JP Duminy resigns as South Africa's white-ball batting coach with immediate effect

Former Proteas cricketer JP Duminy has resigned from his role as South Africa's white-ball batting coach with immediate effect due to personal reasons. “Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced that JP Duminy has resigned from his role as white-ball batting coach with immediate effect following a mutual agreement with CSA on personal grounds,” CSA said in a statement. Has given.”

According to ESPNcricinfo, Duminy was considered to be part of the coaching setup of the South African team that went undefeated to reach the T20 World Cup final earlier this year, but he had to leave before the tournament due to personal reasons.

Cricket South Africa confirmed that the process to identify a suitable replacement is underway, and that the appointment of a new white-ball batting coach will be announced in due course. Notably, Duminy was appointed the head coach of International League T20 (ILT20) team Sharjah Warriors in September this year.

It remains to be seen whether Cricket South Africa can find a suitable replacement for Duminy ahead of their upcoming multi-format home series against Pakistan, starting on December 10.

If CSA fails to find a candidate to replace Duminy, Imran Khan may be asked to take over the role for the series. The former Dolphins coach joined the coaching staff during South Africa's Test tour of Bangladesh. During the Bangladesh tour, red-ball batting coach Ashwell Prince was unavailable for the series due to personal reasons.

But he returned to fulfill Test duties. South Africa is currently busy with a two-match home Test series against Sri Lanka. South Africa won the first Test with an emphatic 233-run victory. Sri Lanka collapsed for 42 runs in the first innings due to Marco Johnson's aggressive innings.

The touring side never recovered from this setback and lost the first match of the series. The result moved South Africa into second place in the World Test Championship standings.