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South Africa suffered another blow in their bowling unit with Ottneil Baartman ruled out of the third ODI against Pakistan. The bowler suffered a right knee problem. It is to be noted that Baartman is the second bowler after Keshav Maharaj who has been ruled out of the squad due to injury in the ODI series. Not only this, but he is also the sixth seamer who has been sidelined this summer. Five other bowlers who have been ruled out include Gerald Coetzee, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Lizaad Williams and Anrich Nortje.
Baartman has been replaced by Corbin Bosch, who got his maiden call-up in the Test squad. He is also in line for a debut Test against Pakistan on Boxing Day. Notably, Baartman experienced discomfort during his run up while bowling in the second ODI on Thursday in Cape Town. He was also not a part of the match-day XI but was a part of the series opener in Paarl. The bowler is set to be part of the Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the SA20.
Ottneil Baartman ruled out of the third One-Day International (ODI) against Pakistan; confirms Cricket South Africa
Cricket South Africa took to social media and confirmed that Baartman has been injured. The statement said, "Hollywoodbets Dolphins fast bowler Ottneil Baartman has been ruled out of the third One-Day International (ODI) against Pakistan due to a right knee injury.” Before Baartman, Maharaj was ruled out of the ODIs against Pakistan at the beginning of the series after he got injured during the warm-ups.
South Africa recently announced their squad for the two-match Test series against Pakistan. It is:
Temba Bavuma (capt), David Bedingham, Corbin Bosch, Matthew Breetzke, Tony de Zorzi, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Senuran Muthusamy, Dane Paterson, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne (wk)
