Super Kings Franchise announce team name, captain, and coach for SA20

Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited (CSKCL), the owner of Chennai Super Kings and a team based out of Johannesburg in the Cricket South Africa’s SA20 league announced their team name, captain, and coach on Thursday.

The team has been named as ‘Joburg Super Kings’ during an interaction between several top officials of the league and the team and including Graeme Smith, K.S. Viswanathan, Faf du Plessis, and Stephen Fleming with veteran broadcaster Mark Nicholas as the host.

Former South Africa skipper Faf Du Plessis was announced as the captain of the team. Du Plessis has had healthy relations with the Super Kings franchise from his time in the previous seasons of IPL.

“I have an extremely lucky and long relationship with Chennai. When the opportunity presented itself again, I was extremely happy with that. I think it’s going to be (the SA20 league) incredibly crucial for the sustainability of South African cricket.

“I’ve almost been seeing firsthand the difference that league cricket can have an impact on a country’s cricket. Certainly been involved with the IPL for the last 10-11 years. You see the difference that it makes to the young generation and the young players, especially in that Indian cricket team and environment,” Du Plessis said talking about the importance of the league.

Whistles and Vanakkam, Joburg Super Kings!