The Pretoria capital team is a part of the SA20 League 2023. The owners of Pretoria Capital JSW group also the co-owners of Indian Premier League Delhi Capital have brought Pretoria Capital to light in SA20.
The SA20 also known as South African 20 league enables all teams to have 17 members in their team. While talking about South African20 (SA20) this game format is less time taking as compared to the other general formats of the cricket match. This format of SA20 is similar to T20 and its first session will be taking place approximately between January and February 2023 with 6 teams from various cities in South Africa.
Pretoria Capitals Team Details
The Pretoria Capital Team as mentioned is a team from South Arica and the interesting part is that Pretoria is one of the three major capital cities of South Africa. This city holds the position of managing all the executive government work of South Africa as well as plays the role of host to all the foreign embassies.
Therefore coming from such a beautiful country this team’s home ground is supposed to be Centurion Park. This team is owned by JSW sports one of the very well-known in this industry. As per JSW the head coach and guide for the team are Graham Ford and they have selected the best 17 players from the recent auctions for the team.
| Captain | TBD |
| Coach | Graham Ford |
| Owner | JSW Sports |
| Franchised city | Pretoria Gauteng, South Africa |
Pretoria Capitals Squad 2023 – List of All Team Players
The cricket reports say that this team is one of the tough contenders for all the other teams in this SA20 match. Maintaining what reports state the owners have selected the best top 17 players for the team expecting a good win. Below are the selected squad for the upcoming SA20 first season.
| S. No | Name of The Players |
| 1 | Adil Rashid |
| 2 | AnrichNortje |
| 3 | Cameron Delport |
| 4 | Daryn Dupavillon |
| 5 | Eathan Bosch |
| 6 | James Neesham |
| 7 | Josh Little |
| 8 | Kusal Mendis |
| 9 | Marco Marais |
| 10 | Migael Pretorius |
| 11 | Phil Salt |
| 12 | Rilee Rossouw |
| 13 | Shane Dadswell |
| 14 | Shaun von Berg |
| 15 | Theunis de Bruyn |
| 16 | Wayne Parnell |
| 17 | Will Jacks |
The team of Pretoria Capitals is a mixture of experienced and freshers. The team is curated with old well-known players and newcomer youth. It is believed by the coach and owner that the experience, passion and energy of youth can work great all together making it possible to achieve the trophy.
While talking about the experience we can see in the list name of some well know players like
- Wayne Parnell considered an all-rounder was auctioned for a total of 5.60 million rands.
- Philip Salt known for his explicit performances in many matches was auctioned for 2 million.
- Adil Rashid another brilliant white ball spinner was auctioned for 2.4 million rands.
- Jimmy Neesham: Who didn’t get a buyer in the first round was selected in the team and was auctioned for 3.6 million rands.
- Willy Jack who is one of the best domestic England season players got auctioned for 1.1 million rands.
- KusalMendis the Srilankan opener of Asia Cup 2022 was auctioned for 42500 rands.
- Joshua Little one of the faster bowlers known was auctioned for 1.5 million rand
The team Pretoria Capitals is said to be the most balanced team with adequately needed players.
SA20 LEAGUE WINNING
SA20 LEAGUE will be having its first season in the upcoming year it is 2023. All the teams that will be playing will be from South African cities. A team like Pretoria Capitals, MI Cape Town, Parl Royals, Johannesburg Super Kings, Durban’s Super Giants, and Sunrisers Eastern Cape are the teams playing in SA20 2023.
Hence now Pretoria Capital has curated its team with some of the best experiences and youthful energy. Everyone is eagerly waiting to see their performance in the match. It is said that experience is what matters in-game as over time you learn hence now as the Pretoria Capital has it all let’s see what the upcoming SA20 stores for them.