All 10 South Afica A Players Discharged From Hospital

Earlier on Wednesday, a superlative all-round performance from Australia A helped their side to a nine-wicket victory over South Africa A.

South Africa A have been scheduled to play towards Australia A at the moment, however could not stroll onto the sector after half of their squad had been ravaged by “meals poisoning” on Sunday. The situation forced them to request the Indians to play their match today while the Proteas game was rescheduled for Tuesday.

The South African senior team for four Tests and five One-Day global (ODI) series against India starting late September will be announced soon and the selectors might view this series as a trial for some of the fringe players.

Reeza Hendricks, Mthokozisi Shezi and Khaya Zondo had to play despite being sick because nobody else was available but all three were hospitalised during the course of the match.

Things were so dire that South Africa A’s video analyst Hendrikus Coertzen and India A’s Mandeep Singh had to be roped in as substitute fielders.

By evening, 10 South African team members, including star batsman Quinton de Kock, were in hospital recovering from food poisoning and exhaustion caused by the Chennai heat. After four overs, two of which were maidens, India only had two runs on the board and Viljoen was unlucky in that a claimed catch by Theunis de Bruyn at second slip, offered by Mayank Agarwal, could not be confirmed by TV replays and thus the umpire stayed with his original soft indication of “not out”.

That was as good as it got for the visitors as Agarwal and Chand proceeded to post a partnership of 219 in 34.4 overs that effectively killed the target.

While six players were admitted to the hospital on Saturday, four more were hospitalised yesterday.

The host team, India, earned a bonus point in a comprehensive eight-wicket win with 12 overs to spare, despite a sparkling century from opening batsman Quinton de Kock, who was also hospitalized after the match.