Kavya Maran's franchise did very well last year. However, he has shocked everyone by removing 7 players from the team. In fact, Kavya Maran's franchise Sunrisers participates in the IPL and SA20 leagues. In IPL 2024, the team playing as Sunrisers Hyderabad reached the final under the captaincy of Pat Cummins. In the second season of SA20 ie 2204, his team Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the trophy. Now for the upcoming season of this league, the franchise released 7 players including Temba Bavuma.
These players are out
Sunrisers Eastern Cape have shared the full list of retained and newly signed players for the new season. Sunrisers have signed 19 players in their squad for 2024. They have retained 12 players and released 7.
The franchise has announced that David Malan, Temba Bavuma, Daniel Worrall, Adam Rossington, Ayabula Gakamane, Sarel Ervi and Braden Kars will no longer be part of the squad. However, Sunrisers Eastern Cape have retained most of their players. It has 4 players, who were an important part of the South African team in T20 World Cup 2024. Those who have been retained include the names of team captain Aidan Markram, Tristian Stubbs, Marco Johnson and Ottoniel Baartman.
The Sunrisers have also retained Caleb Seleka, Andile Simelane, Patrick Kruger, Bears Swanepoel, Tom Abel, Simon Harmer, Liam Dawson and Jordan Harmon.
Signed 4 new players
The franchise also signed 4 new players for the upcoming season of SA20. The names of David Bedingham, Jack Crowley, Craig Overton and Reilof van der Merwe are included. Bedingham has made his Test debut for South Africa. While Crowley and Overton have played Tests and ODIs for England. All three players will be part of the league for the first time, while Dutch all-rounder van der Merwe is returning to the side after his first season.
Sunrisers have won twice
The SA20 started in 2023 and the second season was played in 2024. Sunrisers won the trophy in both these seasons. After winning the first season, the trophy was defended in 2024 under the captaincy of Aidan Markram. In the final he defeated Durban Super Giants by 89 runs.
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