DTVHINDISA20 2025: Rahmanullah Gurbaz will be seen playing for Pretoria Capitals in the upcoming season
This will be the first time Gurbaz will be seen playing in the SA20 League Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Image Credit- Twitter) 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.
SA20, 2025: Jonathan Trott appointed head coach of Pretoria Capitals
This important tournament will start from January 9 and its final match will be played on February 8. Jonathan Trott (Photo Source: Pretoria Capitals has appointed former English player Jonathan Trott as its head coach in the upcoming season of SA20. Let us tell you, this important tournament will start on January 9 and its final match will be played on February 8. Jonathan Trott will be seen coaching Pretoria Capitals in place of Graham Ford. Jonathan Trott’s performance has always been very good in international cricket and he has played important batting roles for England. Trott has been the head coach of the Afghanistan men’s team since 2022 and the team has also performed tremendously under his coaching. Let us tell you, Afghanistan had confirmed its place in the semi-finals of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 under the coaching of Jonathan Trott. They performed very well in this entire tournament and defeated Australia. However, Afghanistan had to face defeat against South Africa in the semi-finals. Pretoria Capitals themselves confirmed on their official social media accounts that Jonathan Trott will be coaching their team in the upcoming season of the SA20. Here is the tweet from Pretoria Capitals: From Pretoria, give us a warm cheer as we welcome Jonathan Trott as the Head Coach for the upcoming #SA20 season 3⃣ 🤌#RoarSaamMore pic.twitter.com/eCAgP7nuaK — Pretoria Capitals (@PretoriaCapsSA) July 29, 2024 Talking about Pretoria Capitals, their performance in the 2024 season was not so good and they were at the fifth position in the points table with three wins and six losses. The team was the runner up in the first season. They had to face defeat against Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the final. However, now in the 2025 season, the team will definitely want to leave its mark and also win the trophy of this important tournament. The schedule of the 2025 season will be announced soon. Pretoria Capitals can include many great players in their team in the upcoming season. Last season also it was seen that the team had many brilliant players but all of them looked completely flopped. Jonathan Trott will also be under a lot of pressure before the upcoming season. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
