MI Capetown has announced its first five pre-signings for the Cricket South Africa T20 League, know the team players list and squad of CSA 2022
On Thursday, Mi Capetown a franchisee of Mumbai Indians announced their signings of five players who will be shining in blue and gold colors.
CSA T20 League 2022 MI Capetown Team Players List Squad
2️⃣ 🇿🇦 | 2️⃣ 🏴 | 1️⃣ 🇦🇫
Read more on our first group of players joining @MICapeTown – https://t.co/68DXpU0DNp#OneFamily #MIcapetown @OfficialCSA pic.twitter.com/Ht9f5XgeOy
— MI Cape Town (@MICapeTown) August 11, 2022
Let’s rock with @KagisoRabada25! 🌈💙🇿🇦
.#OneFamily #MIcapetown @OfficialCSA pic.twitter.com/w1qRSR98H5— MI Cape Town (@MICapeTown) August 11, 2022
Bringing his all-round skills to the 🌈 nation! #OneFamily #MIcapetown @OfficialCSA @CurranSM pic.twitter.com/ROjsXx6L4a
— MI Cape Town (@MICapeTown) August 11, 2022
Speaking of the current Mi Capetown team that includes three foreign players, one uncapped SA and one capped player. The three overseas that Mi Capetown franchise signed are England’s all-rounder Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Rashid Khan of Afghanistan. While the capped SA player in the team is none other than the fast paced Kagiso Rabada and Dewald Brevis- the uncapped South African player.
Talking about these players, Rashid Khan played for Gujarat Titans, Kagiso Rabada and Liam Livingstone played for Punjab Kings while Brevis Dewald featured for Mumbai Indian in this year’s IPL edition. Sam Curran had to miss this year’s IPL edition due to an injury concerns.
List of players signings for Mi Capetown-
• Rashid Khan (AFG)
• Liam Livingstone (ENG)
• Kagiso Rabada (SA)
• Dewald Brevis (SA)- uncapped
• Sam Curran (ENG)
Following the addition of five players Akash Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Jio said in an interview-
FA𝐌𝐈LY OF TEAMS! 💙 @mipaltan
📰 Read more – https://t.co/GfKn0ZhoDj #OneFamily #MIcapetown @OfficialCSA pic.twitter.com/pGxPwqWJvq
— MI Cape Town (@MICapeTown) August 10, 2022
“I am pleased that we are starting our journey into building “MI Cape Town”. With our direct player signatures, we’ve taken the first step towards building the MI philosophy – having a strong core around which the team will be planned.
“I am pleased to welcome Rashid, Kagiso, Liam, Sam to the #OneFamily and excited to have Dewald continue with us on this new trip.”
League rules for signing players-
According to the rules, each franchise is allowed to pre-sign five players which should include three overseas players, one South African player and one uncapped South African Player.
So far 11 English players have signed for the inaugural league – making them the largest overseas representatives followed by Sri Lankan (10 players). However, there are no players from Pakistan in the list.