Published: Aug 11, 2015, 01:49 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 11, 2015, 01:49 PM (IST)
Indian delicious dish Butter chicken and pizza which the South African A cricketers enjoyed on the Saturday night might be the reason behind the food poisoning they suffered two days later. Their fixture against Australia A which was initially scheduled for Monday will now reportedly happen on Wednesday. The 10 cricketers were discharged from a local hospital on Monday and are fit to play against the Australian A side in the ongoing Tri-Series at Chepauk stadium. The Proteas wicket-keeper Quintin de Kock, who was on field less than 24 hours after arriving in India, was one of the cricketers who fell sick. READ: South Africa A cricketers released from hospital in Chennai
Many players felt uneasy on Sunday morning and soon it reached a stage where they had to request India A coach Rahul Dravid to allow Mandeep Singh to field as they were short of fit men. It was even more amusing when South Africa A’s video analyst Hendrikus Coertzen came in to field in place of left-arm seamer Mthokozisi Shezi, who fell ill.
After the match ended, which was won by India by eight wickets with 74 balls remaining, the South African Cricket Board revealed about the situation in the dressing room. “With half of the squad going down ill overnight South Africa was forced to play (against India A today) an ill-balanced starting XI that had only four frontline bowlers with the likes of Dean Elgar and Khaya Zondo to make up the rest of the overs.” READ: SA A vs AUS A match further postponed to allow for recovery of players afflicted by food poisoning
