South African batter Aiden Markram has been appointed as the brand new skipper of the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) staff for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season. Markram takes over from former New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson, who was launched by the franchise after final season.
The Protea participant was additionally half of the Sun Group-owned Sunrisers Eastern Cape franchise, which received the inaugural version of the SA20 T20 League earlier this month. There was hypothesis that Mayank Agarwal, who was purchased for Rs 8.5 crore by SRH may be in rivalry however Markram has pipped the previous Punjab Kings batter.
THE. WAIT. IS. OVER. _#OrangeArmy, say whats up to our new captain Aiden Markram _#AidenMarkram #SRHCaptain #IPL2023 | @AidzMarkram pic.twitter.com/3kQelkd8CP
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) February 23, 2023
The Kaviya Maran-owned SRH franchise made the announcement on their social media account on Thursday (February 23) morning. The South African notched up 381 runs in IPL 2022 at a median of 47.63 with a strike-rate of over 139 with three fifties.
Markram was the third-highest run-getter in SA20 league with 366 runs from 12 matches at a median of 33.27 with 1 hundred and 1 fifty within the competitors. Markram’s Sunrisers Eastern Cape defeated Pretoria Capitals within the last of the match.
Speaking forward of the SA20 last, Markram did categorical his curiosity in changing into the brand new SRH captain. “What’s going to happen, to be honest. Either way, we back the management’s decision about who they want to be in charge,” Markram mentioned.
“Becoming the captain is not the be-all and end-all. You can be in some form of leadership role too. But I am okay with captaincy, it’s something that I enjoy doing,” he mentioned forward of the SA20 last in opposition to Pretoria Capitals.
“I have been captaining for a while before this tournament started. It’s been a nice experience, a fresh start, I would say,” he added.
Karnataka opener Mayank Agarwal was launched by Punjab Kings after a lower than spectacular stint as their captain changing KL Rahul in 2022. He was purchased for Rs 8.25 crore in IPL 2023 public sale and plenty of imagine that SRH have a look at him as a skipper. He has been in sensational kind in Ranji Trophy off late, scoring an excellent double century in opposition to Saurashtra within the knockout levels as properly.
However, former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar believes that SRH shouldn’t have a look at Agarwal as the brand new skipper. “If it was left to me, I wouldn’t got to Mayank Agarwal,” Manjrekar advised Star Sport forward of SRH captaincy announcement.
SRH squad for IPL 2023
Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Harry Brook, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Anmolpreet Singh, Akeal Hosein, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Dagar
