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South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada has said that the team sees it’s batting performance against Australia as a concern. South Africa was restricted on 118/9 by Australia in their opening match on Saturday in Abu Dhabi as none of the batsmen could score a half-century and lost the game by five wickets.

Ahead of West Indies’ second match of the T20 World Cup 2021 against South Africa on Tuesday, head coach Phil Simmons has stated that the team will persist with their aggressive brand of cricket. He expected his players should get better at shot selection, after their defeat to England on Saturday.

Shane Warne has backed David Warner to excel for Australia at the T20 World Cup 2021, depite his poor run of form in recent times. Warne labelled the left-handed opener as a class act and someone who rises to the big occasion, which makes him one of the major players at the tournament.

Linda Zondi, South Africa’s former chief-selector, opened up on the exclusion of AB de Villiers’ from South Africa’s 2019 World Cup squad, stating it would’ve been "unethical to the players already selected". De Villiers had expressed his desire to return from retirement to participate in the event.