Du Plessis missed both the warm-up matches ahead of the tournament. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
Both Du Plessis and Steyn took part in team practice on Friday but have not fully recovered from hamstring injuries.
“It’s been a pretty intense week for Dale and me trying to make sure we are 100% ready for the game tomorrow [Saturday],” said Du Plessis, ahead of the match against world number one Twenty20 team Sri Lanka.
“As of now we are still assessing, we both will do a fitness test to see where we are. We seem to be okay, but we will have a look at it tomorrow [Saturday] to see how the hamstring is doing.”
Du Plessis missed both the warm-up matches ahead of the tournament while Steyn limped off after bowling 2.2 overs against Bangladesh ‘A’ on Tuesday.
Both missed the warm-up tie against Pakistan on Wednesday. Du Plessis said he did not face problems in batting.
“Batting is 100% fine. I don’t feel anything, but it’s just when you are sprinting. Pace wise I am up to about 70%, hopefully we can crank that up to around 90-95 tomorrow [Saturday].” South Africa’s one-day captain AB de Villiers is likely to lead in case Du Plessis is ruled out on Saturday.
In the second Super-10 match of the day, England will take on New Zealand.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 22nd, 2014.
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