Durban's Super Giants

Durban's Super Giants

League	SA20
Personnel
Captain	Keshav Maharaj
Coach	Lance Klusener
Owner	RPSG Group
Team information
City	Durban
Colors	Blue and Red
Founded	2022; 2 years ago (2022)
Home ground	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban
Capacity	25,000
History
Twenty20 debut	v. Joburg Super Kings at Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban; 11 January 2023
Official website	https://www.durbanssupergiants.com/
T20 kit

RPSG Group
Current Teams
Lucknow Super Giants (2022–present) Durban's Super Giants (2022–present)
Defunct Teams
Rising Pune Supergiant (2016–17)

Durban's Super Giants(DSG) is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that first competed in the inaugural season of SA20 tournament.^[1] The team is based in Durban, South Africa, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is the Kingsmead Cricket Ground. The team is coached by Lance Klusener.^[2][3]

The franchise is owned by the RPSG Group,who also owns IPL team Lucknow Super Giants .^[4]

Franchise history

In August 2022, the Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced the establishment of the SA20, a Twenty20 Cricket competition to be started in 2023.The teams for the competition, representing 6 different cities of South Africa, including Durban, were put up on auction in South Africa on September 2022.The Durban franchise was purchased was revealed that Lucknow Super Giants, led by RPSG Group will be owning a team in the league. The team unveiled their logo and jersey in January 2023,through their social media handles.

Current squad

The team's squad for the first season of the competition was:^[5]

• Players with international caps are listed in bold

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Captain
16	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa	(1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Batsmen
12	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31)	Left-handed	–
5	Matthew Breetzke	South Africa	(1998-11-03) 3 November 1998 (age 25)	Right-handed	–	Occasional wicket-keeper
	Tony de Zorzi		(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed	Right arm Offbreak
All-rounders
21	JJ Smuts	South Africa	(1988-09-21) 21 September 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
29	Dwaine Pretorius	South Africa	(1989-03-29) 29 March 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
84	Keemo Paul	West Indies	(1998-02-21) 21 February 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas
71	Kyle Mayers	West Indies	(1992-09-08) 8 September 1992 (age 32)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
13	Prenelan Subrayen	South Africa	(1993-09-23) 23 September 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
14	Wiaan Mulder	South Africa	(1998-02-19) 19 February 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
45	Heinrich Klaasen	South Africa	(1991-07-30) 30 July 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
29	Nicholas Pooran	West Indies	(1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 (age 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	3 Match only Available for Season
54	Bhanuka Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka	(1991-10-24) 24 October 1991 (age 32)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Spin bowlers
15	Noor Ahmad	Afghanistan	(2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 19)	Right-handed	Left-arm unorthodox
Fast bowlers
3	Junior Dala	South Africa	(1989-12-29) 29 December 1989 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
24	Reece Topley	England	(1994-02-21) 21 February 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Overseas
78	Naveen-ul-Haq	Afghanistan	(1999-09-23) 23 September 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Team Manager	Saumyadeep Pyne
Head coach	Lance Klusener
Assistant coach	Sridharan Sriram
Bowling coach	Morne Morkel
Fielding coach	Jonty Rhodes

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Runs	Batting average	High score	100s	50s
Heinrich Klaasen	363	60.50	104*	1	3
Quinton de Kock	271	30.11	78	0	0
Kyle Mayers	163	23.28	39	0	0
Wiaan Mulder	161	17.88	42	0	0
Matthew Breetzke	125	62.50	48*	0	0

Most wickets

Player	Wickets	Bowling average	Best bowling
Reece Topley	10	20.50	3/34
Dwaine Pretorius	10	21.00	2/20
Prenelan Subrayen	6	20.50	2/26
Wiaan Mulder	6	23.33	2/17
Keshav Maharaj	4	45.25	1/8

Seasons

Seasons

Year	League standing	Final standing
2022-23	5th out of 6	League stage
2023-24	2nd out of 6	Runners up

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

Season summary

Year	Played	Wins	Losses	Tied/NR
2022-23	10	4	5	1
2023-24	13	8	5	0
Source: ESPNCricinfo[6]

Note:

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

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Year	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (front)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Chest branding
2023
2024		1xBet	LootMogul

See also

• Lucknow Super Giants

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".
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. "Durban Super Giants squad - Super Giants Squad - SA20, 2023 Squad".
6. "SA20 Records - Durban's Super Giants". ESPNCricinfo.