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T20 World Cup news and updates: October 15, 2022

• South Africa’s Dwaine Pretorius, injured during the recent India tour, will be replaced by Marco Jansen in the 15-member squad.
• Fakhar Zaman replaces the injured Usman Qadir in Pakistan’s side.
• Mohammad Shami has been named Jasprit Bumrah’s replacement. Deepak Chahar is also injured and will not be a standby for the event.
• Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi is back to full fitness and is set to play the warm-up matches against England and Afghanistan on October 17 and 19 respectively.

T20 World Cup 2022: Who’s saying what

Dale Steyn on Suryakumar Yadav: “He is a wonderful 360-degree player, and reminds me of AB de Villiers. He could be India’s version of AB de Villiers and with the red-hot form that he’s in right now, he’s a player to definitely watch out for this World Cup.”

Shaheen Shah Afridi is excited to be back in action: “I am super excited at the prospect of rejoining the national side for the T20 World Cup and playing my part in the campaign. t has been a difficult period for me to be away from the game and the team I love the most, and not be part of some gruelling and exciting matches. I have been bowling six to eight overs trouble-free for the past 10 days with full run-up and pace.”

T20 World Cup 2022: Warm-up results

October 10: West Indies beat UAE by 17 runs; Scotland beat the Netherlands by 18 runs

October 11: Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 33 runs; Namibia beat Ireland by 11 runs

October 12: West Indies v Netherlands – Match abandoned