Cape Town, Jan. 6 -- South African legend Dale Steyn has questioned speedster Ottniel Baartman's exclusion from the Proteas 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2026 in India and Sri Lanka.

The right-arm pacer Baartman is the leading wicket-taker in the ongoing SA20 League 2025-26 season. In four matches for Paarl Royals, the pacer has taken 11 wickets at an economy rate of 9.20.

Baartman was part of the 2024 Proteas group, which lost to India in the T20 World Cup final in Barbados. Since then, the pacer has played in only 11 of South Africa's 29 matches and finds himself on the outside as they hope to go one better next month.

The Proteas have gone with a pace-heavy squad in the upcoming T20 World Cup. However, Baartman ...