CSA T20 League: Pretoria Capitals sign Anrich Nortje and Migael Pretorius

Pretoria Capitals on Saturday announced they have signed South Africa pace duo of Anrich Nortje and uncapped Migael Pretorius for the upcoming CSA T20 League The team is owned by JSW Group who are the coowners of Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League IPLAs per the rules of the CSA T20 League each of the six franchises get to sign five players comprising three overseas one South Africa international cricketer and one uncapped South African player before the auction happens to build their squad of 17Till now the Durban franchise owned by the RPSG Group which bought Lucknow Super Giants franchise MI Cape Town owned by Reliance Industries who run fivetime IPL champion side Mumbai Indians and Paarl Royals managed by owners of Rajasthan Royals have already announced their list of presigned playersAnrich Nortje has been an integral part of the growth and success of Delhi Capitals So when we decided to expand our cricketing footprint to his country he was always going to be an automatic choice for us I believe Anrich will bring to Pretoria Capitals the same kind of fiery performances and offfield calmness weve seen him display at DCAlso Read Ross Taylor One of RR owners slapped me 34 timesId also like to welcome Migael Pretorius who boasts of an impressive domestic track record to our Capitals family It is indeed a proud moment for us as Delhi Capitals is now beyond Delhi South Africa is no doubt one of the worlds biggest sports loving nations and we cant wait to enthral the fans there with our passionate brand of cricket said Parth Jindal Owner Pretoria Capitals and coowner Delhi CapitalsNortje who has been a part of South Africa team since 2019 has played 30 matches for Delhi Capitals over last three seasons with 43 wickets to his name coming at an average of 2130 and economy rate of 806Pretorius 27 has taken 54 T20 wickets and plays for Knights in South Africas domestic circuit He has even played for Jamaica Tallawahs in the Caribbean Premier League CPL 2021 seasonThe rightarm pacer is yet to make his international debut though he was added to South Africas Test squad for series against Sri Lanka in December 2020 and in T20I squad for threematch series against Pakistan in March 2021South Africas T20 League scheduled to be held in January and February 2023 will be directly clashing with UAEs International League T20 ILT20 to be also held in January next year Both leagues will be operating in the time when Australias Big Bash League BBL and Bangladeshs Bangladesh Premier League BPL will be onThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever