League | SA20 | |
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Personnel | ||
Captain | Keshav Maharaj | |
Coach | Lance Klusener | |
Owner | RPSG Group | |
Team information | ||
City | Durban | |
Colors | Blue and Red | |
Founded | 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 | https://www.durbanssupergiants.com/ | |
RPSG Group | |
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Current Teams | |
Lucknow Super Giants (2022–present) Durban's Super Giants (2022–present) | |
Defunct Teams | |
Rising Pune Supergiant (2016–17) |
Durban's Super Giants(DSG) is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that first competed in the inaugural season of SA20 tournament. [1] The team is based in Durban, South Africa, 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 RPSG Group,who also owns IPL team Lucknow Super Giants . [4]
In August 2022, the Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced the establishment of the SA20, a Twenty20 Cricket competition to be started in 2023.The teams for the competition, representing 6 different cities of South Africa, including Durban, were put up on auction in South Africa in September 2022. The Durban franchise was purchased was revealed that Lucknow Super Giants, led by RPSG Group will be owning a team in the league. The team unveiled their logo and jersey in January 2023,through their social media handles.
The team's squad for the first season of the competition was: [5]
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Captain | ||||||
16 | Keshav Maharaj | South Africa | 7 February 1990 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Batsmen | ||||||
12 | Quinton de Kock | South Africa | 17 December 1992 | Left-handed | – | |
5 | Matthew Breetzke | South Africa | 3 November 1998 | Right-handed | – | Occasional wicket-keeper |
Tony de Zorzi | 28 August 1997 | Left-handed | Right arm Offbreak | |||
All-rounders | ||||||
21 | JJ Smuts | South Africa | 21 September 1988 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
29 | Dwaine Pretorius | South Africa | 29 March 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
84 | Keemo Paul | West Indies | 21 February 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas |
71 | Kyle Mayers | West Indies | 8 September 1992 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas |
13 | Prenelan Subrayen | South Africa | 23 September 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
14 | Wiaan Mulder | South Africa | 19 February 1998 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
45 | Heinrich Klaasen | South Africa | 30 July 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
29 | Nicholas Pooran | West Indies | 2 October 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 3 Match only Available for Season |
54 | Bhanuka Rajapaksa | Sri Lanka | 24 October 1991 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Spin bowlers | ||||||
15 | Noor Ahmad | Afghanistan | 3 January 2005 | Right-handed | Left-arm unorthodox | |
Fast bowlers | ||||||
3 | Junior Dala | South Africa | 29 December 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
24 | Reece Topley | England | 21 February 1994 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Overseas |
78 | Naveen-ul-Haq | Afghanistan | 23 September 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
Position | Name |
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CEO | Vinod Bisht |
Team Manager | Saumyadeep Pyne |
Head coach | Lance Klusener |
Assistant coach | Sridharan Sriram |
Bowling coach | Allan Donald |
Fielding coach | Jonty Rhodes |
Player | Runs | Batting average | High score | 100s | 50s |
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Heinrich Klaasen | 363 | 60.50 | 104* | 1 | 3 |
Quinton de Kock | 271 | 30.11 | 78 | 0 | 0 |
Kyle Mayers | 163 | 23.28 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
Wiaan Mulder | 161 | 17.88 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
Matthew Breetzke | 125 | 62.50 | 48* | 0 | 0 |
Player | Wickets | Bowling average | Best bowling |
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Reece Topley | 10 | 20.50 | 3/34 |
Dwaine Pretorius | 10 | 21.00 | 2/20 |
Prenelan Subrayen | 6 | 20.50 | 2/26 |
Wiaan Mulder | 6 | 23.33 | 2/17 |
Keshav Maharaj | 4 | 45.25 | 1/8 |
Year | League standing | Final standing |
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2022-23 | 5th out of 6 | League stage |
2023-24 | 2nd out of 6 | Runners up |
Year | Played | Wins | Losses | Tied/NR |
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2022-23 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
2023-24 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
Source: ESPNCricinfo [6] |
Note:
Year | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (front) | Shirt sponsor (back) | Chest branding |
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2023 | 1xBet | |||
2024 | 1xBet | LootMogul |
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