Cricket-Klaasen to captain South Africa’s T20 side as Markram rested

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Third T20 International - South Africa v India - Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa - November 13, 2024 South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen hits a six REUTERS/James Oatway/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Heinrich Klaasen will captain South Africa in three Twenty20 matches against Pakistan next week, allowing Aiden Markram to concentrate on the test series, Cricket South Africa said on Wednesday.

Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada and Tristan Stubbs will also sit out the T20 series because of their involvement in the tests but will play in the three One-Day Internationals between the two countries later in the month.