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MI Cape Town
LeagueSA20
Personnel
CaptainRashid Khan
CoachRobin Peterson[1]
OwnerIndiawin Sports
Team information
CityCape Town
ColorsBlue and Gold
Founded2022; 3 years ago (2022)
Home groundNewlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Capacity25,000
History
Twenty20 debutv. Paarl Royals at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town; 10 January 2023
Official websitehttps://micapetown.co.za/

T20 kit

MI Cape Town is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the SA20 tournament.[2] The team is based in Cape Town, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is the Newlands Cricket Ground. The team is coached by Robin Peterson.[3][4]

The franchise is owned by Indiawin Sports.[5]

Franchise history

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In August 2022, Cricket South Africa announced the establishment of the SA20, a Twenty20 Cricket competition to be started in 2023. The teams for the competition, representing six different cities, including Cape Town, were put up for auction in September 2022. The Cape Town franchise was purchased by Mumbai Indians, led by Reliance Industries.

In 2023, they recruited major overseas stars like Rashid Khan, Jofra Archer, Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone, along with big domestic names like Kagiso Rabada, Dewald Brevis (both pre-auction signings), and Rassie van der Dussen (acquired in the player auction) in their first season and had a promising start. By 6 games, they were with 3 wins and losses each, but went out to lose their next 4 games to finish at the bottom of the table with 7 losses and 3 wins. Van der Dussen finished as their leading run-getter, with 243 runs in 10 innings, while Rabada finished as their highest wicket-taker, with 11 wickets in 8 innings.

In 2024, in their next season, with Rashid and Archer injured, they brought Kieron Pollard from MI Emirates and appointed him as the captain for the season. They retained Jofra Archer, Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone. They also bought in the services of Sri-Lankan speedster Nuwan Thushara and English keeper-batter Chris Benjamin. Again after a decent start with 2 wins and losses apiece, they went on to lose 5 of their next 6 to again finish their campaign again at the bottom of the table with 7 losses and 3 wins, identical to their first season. Ryan Rickleton had a breakthrough season, finishing with 530 runs in 10 innings, while Rabada was once again their top wicket-taker with 9 in 10 innings.

In 2025, they made a major overhaul with their overseas recruitments by releasing everyone from last 2 seasons' contingent, except Rashid, Thushara (injured and replaced by Matthew Potts), and Benjamin, while bringing Ben Stokes (injured and replaced by Sediqullah Atal), Trent Boult (from MI Emirates), and Azmatullah Omarzai on board. Rashid was once again appointed as their captain. At the player auctions, they acquired the services of Reeza Hendricks, Colin Ingram, and Dane Piedt. They also brought Corbin Bosch as their wildcard pick. Again, they started strongly, defeating Sunrisers Eastern Cape for the first time. They then lost to Joburg Super Kings by 6 runs due to DLS, before winning and losing to Paarl Royals. But this time, they went on to win 3 out of their next 4 games with bonus point, (with a washout against Durban's Super Giants ) to finish in top-2 and qualify for play-offs for the first time in their history.

Squad

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Support Staff

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For the year 2025

Name Role
Rahul Sanghvi Director of Cricket Operations
Robin Peterson Head Coach
Hashim Amla Batting Coach
Mitchell McClenaghan Bowling Coach
Kruger van Wyk Fielding Coach
Vivan Patel Team Manager
Robert Gibson Sports Massage Therapist
Craig Govender Physiotherapist
Pratik Kadam Strength & Conditioning Coach
CKM Dhananjai Data Performance Manager
Romano Ramoo Data Performance Analyst

Statistics

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Most runs

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Player Runs Batting average High score 100s 50s
Rassie van der Dussen 725 34.52 104 1 3
Ryan Rickelton 684 40.23 98 0 5
Dewald Brevis 478 22.76 70* 0 3
George Linde 260 21.66 63* 0 1
Sam Curran 231 16.50 38 0 0

Source:[6] as of 15 Jan 2025

Most wickets

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Player Wickets Bowling average Best bowling
Kagiso Rabada 24 24.62 3/22
George Linde 17 28.64 3/15
Sam Curran 14 38.07 3/26
Rashid Khan 12 30.08 3/16
Olly Stone 11 22.63 4/28
Jofra Archer 10 17.90 3/27

Source:[7] as of 15 Jan 2025

Seasons

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Seasons

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Year League standing Final standing
2022-23 6th out of 6 League stage
2023-24 6th out of 6 League stage
2024-25 TBC TBC
  •   C: champions
  •   RU: runner-up
  •   SF team qualified for the semi-final stage of the competition

Season summary

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Year Played Wins Losses Tied/NR
2022-23 10 3 7 0
2023-24 10 3 7 0
Source: ESPNCricinfo[8]

Note:

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

References

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  1. ^ "MI Cape Town appoint Robin Peterson as head coach and Lasith Malinga as bowling coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Cricket South Africa announces new six-team franchise-based T20 competition". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "Cricket South Africa | T20 COMES HOME AS CSA AND SUPERSPORT ANNOUNCE GRAND NEW EVENT".
  4. ^ "Inaugural SA20 league to begin on January 10". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "IPL franchise owners buy all six teams in South Africa's new T20 league". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ "Most runs in SA20 - MI Cape Town". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Most wickets in SA20 - MI Cape Town". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  8. ^ "SA20 Records - MI Cape Town". ESPNCricinfo.
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