Proteas discard in SA20 Team of the Tournament

Paarl Royals seamer Ottneil Baartman has been named in the SA20 Team of the Tournament.

Baartman was the leading wicket-taker this season with 20 and produced the competition’s only five-wicket haul.

The 32-year-old was a surprise omission from the Proteas’ T20 World Cup squad and was also snubbed for the first T20I against the West Indies at Boland Park on Tuesday when Marco Jansen was rested.

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Three-time champions the Sunrisers Eastern Cape dominate the XI with four selections, led by Quinton de Kock, who capped a resurgent season by being named MVP and Batsman of the Tournament. De Kock topped the run charts with 390 at an average of 39 and a strike rate of 148, while also contributing sharply behind the stumps during Sunrisers’ title run.

Runners-up the Pretoria Capitals are represented by three players, including Dewald Brevis, whose playoff performances lit up the business end of the tournament. The competition’s record signing delivered when it mattered most, finishing with 370 runs at an average of 41.1 and a strike rate of 156, highlighted by a century in the final.

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Aiden Markram, who found form late in the season for Durban’s Super Giants, has been named captain of the side after finishing strongly with a match-winning hundred at Kingsmead.