{"id":9970,"date":"2025-12-12T13:20:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=670634"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:20:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T07:50:42","slug":"keshav-maharaj-appointed-pretoria-capitals-captain-for-sa20-season-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/keshav-maharaj-appointed-pretoria-capitals-captain-for-sa20-season-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Keshav Maharaj appointed Pretoria Capitals captain for SA20 Season 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"206\" data-end=\"420\">Pretoria Capitals have named veteran South African spinner <strong data-start=\"265\" data-end=\"283\">Keshav Maharaj<\/strong> as their captain for the upcoming fourth season of the SA20. The franchise confirmed the appointment in an official statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"560\">Maharaj takes over leadership duties from <strong data-start=\"464\" data-end=\"481\">Rilee Rossouw<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"504\">Kyle Verreynne<\/strong>, who shared captaincy responsibilities during Season 3.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"562\" data-end=\"809\">In their announcement, the Capitals highlighted Maharaj\u2019s extensive experience and strong leadership credentials.<br data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"678\" \/>\u201cWe are pleased to confirm that Keshav Maharaj has been appointed as the captain for the upcoming SA20 season,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"811\" data-end=\"1025\">\u201cOne of South Africa\u2019s most experienced and respected leaders, Maharaj brings a wealth of international pedigree across formats, along with a proven track record of guiding teams with composure, clarity and intent.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1273\">\u201cHaving captained South Africa in white-ball cricket and served as a senior figure within the national set-up for several years, Maharaj\u2019s leadership experience, tactical understanding and consistency make him an invaluable addition in this role.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1275\" data-end=\"1397\">\u201cHis presence strengthens the balance and direction of the Pretoria Capitals squad as the team heads into the new season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1399\" data-end=\"1610\">Season four of the SA20 begins on <strong data-start=\"1433\" data-end=\"1453\">26 December 2025<\/strong>. <strong data-start=\"1455\" data-end=\"1471\">MI Cape Town<\/strong> enter as defending champions, while <strong data-start=\"1508\" data-end=\"1534\">Sunrisers Eastern Cape<\/strong> remain the most successful franchise in tournament history with two titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pretoria Capitals have named veteran South African spinner Keshav Maharaj as their captain for the upcoming fourth season of the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}