Proteas captain Aiden Markram and seamer Lungi Ngidi were named in the ICC T20 World Cup team of the tournament that concluded with hosts India winning the trophy on Sunday.
Eathan Bosch has been ruled out of the Proteas T20 series against New Zealand later this month due to a hamstring injury with allrounder Wiaan Mulder called up as a replacement.
Proteas coach Shukri Conrad has denied that they choked at the T20 World Cup, saying that they were rather beaten by a team far better than them on the day.
Proteas coach Shukri Conrad conceded that they were nowhere near good enough last night, as they crashed out of the ICC T20 World Cup in India and Sri-Lanka at the hands of New Zealand.
Proteas captain Aiden Markram cut a dejected figure as he fronted up to the press in the wake of their T20 World Cup semifinal loss to New Zealand on Wednesday.
The Proteas were blown away by New Zealand in their T20 World Cup semifinal clash, going down by nine wickets with more than seven overs to spare.