Paarl Royals

Paarl Royals

League	SA20
Personnel
Captain	David Miller
Coach	Trevor Penney
Bowling coach	Marchant de Lange
Owner	Manoj Badale Lachlan Murdoch RedBird Capital Partners
Team information
City	Paarl, South Africa
Colors	Pink and Blue
Founded	2023;3 years ago (2023)
Home ground	Boland Park, Paarl
Capacity	10,000
History
Twenty20 debut	v. MI Cape Town at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town; 10 January 2023
SA20  wins	0
Official website	www.paarlroyals.com
T20I kit

Paarl Royals is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the SA20 tournament. ^[1] The team is based in Paarl, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is Boland Park Cricket ground. The team is captained by David Miller and is coached by Shane Bond. ^{[2] [3]}

The franchise is owned by Manoj Badale. ^[4]

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 cities, including Paarl, were put up for auction in September 2022. The Paarl franchise was purchased by Manoj Badale. ^[5]

Current squad

The squad of the Paarl Royals for the 2026 SA20 season as of 10 September 2025. ^[6]

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat.	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batters
Wicket-keepers
All-rounders
Bowlers

Statistics

^[7]

Most runs

Player	Runs	Batting average	High score	100s	50s
David Miller	897	37.37	75*	0	2
Jos Buttler	799	39.95	70	0	7
LG Pretorius	621	28.22	98*	0	5
Rubin Hermann	559	32.88	81*	0	4
Jason Roy	408	18.54	68	0	2

Source: ^[8] as of 26 January 2026

Most wickets

Player	Wickets	Bowling average	Best bowling
Bjorn Fortuin	39	29.66	3/14
Lungi Ngidi	26	29.26	4/39
Ottneil Baartman	20	13.55	5/16
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	19	27.36	2/17
Tabraiz Shamsi	18	27.00	2/11

Source: ^[9] as of 26 January 2026

Seasons

Seasons

Year	League standing	Final standing
2023	4th out of 6	Semifinals
2024	3rd out of 6	Eliminator
2025	2nd out of 6	Qualifier 2
2026	3rd out of 6	Qualifier 2

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

Season summary

Year	Played	Wins	Losses	Tied/NR
2023	11	4	6	1
2024	11	5	6	0
2025	11	7	4	0
2026	12	6	5	1
Source: ESPNCricinfo [10]

Note:

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

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". Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
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 FRANCHISE PAARL ROYALS ANNOUNCE DAVID MILLER AS CAPTAIN FOR INAUGURAL SEASON".
6. "How the SA20 squads stack up after the auction". ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
7. "SA20 records". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
8. "SA20 Trophy batting most runs career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
9. "SA20 Trophy bowling most wickets career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
10. "SA20 Records - Paarl Royals". ESPNCricinfo .

External links

• Paarl Royals at the SA20 official website.