The 28-year-old Protea is not new to the leadership role having led the Sunrisers Eastern Cape to the inaugural SA20 title earlier this month. He played a crucial role in the side's SA20 triumph, ending the season as the third-highest run-scorer.
Merwe finished with a spell of 4/31 in four overs, which earned him the 'Man of the Match' title. Markram was also given the 'Man of the Tournament' award. He scored 366 runs in 12 matches at an average of 33.27 with a century and fifty. He also took 11 wickets in the tournament.
Pretoria Capitals now wait for the winner of the second semi-final between Joburg Super Kings and Sunrisers Eastern Cape at Centurion on Thursday to see who they will face in Saturday's showpiece at the Wanderers.
The table-topping Pretoria Capitals will be glad that they returned to winning ways after their hiccup against the Durban Super Giants with a rematch awaiting them against the Paarl Royals in the first semi-final. The second semi-final will see Joburg Super Kings face off against third-place
After the league was temporarily halted as England toured South Africa for a three-match ODI series, the league resumed on February 2 and offered plenty of entertaining action to the fans, with the matches determining the participants of the semifinals
With 180 runs from three ODI matches against England, Bavuma was South Africa's best run-scorer in the series, which was his most successful as an ODI hitter
Will Jacks, an England all-rounder recently signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for IPL 2023, impressed the most in the second week of the league with his quick scoring abilities
It had been tough going for the Sunrisers leading up to their clash with MI Cape Town at St George's Park on Monday evening as they were the only team yet to win a game in this year's competition.
South African under-19 sensation Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, England's Eoin Morgan, Aiden Markram, Rashid Khan, Quinton de Kock are some of the names which impressed in the first week
The official Twitter handle of the league took to Twitter to reveal the trophy. Skippers of all six teams, Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Wayne Parnell (Pretoria Capitals), Rashid Khan (MI Cape Town), David Miller (Paarl Royals) and Faf Du Plessis (Joburg Super Kings) and Quinton de