Red-hot Reeza smashing down Proteas selection doors: What more must he do?

It was the fifth time in Hendricks' last six Proteas innings - across ODI and T20 formats - that he has carded a half-century. 

The 33-year-old, who narrowly missed out on 2019 50-over World Cup selection, is in red-hot form and has been for some time. 

I would like to have a conversation with our selection panel as to why @reezahendricks is not playing after his last series in eng. #SAvsIND World cup loading.... Play your best team and give them game time. Both our openers are out of form.

He is included in the 15-man group for this month's T20 World Cup in Australia, but there are no guarantees that he will be included in the starting XI in what is becoming an increasingly problematic selection poser for the Proteas brains trust. 

Temba Bavuma is the South African captain, and his return to the T20 top order after injury for the recently-completed India series saw Hendricks left out completely. By the end of the series, there were more question marks than ever hovering over Bavuma with scores of 0, 0 and 3 painting the picture of a man grossly out of form. 

STAT ATTACK | Numbers paint grim picture for Temba Bavuma

Hendricks, meanwhile, has carded scores of 42, 74, 70, 53 and 57 in his last five T20 innings. 

When the ODI series started last week, Bavuma then shifted down to No 3 in the order in Lucknow, accommodating the return of Janneman Malan up top. 

Still no Hendricks. 

Reeza Hendricks has scored five half-centuries in his last six international innings. Very, very difficult to ignore him for the T20 World Cup. #cricket

South Africa won the game, but Bavuma struggled again and could only card 8. 

At the toss for the 2nd ODI, Cricket South Africa confirmed that Bavuma and spinner Tabraiz Shamsi had both missed out with a