Rilee Rossouw: Leicestershire sign South African for T20 Blast

Rilee Rossouw made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in August 2014 and his T20 debut against Australia in November 2014

Leicestershire have signed South Africa batsman Rilee Rossouw to play the final six games of the T20 Blast campaign.

The 26-year-old, part of the Proteas' World Twenty20 squad in India, will cover for Umar Akmal, who will leave to play in the Caribbean Premier League.

Elite performance director Andrew McDonald said: "Rilee is a powerful batsman and having another left-hander in our batting line-up will be useful.

"He will be a fantastic addition, in terms of talent and temperament."

Rossouw has hit two centuries for South Africa in one-day internationals - including an innings of 132 off 98 balls against West Indies last year.

His first game for the Foxes will be at home against Derbyshire on Friday, 8 July.