Batter Marnus Labuschagne made a timely statement after his omission from the World Cup 2023 squad with a gutsy, match-winning half-century and century stand with Ashton Agar to guide Australia to a three-wicket win over South Africa in the first ODI of a five-match series on Friday night.
Cricket South Africa has named their 15-member playing squad for the marquee event, on Tuesday, 5 September, which will be led by their regular ODI skipper Temba Bavuma.
The Boland Park-based franchise have retained the majority of their core squad from the inaugural season of SA20 with the likes of David Miller, Jos Buttler, Lungi Ngidi, Jason Roy, Tabraiz Shamsi, Bjorn Fortuin, Obed McCoy set to feature in 2024 for the Paarl Royals
The newly kitted Paarl Royals will kick start their SA20 campaign against MI Cape Town on 10th January 2023 at Newlands. Paarl Royals have also unveiled their training jersey for the SA20.
Andile Phehlukwayo will further strengthen the Paarl Royals' South African core with swashbuckling batter David Miller being the captain and is ably supported by Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Corbin Bosch, Bjorn Fortuin among others.
Catches do win matches and with every missed catch or run-out, India's chances of defeating South Africa were reduced despite having them trapped at 24/3 in their powerplay overs.
On a bouncy, fast Perth surface where heavyweights like KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma failed to go big, Suryakumar seemed to be unfazed, playing his natural game to score 68 off 40 balls that helped India post 133/9 in their 20 overs.
Brilliant half-centuries from Aiden Markram and David Miller helped South Africa overcome early hiccups and defeat India by five wickets in their Group 2, Super 12 match of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup on Sunday.
Brilliant half-centuries from Aiden Markram and David Miller helped South Africa overcome early hiccups and defeat India by five wickets in their Group 2, Super 12 match of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup on Sunday.
The lanky pacer stated that the game got intense after it went to the wire. He exuded confidence in his batters to chase down the total and mentioned how it was a childhood dream of his to perform on the biggest stage to help his team win.