| PLAYER | ROLE |
|---|---|
| Temba Bavuma (c) | Middle-order batter |
| David Bedingham | Middle-order batter |
| Gerald Coetzee | Bowler |
| Tony de Zorzi | Top-order batter |
| Marco Jansen | Bowling allrounder |
| Keshav Maharaj | Bowler |
| Aiden Markram | Opening batter |
| Wiaan Mulder | Allrounder |
| Senuran Muthusamy | Batting allrounder |
| Dane Paterson | Bowler |
| Kagiso Rabada | Bowler |
| Ryan Rickelton † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| Tristan Stubbs | Batter |
| Kyle Verreynne † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| LAST FIVE MATCHES | DATE | SERIES/TOURNAMENT | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SASA |  | 302 & 67/0 | beat | 157 & 211 |  | SLSL | 03/01/21 | Sri Lanka tour of South Africa 2020/21 |
| SASA | | 621 | beat | 396 & 180 | | SLSL | 26/12/20 | Sri Lanka tour of South Africa 2020/21 |
| SASA | | 222 & 128 | lost to | 154 & 197/2 | | SLSL | 21/02/19 | Sri Lanka tour of South Africa 2018/19 |
| SASA | | 235 & 259 | lost to | 191 & 304/9 | | SLSL | 13/02/19 | Sri Lanka tour of South Africa 2018/19 |
| SASA | | 124 & 290 | lost to | 338 & 275/5d | | SLSL | 20/07/18 | South Africa tour of Sri Lanka 2018 |
Ramesh Mendis has missed out, while Nishan Peiris has been picked in a slightly different looking Sri Lanka spin department
Dane Piedt was left out from the unit that won the Test series in Bangladesh
Temba Bavuma, meanwhile, is making positive progress in his recovery from a left elbow injury and will undergo a fitness test on November 18
