Cricket-South Africa's Ngidi ruled out of India Twenty20 series

Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 - Semi-Final - South Africa Practice - Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India - November 14, 2023 South Africa's Lungi Ngidi during practice REUTERS/Andrew Boyers/ File photo

(Reuters) - South Africa seamer Lungi Ngidi will play no part in a three-match home Twenty20 International series against India that starts on Sunday and is in a race to be fit for the opening test of the tour that begins on Dec. 26.

Ngidi, 27, has a left lateral ankle sprain and will be replaced in the T20 squad by Beuran Hendricks, who made the last of his 19 appearances in the T20 format for South Africa against Ireland in July 2021.