Cape Town – The Proteas have suffered a major scare in their T20 World Cup warm-up match against Pakistan after Tabraiz Shamsi was forced to leave the field through injury.
Shamsi is the World No 1 T20 bowler and is integral to the Proteas chances in the upcoming tournament.
The Proteas are though now sweating over fitness of their chief weapon of attack after the left-arm wristspinner pulled up with a groin injury while bowling.
"Tabraiz Shamsi is sitting out for the remainder of the match as a precaution due to a tight groin," Proteas media liaison Siphokazi Sokanyile said.
"The Proteas medical team will assess him overnight and determine next steps as required."
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The Proteas play their first game of the tournament on Saturday against Australia in Abu Dhabi and it would be a massive blow to their chances should Shamsi be ruled out.
South Africa have fellow left-arm spinner George Linde, who was considered terribly unlucky to miss out on selection to the 15-man squad, on standby should Shamsi's injury be considered that serious.
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