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Johannesburg: Graeme Smith, South Africa's captain, will lead Cape Cobras in next month's Champions League Twenty20 tournament in India. Two other top South African batsmen, Herschelle Gibbs and JP Duminy, are also part of the 15-man squad announced on Monday.
Fast bowler Charl Langeveldt and offspinner Claude Henderson, who were key bowlers in Cobras' Standard Bank Pro20 victory earlier in the year, will be assisted by quick bowler Monde Zondeki. Other players who weren't part of the domestic campaign are wicketkeeper Ryan Canning and 23-year-old Francois Plaatjies.
The Cobras take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the tournament's opening game on October 8. New Zealand's Otago are the other team in their group.
"It is going to be an exciting experience for our team which has a good balance of experience and youth," Omar Henry, the convenor of selectors, said. "We have the skills required with both spin and swing bowling, in addition to talented attacking batsmen. It is a great squad to go to India and the big challenge will be to adapt to the local conditions."
Squad: Graeme Smith (capt), Herschelle Gibbs, Henry Davids, Jean-Paul Duminy, Justin Ontong, Richard Levi, Ryan Canning (wk), Derek Brand, Rory Kleinveldt, Vernon Philander, Claude Henderson, Charl Langeveldt, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Monde Zondeki, Francois Plaatjies
