The inaugural edition of the CSA T20 League isꦑ scheduled to be played in January-February 2023 and all the six franchises in the tournament 🌊have been acquired by current IPL team owners.
Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has been roped in by the Johannesburg franchise owned by IPL giants Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as their marquee signing for the inaugural edition of the Cricket South Africa (CSA) T20 League, according to a report. (More Cricket News)
Du Plessis, who played for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the IPL last seಌason, was part of the CSK from 2011 to 2021, exce💧pt for 2016 and 2017 when the team was suspended.
Wednesday was the last day for the di𝐆rect acquisition of playe൩rs for the six-team upcoming league.
The inaugural edit🍷ion of the CSA T20 League is schedul𒁏ed to be played in January-February 2023 and all the six franchises in the tournament have been acquired by current IPL team owners.
Apart from CSK owning the Johannesburg-based franchise, MI Cape Town is the꧒ sister franchise of Mumbai Indians and the teams from Durban, Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth), Pa🐠arl and Pretoria are owned by Lucknow Super Giants, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals respectively.
The CSK-owned Johannesburg franc♊hise is also believed to have roped in England all-rounder Moeen Ali as one of its marquee players, according to Cricbuzz.
Ali, who represents CSK in the IPL, had also featured in the marquee pl🐼ayers' list for t🦋he UAE League (ILT20).
But, 💖according to the Cricbuzz report, he is said to have picked the T20 tournament in South Africa over ILT20, which will also be held in January-February next year.