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Colombo – The Proteas wear black armbands on the day of the opening of the Second Test against Sri Lanka in memory of the father of Tabraiz Shamsi who died last week.
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It was announced after the first test last weekend that the 28-year-old wrist had returned home to South Africa for " family reasons".
He returned to Sri Lanka in time for the start of the second test but was not included in the starting lineup on Friday.
It has been confirmed since the reason why Shamsi returned to South Africa was that his father
The Proteas will wear black armbands on Friday while they will honor Shamsi's father
. South Africa lost the first Test by 278 races at Galle.
Teams: [19659002] Sri Lanka
Suranga Lakmal (captain), Dimuth Karunaratne, Danushka Gunathila ka,
Dhananjaya of Silva, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Roshen Silva,
Niroshan Dickwella (week), Dilruwan Perera, Rangana Herath, Akila
Dananjaya
South Africa
Faf du Plessis (Captain), Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram,
Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Kock Quinton (week), Theunis de Bruyn,
Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn
The team is wearing black armbands today in memory of Tabraiz Shamsi's father who died last week. #RIP ?? pic.twitter.com/mLXqvF85cp
– South Africa Cricket (@OfficialCSA) 20 July 2018
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