Finding a place in the batting line-up for former captain Faf du Plessis in SA's three-match ODI series against India has given coach Mark Boucher a welcome selection headache.
The Proteas’ programme on the sub-continent starts on Thursday in Dharamshala and it continues to Lucknow on Sunday with the last match scheduled for Kolkata next week Wednesday.
The SA coach turned to Jon-Jon Smuts‚ Janneman Malan‚ Kyle Verreynne and Heinrich Klaasen when the South Africans faced Australia and they returned with satisfactory performances in the top and middle order in Du Plessis' absence. “His availability is a bit of a headache for me at the moment but it is a good headache to have‚” said Boucher‚ adding that conditions in India would have a bearing on which players are going to be selected in his starting line-up.
Du Plessis' vast knowledge of the conditions in India‚ where he has also played in the IPL‚ is another factor that could see him feature in his first ODI since the inconsequential World Cup win over Australia last year in Manchester." why would you not want to have Faf in your set-up when he has done very well in those conditions?
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