Proteas wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock's continued availability - or lack thereof - for his country in the shortest format of the game remains open-ended.
Having retired from Test cricket and One Day International cricket in installments (2021 and 2023, respectively) to spend more time with his family by only playing in T20 leagues around the world, De Kock had stayed on in the T20 international team.
His last match for his country was the World Cup final in which the Proteas were pipped by India in June.
Subsequent to that outing, the 31-year-old is no longer contracted by Cricket South Africa (CSA), which has raised questions about whether he may still play for the Proteas, especially seeing that he has been omitted from the T20I squad to play Ireland in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 27 and 29 September.
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