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Dale Steyn replacement: Cricket South Africa announce replacement post Steyn getting ruled out of 2019 Cricket World Cup

Dixit Bhargav
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Dale Steyn replacement: Cricket South Africa have announced a replacement after the veteran South African fast bowler was ruled out of the tournament.

Veteran South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn has been ruled out of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. Nursing a shoulder injury, Steyn had missed all games for his teams so far.

The illustrious bowler was expected to play a vital role for the Proteas. Battling with injuries from a long time now, Steyn had put in the hard yards especially to get going for the World Cup. The unfortunate development is a huge blow for the 35-year old cricketer at this point in time in his career.

Under the watchful eyes of coach Otis Gibson and other members of the support staff, South Africa’s injured pair of Steyn and Hashim Amla had practiced together at the Ageas Bowl yesterday. In what was potentially a fitness test for the duo, it seems as if Steyn didn’t return with the expected level during the same.

Steyn had last played an ODI during Sri Lanka’s tour of South Africa earlier this year. Representing Royal Challengers Bangalore, Steyn played a couple of matches in the 12th season of the Indian Premier League before returning back to South Africa due to an injury.

Dale Steyn replacement

Cricket South Africa have announced left-arm fast bowler Beuran Hendricks as Steyn’s replacement for the World Cup. The 28-year old left-arm fast bowler has played a couple of ODIs and 10 T20Is for South Africa. Both his ODIs has come during the Pakistan series earlier this year.

Hendricks, who will add variety to South Africa’s bowling attack, has picked a lone wicket in ODIs. However, he has dismissed 16 batsmen at an average of 18.93 and a strike rate of 12.8 in his T20I career.

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Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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