Johannesburg, Nov. 2 -- Anrich Nortje returns to the South Africa squad for the Bangladesh series after being sidelined from the last two Tests of the recent ICC World Test Championship 2025/27 series victory over Australia due to a groin injury.
Temba Bavuma is the skipper in a squad that also sees the return of batters Tony de Zorzi and Zubayr Hamza. De Zorzi had missed the Australia assignment due to a hamstring injury.
South Africa are currently at the No.2 spot in the ICC World Test Championship Standings witha point percentage of 71.43, whereas Bangladesh are at the fifth place with a point percentage of 47.62.
Nortje joins the likes of Kagiso Rabada, Marco Jansen, Dane Paterson, Wiaan Mulder and Corbin Bosch to boost South Africa'...