South African workforce within the T20I format. Nevertheless, his ODI commitments are nonetheless unsure. The 35-year-old final performed 50-over cricket towards Eire in October 2024 and has since focussed on enjoying T20 cricket for the Proteas. Thus, it appears extremely unlikely that Hendricks will characteristic for South Africa in ODI format ever once more.
5) Lizaad Williams
Lizaad Williams was a part of South Africa’s ODI squad towards Eire in October 2024, nevertheless the pacer has missed the opening few video games for his SA20 facet, Joburg Tremendous Kings. Attributable to harm issues, and an unknown restoration time the 31-year-old has been dominated out of the South African squad for the Champions Trophy 2025.