SA20 2023: Quinton De Kock Named Durban Super Giants' Captain for SA20

 

Durban Super Giants Captain for SA20

Durban Super Giants Captain: For the first season of the SA20 league, Quinton de Kock will lead the Durban Super Giants. He will be the first person to start prep for the league.

De Kock's Performance Over the Years

De Kock, 29, is a significant player in South Africa. In T20 cricket, his left-handedness and aggressiveness at the top of the order make him a sought-after player. De Kock has led the national team before in addition to his 8497 runs at an average of 33 and a strike rate of 138. Eight ODIs, 11 T20Is, and four Tests have all seen him captain them. The IPL franchise with the same owners as this Durban team, the Lucknow Super Giants, also has De Kock on its roster.

De Kock ended his Test career in December 2021, stating how challenging it was to play in all three forms.

De Kock in IPL

Quinton De Kock scored 508 runs at a strike rate of almost 150 in the 2022 IPL, and he followed that up with 221 runs at a strike rate of nearly 130 in the CPL. But his performance in the Hundred in England suffered, and his most recent task—the men's T20 World Cup—also didn't go as planned. South Africa was out of the tournament after losing to the Netherlands in the tournament's group stage.

De Kock will be free to plan his SA20 campaign while the Test team get ready for a December visit of Australia. To help him lead the squad forward in Durban, he will have Keshav Maharaj, Jason Holder, and head coach Lance Klusener. On January 11, they play the Johannesburg Super Kings, the team that represents de Kock's hometown, to open their campaign.

What is SA20?

SA20 is a hot new T20 cricket league in South Africa. The League, which debuts on January 10th 2023, is anticipated to excite both domestic and foreign cricket fans as well as draw in new audiences of all ages.

SA20 is for ardent cricket fans, partygoers, and families. It consists of 4 weeks, 33 matches, 6 international franchises, and 102 world-class players (local and international).

Six privately owned clubs compete in the League. Before the semifinals and championship game, they will face off against one another twice (at home and away). 33 games will be played in all, at some of South Africa's best venues. The venues include Durban's Super Giants' Kingsmead, Joburg Super Kings' Wanderers, MI Cape Town's Newlands. Paarl Royals' Boland Park, Pretoria Capitals' Centurion, and Sunrisers Eastern Cape's St. George's Park.

Liam Livingstone Will England all-rounder Liam Livingstone play for Melbourne Renegades in Big Bash League

The Big Bash League 2022-23 is set to start from 13 December, 2022, when Sydney Thunder will take on Melbourne Stars in the opening game of the tournament. The first-ever international player’s draft took place ahead of this season, and Liam Livingstone was the first pick in that draft of the BBL 2022.

Every team took three players from the draft, and there will be a lot of replacements as well as many of the players will move to other leagues around the world. Hobart Hurricanes have signed Zak Crawley as a replacement for the Shadab Khan, Whereas Laurie Evan’s contract has been terminated.

Melbourne Renegades got the first chance to pick in the draft and they picked Livingstone. It was not a surprise call-up as living stone has been a part of Perth Scorchers in the past, and he has been an outstanding player all together with bat and ball both.

Liam Living Stone Big Bash League

Melbourne Renegades have dealt a major blow ahead of the BBL as their first draft pick Liam Livingstone has pulled out of the upcoming BBL season. Renegades got the first choice to pick the players in the platinum category, and they went on to choose the English all-rounder.

Livingstone was set to play the initial 8 games for the Renegades before joining MI Cape Town in SA 20 League in South Africa. However, he got a surprise selection in England’s test team for the Pakistan tour. Renegades signed Andre Russell as Livingstone’s replacement for the initial 4 matches, but now Livingstone has pulled out completely.

James Rosengarten, Melbourne Renegades General Manager has expressed his disappointment in Livingstone pulling out of the tournament. He said that they picked Livingstone as the number one pick for a specific reason, but his schedule changed because of international commitments.

“We’re obviously disappointed that we won’t have Liam as part of our team this summer, but we understand his decision,” James Rosengarten said.

“Liam is a fantastic cricketer and there’s a reason we used our first pick in the draft to select him.

“Since then, his schedule has changed with added international duties, and we wish him the best as he pushes for a Test debut.”

It is confirmed that Andre Russell will stay for four matches only, so the Renegades will now look at signing a new replacement player for Livingstone.