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Cricket South Africa They announced their team recently ICC Champions Trophy 2025, It is planned to be held in Pakistan And UAE.
A well-established balance between experience and young talent is evident in the South African team. The team will be led by someone with experience in the campaign. Temba Bavuma which had already led the Protes to the end. ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Resist Australia. However, South Africa will be looking to move on from their legacy of winning major ICC tournaments in their cricketing history by lifting their first ICC trophy before the WTC finals.
South Africa in ODI World Cup 2023
South Africa has made a good start. ODI World Cup In the year Held in India in 2023. The Proteas are second in the group after India with 7 wins and 2 losses. But in the semi-finals of the tournament, they faced Australia, which the then 5-time world champions won 3-0. Thus, their long-time dream of winning the ICC’s biggest trophy could not come true. The Aussies would go on to beat the winner of the second semi-final. India And they won the record for the 6th time.
Looking back at the memories of this failed campaign, South Africa have made a number of changes to their limited overs innings to stake a strong claim on this year’s Champions Trophy. So here are 5 South African players who played in the 2023 ODI World Cup but failed to make it to the Champions League in 2025.
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5 players who will not play for South Africa in the 2025 Champions Cup
1) Quinton de Kock;
With 6,770 runs for South Africa in the ODI format, the ace wicket-keeper batsman is the third highest scorer in the ODI World Cup 2023 with 594 runs to his name. The 32-year-old’s retirement from Test cricket in 2021 has left him to focus on the limited overs format. However, uncertainty looms over whether he wants to play for South Africa again. De Kock has not played international cricket since South Africa’s T20 World Cup 2024 campaign. He was not part of South Africa’s squad for the recent white-ball series against Pakistan and India.
2) Gerald Kotese
Young South African pace sensation Gerold Coetzee has been struggling since his first test match after being ruled out of the South African squad for the 2025 Champions Trophy due to injury. Sri Lanka in Durban. The 24-year-old was earlier ruled out of the Test, ODI and T20I series against Pakistan, and the date of his return to the South African squad is yet to be announced. Coetzee was the star bowler for South Africa in the 2023 ODI World Cup, taking 20 wickets in 8 innings.
3) Andile Phehlukwayo
Among South African players who have shown promising signs in first-class cricket, Andule Phehlukwayo has failed to leave a mark for the Proteas. He was a member of South Africa’s ODI World Cup squad as a promising young all-rounder in South African domestic cricket. However, the 28-year-old cannot make it big in the ODI format. He was given a chance against Pakistan in the recent ODI series but the all-rounder failed miserably. In 85 ODI matches for South Africa, Phehlukwayo scored just 883 balls and took 97 wickets.
4) Reza Hendrix
Reza Hendricks has been an important part of the South African team in the T20I format. However, his ODI commitments are still uncertain. The 35-year-old last played 50-over cricket for Ireland in October 2024 and has since focused on playing T20 cricket for the Proteas. Hence, it seems unlikely that Hendricks will feature again for South Africa in the ODI format.
5) Lizard Williams
Lizard Williams was part of South Africa’s ODI squad against Ireland in October 2024, but the pacer missed the opening games for his SA20 side Joburg Super Kings. The 31-year-old has been left out of South Africa’s squad for the 2025 Champions Trophy due to injury concerns and an unknown recovery time.
