Virat and Rohit have finally made their return to T20Is during the ongoing three-match series against Afghanistan. It marks their first appearances in a short format following a crushing ten-wicket loss to England in the semifinals of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. While Rohit play
The winelands venue was in a festive mood on a glorious summer's day in Paarl with the Royals faithful packing in on the grass banks. The executive suites were also filled with royalty with former Springbok captains Jean de Villiers and Morne du Plessis along with Olympic gold medalist Wayde
Graeme while speaking to ANI talked about the SA20 league, the domestic franchise-based T20 league of South Africa. The second season of the league is 50 days away, set to start from January 10 onwards and will go on till February 10, 2024.
There will be 15 auction picks available across the six teams, in addition to the new Rookie player to be added to the squad – this is a player aged under 22 that has not played SA20 before, making it a total of 21 picks on the day.
Eathan Bosch enjoyed a spectacular maiden tournament by spearheading the Capitals to the final at the Wanderers and eventual runners-up position. His 15 wickets at an average of 21.40 earned him the SA20 Rising Star award.
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
The Joburg Super Kings entered their second position on the SA20 table with 27 points - equal to that of the table-topping Pretoria Capitals with a superior net run rate.
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