South Africa’s new premier T20 competition — the SA20 — kicks off on Tuesday with great anticipation. Online tickets are sold out for the opening match between MI Cape Town and Paarl Royals at Newlands.
There are six teams vying for the inaugural SA20 title, with the two sides from the Western Cape — MI Cape Town and Paarl Royals — opening the tournament on Tuesday at Newlands Stadium.In the east, the Sunrisers Eastern Cape will play out of the windy city of Gqeberha, while in KwaZulu-Natal, Durban’s Super Giants will hope the rain stays away from Kingsmead for the duration of the tournament.
Proteas batters Rassie van der Dussen and Ryan Rickelton are also in their ranks, as well as experienced local fast bowler, Beuran Hendricks.There will be an air of expectation surrounding the Paarl Royals in the first SA20 season. In the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League in 2008, their namesake, the Rajasthan Royals, claimed the inaugural series title.
The Royals from Paarl have two World Cup-winning captains in their ranks in Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler who both won the most recent limited-over World Cups with England.Of the South African contingent, fast bowler Lungi Ngidi and spinner Tabraiz Shamsi are the big local stars.The famous, buzzing band, along with local supporters at St George’s Park, will be in full voice when the Sunrisers Eastern Cape play their first match of the tournament on Thursday against the Pretoria Capitals.
The Capitals have a stacked fast-bowling contingency with Daryn Dupavillon, Anrich Nortje, Migael Pretorius and Eathan Bosch all joining Parnell. Their top order is extremely solid with the Proteas’ Janneman Malan, Du Plessis and Reeza Hendricks likely occupying the pivotal roles.The side from KwaZulu-Natal boasts two leaders who prefer to do their talking on the field — Quinton de Kock as captain and Lance Klusener as coach.
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