With a series win in sight, Rickelton says South Africa want to back up their WTC title by beating the best and proving their credentials
Here are the names at the centre of one of the most intriguing debates of recent times
Green has not played since suffering an abdominal injury in the final ODI against South Africa on September 30, and he won't be able to bowl in the final Test
Fourteen-member squad includes Salman Agha, Mohammad Suleman, Minhas brothers and Razaullah. Two more seamers will be added after a three-day tour game against the visitors
Gerald Coetzee, Corbin Bosch and Dane Paterson will come into the conversation if South Africa want to field a quick bowler in place of Anrich Nortje in the Cape Town Test
| Elite, Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| AP | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 31 |
| JHK | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| VIDAR | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| BRODA | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| UP | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| TN | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| ODSA | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| NAGA | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Elite, Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| MP | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 28 |
| KNTKA | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 27 |
| SAU | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 26 |
| MAHA | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| KER | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| GOA | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| PNJB | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| CHD | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| Elite, Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| BENG | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 36 |
| UTK | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| HRYNA | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| RLYS | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| SVCS | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| GUJ | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| TPURA | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| ASSAM | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Elite, Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| MUM | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 33 |
| J & K | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| CGR | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| HYD | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| RAJ | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| PONDI | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| DELHI | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| HP | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| Plate Group | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| MNPR | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| BIHAR | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| MEGHA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| SIKM | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| MIZO | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| ARP | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
