Cricket-S Africa axe captain van Niekerk from Women's T20 World Cup squad

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - The Hundred Final - Women - Southern Brave v Oval Invincibles - Lord's Cricket Ground, London, Britain - August 21, 2021 Oval Invincibles' Dane van Niekerk in action Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Hosts South Africa have dropped regular captain Dane van Niekerk from their Women's Twenty20 World Cup squad after the all-rounder failed to meet fitness requirements.

Sune Luus will skipper the squad in the absence of van Niekerk, who also missed the 2022 50-overs World Cup after suffering a broken ankle in January last year.