Mitchell Santner will lead New Zealand within the first three of the five-match T20I collection towards South Africa beginning March 15 at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, Tauranga.
Santner alongside seven different Blackcaps squad members from the just lately held T20 World Cup 2026 have been named within the squad.
Whereas Santner, Devon Conway and Lockie Ferguson can be accessible for the primary three video games, Kyle Jamieson, Cole McConchie, Jimmy Neesham, Ben Sears and Ish Sodhi will keep for all the collection.
Tom Latham has returned within the T20 set-up and can take over the captaincy as soon as Santner leaves.
“Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Jacob Duffy, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra and Tim Seifert will miss the collection to relaxation and clean up, alongside Matt Henry who may even take a while to spend together with his new child,” the assertion stated.
High order batters Katene Clarke and Nick Kelly and spinner Jayden Lennox have recieved their maiden T20I call-ups.
New Zealand T20 squad vs South Africa
Mitchell Santner (c) (1-3), Katene Clarke (4-5), Josh Clarkson, Dane Cleaver (wk) (4-5), Devon Conway (wk) (1-3), Lockie Ferguson (2-3), Zak Foulkes, Bevon Jacobs, Kyle Jamieson, Nick Kelly, Tom Latham (wk) (c) 4-5), Jayden Lennox (4-5), Cole McConchie, Jimmy Neesham, Tim Robinson, Ben Sears, Nathan Smith, Ish Sodhi
Revealed on Mar 10, 2026