In-form South Africa batter David Miller has been dominated out of the essential Tremendous 12 conflict of the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup towards Pakistan owing to again spasms.
Heinrich Klaasen has changed him within the line-up as South Africa look to strengthen their probabilities of securing a semi-final berth.
The information was confirmed by skipper Temba Bavuma on the toss. Miller has been in sensational type with the bat for South Africa this 12 months. The left-hander has amassed 344 T20I runs in 2022, at an excellent common and strike-rate of 68.80 and 170.29 respectively.
He additionally scored an unbeaten 59 lately to information South Africa to an exhilarating win over India. Miller had additionally scored a century in Guwahati through the T20I sequence in India forward of this World Cup.
Miller’s absence on this recreation is an enormous loss for South Africa as he has carried out persistently in a troublesome middle-order position for a substantial size of time. However the Proteas have an in a position alternative in Klaasen, who has 651 T20I runs to his identify at a superb strike-rate of 147.61. He has additionally scored 4 fifties, together with a better of 81 that got here towards India in Cuttack earlier this 12 months.
South Africa additionally made one other change as wrist-spinner Tabraiz Shamsi was introduced into the XI on the expense of left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj.