Wicketkeeper Rudi Second has been ruled out of South Africa’s Test tour of India in October due to an injury and Heinrich Klaasen will take his place in the squad, Cricket South Africa has said.
CSA said Second, one of the new caps in the Proteas squad announced on August 13 to play three Tests in India in October, suffered an injury while practising with the South Africa-A side. He will require immediate surgery and has consequently been ruled out of the touring party.
Second’s place with be taken by wicketkeeper-batsman Klaasen.
“Klaasen is part of the one-day squad for the South Africa-A tour and he will now be added to the squad in Second’s place for the four-day series that will assist his preparation for the Proteas Test series,” said CSA acting director of Cricket Corrie van Zyl.
The Test series begins on October 2 in Visakhapatnam.
Before the Test tour, South Africa will play three T20 Internationals from September 15 to 22, while South Africa-A will play five one-dayers against India-A from August 29 to September 6.
Klaasen is yet to make his Test debut and has featured in 14 ODIs and nine T20Is. Second is a seasoned First Class campaigner and has featured in 105 games and has scored 6,893 runs at 45.05.