The International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy 2013 featuring top eight nations in the ICC One Day International (ODI) rankings is all set to kick off in England on 6 June with India and South Africa taking on each other in the opening match at Cardiff, Wales.
The tournament, which is considered second in importance only to Cricket World Cup, was introduced in 1998 with South African winning the first title.
Champions Trophy is a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament played every two years. The countries that will participate this year are Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies.
A total number of 15 matches will be played in the tournament which will conclude on 23 June.
South Africa, who won the inaugural trophy, will be looking forward to lift the title again after 15 years.
Here is Complete List of South African Squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2013 and Their Career Statistics in ODI:
AB de Villiers (29): He is a right-hand batsman and captain of the team. He has scored 5542 runs from 133 innings at an average of 50.38. He has scored 14 centuries and 32 half centuries.
Hashim Amla (30): He is a right-hand batsman. He has scored 3453 runs from 67 innings at an average of 56.60. He has 11 centuries and 19 half centuries to his credit.
Farhaan Behardien (29): He is a right-hand batsman. He has scored 109 runs from seven innings at an average of 27.25.
JP Duminy (29): He is an allrounder - right-arm offbreak and left-hand batsman. He has scored 2751 runs from 86 innings at an average of 42.31, and has taken 28 wickets from 54 innings at an economy of 5.00.
Francois du Plessis (28): He is a right-hand batsman. He has scored 791 runs from 31 innings at an average of 30.42.
Colin Ingram (27): He is a left-hand batsman. He has scored 210 runs from nine innings at an average of 26.25.
Rory Kleinveldt (30): He is an allrounder - right-arm batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler. He has taken 11 wickets from seven innings at an economy of 5.10 and scored 50 runs from four innings at an average of 12.50.
Ryan McLaren (30): He is an allrounder - left-arm batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler. He ahs scored 126 runs from 15 innings at an average of 11.45, and has taken 27 wickets from 21 innings at an economy of 5.07.
David Miller (23): He is a left-arm batsman. He has scored 223 runs from 11 innings at an average of 27.87.
Morne Morkel (31): He is an allrounder - right-arm medium-fast bowler and left-hand batsman. He has scored 782 runs from 43 innings at an average of 23.69, and has taken 50 wickets from 52 innings at an economy of 5.49.
Alviro Petersen (32): He is a right-hand batsman. He has scored 443 from 16 innings at an average of 29.54.
Robin Peterson (33): He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He has taken 67 wickets from 63 innings at an economy of 4.82. He has also scored 381 from 31 innings.
Aaron Phangiso (29): He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He has taken three wickets from two innings he has played so far.
Dale Steyn (29): He is a right-arm fast bowler. He has taken 100 wickets from 71 innings at an economy of 4.91.
Lonwabo Tsotsobe (29): He is a left-arm fast-medium bowler. He has taken 73 wickets from 44 innings at an economy of 4.76.
