It's a long road to recovery for South African cricket.

JP Duminy and Wian Mulder will be out of action for the next three months as they recover from injury, Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed on Tuesday.

Proteas allrounder JP Duminy will undergo surgery on an injury to his right shoulder which rules him out of the upcoming limited-overs tour to Australia and the Mzansi Super League (MSL).

Proteas coach Ottis Gibson has announced Quinton de Kock and JP Duminy as the respective stand-in captains for the remainder of the ODI series and one-off T20I in Sri Lanka.

South Africa captain JP Duminy said the senior batsmen in the Proteas team, himself included, must take responsibility for the defeat in the T20I against India at the Wanderers on Sunday.

Proteas T20 captain JP Duminy says the squad will start the T20I series against India on a clean sheet after the disappointing ODI series loss on Friday.

JP Duminy has been named as captain of the Proteas T20 squad that includes new caps, Heinrich Klaasen, Junior Dala and Cristiaan Jonker, to take on India in a three-match series later this month.

South Africa's JP Duminy anticipates another highly competitive series against India in the upcoming six-match ODI series starting at Kingsmead on Thursday.

There is no panic in the Cape Cobras dressing room and the team was bolstered by an undoubted highlight of Sunday's 15-run loss against the Dolphins - the unbeaten fourth-wicket stand by batsmen Hashim Amla and Aviwe Mgijima - said the Cobras skipper, JP Duminy.

The announcement of JP Duminy as skipper for the T20 Challenge and the possible availability of Wayne Parnell provided two welcome boosts for the Cape Cobras in the build-up to the opening clash against the Dolphins.