Afghanistan’s explosive opening batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz will be seen playing in the upcoming season of SA20. Let us tell you that the 22-year-old wicketkeeper has been associated with Pretoria Capitals.

So with this Pretoria Capitals team, Gurbaz will be seen playing under the head coaching of former Afghanistan cricket team coach Jonathan Trott, who has recently become the new head coach of Pretoria Capitals. Trott will replace the team’s former coach Graham Ford, who left this post last month.

Trott has previously coached the Afghanistan cricket team for a long time. Under Trott’s coaching, the Afghan team reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2024.

Also, let us tell you that the 22-year-old wicketkeeper batsman is a well-known name in T20 cricket at this time. Currently, Gurbaz is playing in the Global Canada T20 League. Apart from this, Gurbaz has played in the International League T20 for the Capitals franchise in the past. Here he scored a total of 146 runs in 8 matches played for Dubai Capitals at an average of 18.25 and a strike rate of 155.31.

However, now Gurbaj would like to make his first SA20 season memorable by performing brilliantly. Also, after adding Gurbaj to their team, Pretoria Capitals have also shared a video of him on their official X account.

Watch this video of Rehmanullah Gurbaz

Can’t wait to see our Afghan star in action at Centurion 🙌

Welcome, Gurbaz! 💙#RoarSaamMore , @RGurbaz_21 pic.twitter.com/DeuNTlNvnd

— Pretoria Capitals (@PretoriaCapsSA) August 4, 2024

On the other hand, let us tell you that Gurbaz was the highest run-scorer in the T20 World Cup 2024. Gurbaz scored a total of 281 runs in 8 matches played in the multination tournament at an average of 35.12 and a strike rate of 124.33.

Apart from this, if we give you information about Gurbaz’s T20 career, then in the 63 T20 matches played for the Afghan team, he has scored a total of 1657 runs at an average of 26.3 and a strike rate of 135.49.