Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) became the latest franchise in South Africa’s new T20 League to announce its name. The Sun Group-owned IPL franchise SRH brought the team based in Port Elizabeth in the CSA T20 League which will be played in January next year.
On Tuesday, August 16, the SRH took to their social media handle to announce their Port Elizabeth-based franchise should be known as “Sunrisers Eastern Cape” in the CSA T20 League.
Sharing Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s official Twitter, the SRH welcomed the Sunrisers Eastern Cape to the Orange Army. They tweeted: “The #OrangeArmy just got bigger. Sunrisers Eastern Cape will be our team name in the Cricket South Africa T20 League ????.”
The team has already signed Aiden Markram ahead of the inaugural season. The 27-year-old was also a part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad squad in IPL 2022. The right-handed batter scored 381 runs from 14 matches but couldn’t help Hyderabad to qualify for the playoffs of the competition. Hyderabad finished eighth in the league with 12 points from 14 games.
In July, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced that former captain Graeme Smith has been appointed as the Commissioner of South Africa’s new T20 league.