He will join a six-seam contingent for the India T20Is, which includes left-armer Marco Jansen, who made his debut in Nortje's injury-enforced absence last summer. Jansen has played five Tests and two ODIs for South Africa, but no T20Is. He is also in action at the IPL and has played eight matches for the Sunrisers Hyderabad, and claimed seven wickets at an average of 39.14. The best performing South African quick at the IPL is Kagiso Rabada, who is third on the wicket-takers' list with 22 wickets at 16.72, while Lungi Ngidi has not played a game.

"This is the Proteas like we have not seen them in a long time," Victor Mpitsang, South Africa's selection convener said. "The injection of the IPL players means that we will have a team that's ready to fire on all cylinders immediately and has vast experience of the conditions that we will be playing in. The country can also join us in a collective sigh of relief at the return of Anrich Nortje, who has been working hard to recover from a frustrating injury. The National Selection Panel and I are really excited to watch our full strength Proteas take on the world's number one T20 team."

With another T20 World Cup on the horizon, South Africa's first-choice group of players is starting to emerge. Wayne Parnell, who has not played a T20I for South Africa since 2017 but made his ODI comeback last season, and Dwaine Pretorius are part of that contingent and will compete for the allrounder role, leaving no room for Wiaan Mulder. Left-arm spinner Bjorn Fortuin is the only other player from the T20 World Cup squad who has not been retained. Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi are the two frontline spinners in the squad, with Stubbs and Aiden Markram both offering part-time offspin.

The five-match series will be played from June 9 to 19 in Delhi, Cuttack, Vizag, Rajkot and Bengaluru.

Squad: Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Marco Jansen