South Africa announced their 15-man squad for the 2016 ICC World T20, with Morne Morkel being left out for the competition. Faf du Plessis (C), Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Chris Morris, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn and David Wiese constituted the squad.