Photo Credit: SA20 League
Pretoria Capitals have signed Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz for Betway SA20 Season 3.
Gurbaz is a major coup for the Capitals after the 22-year-old was the leading run-scorer at the recent ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and USA with 281 runs at an average of 35.21.
Gurbaz struck three half-centuries, which included 16 sixes – the second most in the tournament – along with a further 18 boundaries.
Overall, Gurbaz has played 63 T20Is, scored 1657 runs, at an average of 26.30, and strike-rate of 135.48.
He made his T20I debut in September 2019 against Zimbabwe in a tri-series in Bangladesh, scoring 43 off 24 balls. Two games later he would strike his first half-century and would soon establish himself as Afghanistan’s first choice opener in the shortest format.
Gurbaz has shown to possess the Midas touch after being part of two successive Indian Premier League (IPL) winning teams.
He won the IPL with the Gujarat Titans in 2023 before following it up with the Kolkata Knight Riders this past season.
GURBAZ STATS & FACTS
T20Is: 63 | Runs: 1657 | Strike rate: 135.48 | 100s: 1 | 50s: 10 | Highest score: 100 | Catches: 35 | Stumpings: 4
T20s: 186 | Runs: 4567 | Strike rate: 146.66 | 100s: 2 | 50s: 29 | Highest score: 121* | Catches: 108 | Stumpings: 15
Name of Author: SA20 League
SA20, officially known as the Betway SA20 for sponsorship reasons, is a Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in South Africa organized by Cricket South Africa (CSA). First held in the 2023 season, the league features six city-based teams. Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the first two editions of the tournament.
