Just like India & England, South Africa faced a big blow after their all-rounder Dwaine Pretorius got ruled out of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022.
The 33-year-old suffered a left thumb fracture during the T20I series against India in Indore. Pretorius also missed the ODI series against India and was replaced by Marco Jansen, who is also a part of the reserved player’s list for South Africa.
South African chief medical officer Dr Shuaib Manjra commented on Pretorius‘s fitness situation concerning the T20 World Cup.
“The nature of the injury requires surgical intervention and Dwaine will consult the Cricket South Africa designated hand surgeon on arrival in South Africa. Normal rehabilitation procedures will follow to ensure he speedily returns to playing cricket.” CSA chief medical officer stated.
The all-rounder has so far played 27 ODIs and 30 T20Is for South Africa. He has 35 wickets in both the format of the game with an economy of 4.27 in ODIs and 8.29 in the T20Is. Dwaine hasn’t batted much in the ODI yet carries a strike rate of 85.71 whereas an impressive T20I strike rate of 164.15.
