The inclusion of Anrich Nortje boosts the already potent pace attack of South Africa that boasts of Kagiso Rabada, Marco Jansen, and Lungi Ngidi.
Although the 32-year-old has played just the two T20Is since the last T20 World Cup – both against India in the recent tour where he went wicketless – Nortje has been impressive in the domestic 20-over tournament claiming six wickets in three games with an economy rate of 6.9, including a four-wicket haul.
Not to forget, Nortje was the Proteas’ leading wicket-taker in the previous edition of the T20 World Cup, where he snapped 15 wickets in nine matches with an economy rate of 5.74.
His experience will come in more than handy for South Africa, who are looking to lift their first-ever global T20 World Cup title after missing out closely last time.