Proteas Men’s captain Keshav Maharaj has won the toss and elected to bowl in the second T20I against New Zealand in Hamilton.
The Proteas hold a 1-0 lead afte a convincing victory at the Bay Oval a couple of days ago.
The victors have suffered an injury setback though with top-order batter Jordan Hermann ruled out of the remainder of the five-match T20 International (T20I) series against New Zealand with a right hamstring injury.
The left-hander sustained the injury while fielding in his debut match on Sunday at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui and subsequently left the field without returning to open the batting.
Scans later confirmed a grade two tear. A replacement has not been named.
Allrounder Wiaan Mulder, who was a late addition to the squad for the injured Ethan Bosch, comes into the starting XI.
The hosts have also had a couple of injuries to deal with South African-born Bevon Jacobs being ruled out of today’s game with a knee injury while leg-spinner Ish Sodhi has been ruled out of the entire series with a broken thumb.
New Zealand have made two changes with Josh Clarkson and Lockie Ferguson coming in for Jacobs and Zakary Foulkes.
TEAMS FOR HAMILTON
New Zealand: Devon Conway (wk), Tom Latham, Tim Robinson, Nick Kelly, Josh Clarkson, Mitchell Santner (capt), James Neesham, Cole McConchie, Kyle Jamieson, Ben Sears, Lockie Ferguson.
South Africa: Tony de Zorzi, Connor Esterhuizen (wk), Rubin Hermann, Jason Smith, Dian Forrester, Wiaan Mulder, George Linde, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj (capt), Nqobani Mokoena, Ottneil Baartman
