JOHANNESBURG: South Africa have suffered a double blow ahead of their white-ball games against Pakistan, with stand-in T20I captain David Miller and fast bowler Gerald Coetzee ruled out due to varied injuries, said Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Thursday.
Miller, who was set to lead the Proteas in the three-match T20I series against Pakistan from October 28 to November 1, sustained a grade 1 right hamstring strain during training in build-up to the tour. “He will now begin a phased rehabilitation program, ” said CSA in a statement.
Coetzee, meanwhile, has been sidelined from both the T20I and subsequent ODI leg of the tour, scheduled to be held from November 4 to 8, after suffering a pectoral muscle injury while bowling in the one-off T20I against Namibia in Windhoek earlier this month.