South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis on Wednesday said the absence of veteran pacer Dale Steyn from their World Cup opener against hosts England will be a big loss and will force a change in their game plan.
"He is a big loss to our team," du Plessis told reporters here on Wednesday.
"He was probably about 60 percent when the squad was picked so we anticipated for this to happen, but a fit Dale Steyn makes our bowling attack a very, very strong one. So tomorrow will be a little bit of chopping and changing."
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"We are going in as underdogs and if that releases some players in the team then that is great."
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