Albie Morkel yet to receive visa to join South Africa squad in India

Albie Morkel was called-up as a late replacement for the injured David Wiese.

South Africa all-rounder Albie Morkel, who was called-up as a late replacement for the injured David Wiese has still not received his India visa and as a result is yet to arrive in the country. Morkel is not a part of the T20 warm-up match against India A at Palam and the South African team will hope that Morkel gets his visa as soon as possible. The T20 International (T20I) series kicks off on October 2 with the first match set to be played at Dharmasala. The Indian team have already arrived at the venue for a boot camp, but the South Africans will finish off the warm-up match and then head to the venue. Live cricket scorecard: India A vs South Africans, T20 match at Palam

Asked about Albie Morkel’s absence, the media manager said, “Albie is yet to get visa for India as he was announced as last minute replacement for David Wiese.” The South African team had a two-and-half hour session at the Air force ground with likes of Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy having a quality net session. Live Blog India A vs South Africans, T20 tour match

South Africa are coming at the back of a One-Day International (ODI) series win against New Zealand. Their skipper du Plessis missed the tour due to injury and will be rearing to go in this series as he prepares to lead the side once again. South Africa will want to get their combinations right ahead of the series as India are an extremely T20I squad and they can capitalise on any slip-ups.

(With inputs from PTI)

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