The illness led organisers to push back South Africa A’s scheduled match against Australia A on Monday by 24 hours, with India A taking on the Aussies instead.
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Three other players had to abandon the match because of their poor condition and were taken to the hospital while the match was in progress. The situation was so bad that, with half of the squad falling ill overnight, South Africa A were forced to use their video analyst Henrikus Coertzen in the field, as well as India A’s Mandeep Singh on Sunday at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium.
Quinton de Kock had to be rushed into action by the South Africa A and he responded with his ninth List A century but he was not in a position to field. Reeza Hendricks, Zondo and Mth-okozisi Shezi were all on the sick list but had to play because there was nobody else available.
Opener Quinton de Kock, who smacked a gritty century in his aspect’s eight-wicket loss towards India A, additionally suffered from cramps and was rushed to a metropolis hospital after the sport. The same applied to De Kock who was hospitalised after the match.
The South Africa A squad is ravaged by food poisoning and at least eight of them are convalescing in a hospital forcing the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to revise the schedule of the tri-series now underway in Chennai.
At one stage, India A batsman Mandeep Singh had to quickly wear the South Africa A cricket jersey and rush to the field after the visitors were reduced to a 10-man outfit.
The biggest concern for the South Africans right now would be to put together a playing XI given the medical crisis which the team finds itself in. Rahul Dravid accepted the request and made the changes accordingly.
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According to sources, the South Africa A team members had spent couple of on Saturdayerday at Phoenix Mall and also dined there.
