Durban's Super Giants

Durban's Super Giants

League	SA20
Personnel
Captain	Vacant
Coach	Lance Klusener
Bowling coach	Vacant
Owner	RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group
Team information
City	Durban, South Africa
Colors	Blue and Red
Founded	2022;3 years ago (2022)
Home ground	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban
Capacity	25,000
History
Twenty20 debut	v. Joburg Super Kings at Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban; 11 January 2023
Official website	durbanssupergiants.com
T20 kit

The Durban's Super Giants, also known as DSG, is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that first competed in the inaugural season of the SA20 tournament. ^[1] The team is based in Durban and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is the Kingsmead Cricket Ground. The team is coached by Lance Klusener. ^{[2] [3]}

The franchise is owned by the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, which also owns Indian Premier League team Lucknow Super Giants. ^[4]

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
CEO	Vinod Bisht
Team Manager	Saumyadeep Pyne
Head coach	Lance Klusener
Assistant coach	Vacant
Bowling coach	Vacant
Fielding coach	Vacant
Source: DSG Staff

Franchise history

In August 2022, Cricket South Africa announced the establishment of the SA20, a Twenty20 Cricket competition to be started in 2023. The teams for the competition, representing six different cities, including Durban, were put up on auction in South Africa in September 2022. The Durban franchise was purchased by RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group.

Seasons

Seasons

Year	League standing	Final standing
2023	5th out of 6	League stage
2024	2nd out of 6	Runners up
2025	6th out of 6	League stage

•  C: champions
•   RU: runners-up
•   SF team qualified for the semi-final stage of the competition

Season summary

Year	Played	Wins	Losses	Tied/NR
2023	10	4	5	1
2024	13	8	5	0
2025	10	2	6	2
Source: ESPNCricinfo [5]

Note:

• NR indicates No result.
• Abandoned matches are indicated as no result.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Runs	Batting average	High score	100s	50s
Heinrich Klaasen	1008	42.00	104*	1	9
Matthew Breetzke	658	29.90	78	0	2
Quinton de Kock	643	22.96	83*	0	5
Wiaan Mulder	603	26.21	59	0	3
JJ Smuts	332	23.71	75	0	3

Source: ^[6] as of 9 Feb 2025

Most wickets

Player	Wickets	Bowling average	Best bowling
Keshav Maharaj	27	27.03	2/17
Noor Ahmad	25	14.56	5/11
Reece Topley	23	23.21	3/19
Dwaine Pretorius	21	21.76	2/9
Junior Dala	20	16.35	5/26

Source: ^[7] as of 9 Feb 2025

References

1. "Cricket South Africa announces new six-team franchise-based T20 competition". ESPNcricinfo.
2. "Cricket South Africa | T20 COMES HOME AS CSA AND SUPERSPORT ANNOUNCE GRAND NEW EVENT".
3. "Inaugural SA20 league to begin on January 10". ESPNcricinfo.
4. "IPL franchise owners buy all six teams in South Africa's new T20 league". ESPNcricinfo.
5. "SA20 Records - Durban's Super Giants". ESPNCricinfo .
6. "Most runs in SA20 - Durban's Super Giants". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
7. "Most wickets For SA20 - Durban's Super Giants". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2025.