The frugal spinner gave little away to the press pack who sought insights into an extraordinary week for the Proteas
Keshav Maharaj is not a massive turner of the cricket ball. His left-arm finger spin is not deceptive or unique. From five T20 internationals he has taken six wickets but has conceded a miserly 4.95 runs an over. His role in the side is to simply hold up an end.
He was on a similar mission as he spoke on Friday evening before South Africa’s T20 World Cup match against Sri Lanka on Saturday. The team has been engulfed in controversy since Tuesday following Quinton de Kock’s decision to ignore a directive from Cricket South Africa and not take the knee as an anti-racist gesture at the start of their game against the West Indies. As a consequence he missed the eight-wicket win which kept the Proteas in the hunt for a semi-final position.
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