Cricket | MI Cape Town announce SA20 2025 overseas players
Cape Town, 14th August 2024: MI Cape Town, today, announce the signing of overseas players ahead of the 2025 season.
The pre signed overseas players are Afghan star all-rounder Rashid Khan, New Zealand legend Trent Boult, playing for his fourth MI franchise, and making their debut for the OneFamily are England captain Ben Stokes, and Afghan All Rounder Azmatullah Omarzai. They are joined by Nuwan Thushara and Chris Benjamin who are retained from the 2024 season.
The players join the existing pre signed domestic players of Kagiso Rabada, Dewald Brevis, Rassie van der Dussen, Ryan Rickelton, George Linde, Delano Potgieter, Thomas Kaber and Connor Esterhuizen.
Trent Boult on joining MI Cape Town, his fourth MI team
“MI, MI Emirates, MI New York and now MI Cape Town. I’ll be donning the Blue-and-Gold colours in the upcoming edition of SA20. Playing at the scenic Newlands is going to be special. I know, It’s going to be Lekker.”
About MI Cape Town
MI Cape Town is a T20 cricket team which plays in the SA20 in South Africa and is part of the MI family which was established in 2008.
Since its inception in 2008, the Mumbai Indians franchise has been one of the most successful teams in the Indian Premier League. It is owned by Indiawin Sports Pvt. Ltd, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, one of India's largest conglomerates.
Today MI is a global cricketing force, with five T20 teams spanning three continents, and four countries including both men and women. The year 2023 marked a pivotal moment
for the MI family, as it established Mumbai Indians in the women's Premier League, along with MI Cape Town in SA20, MI Emirates in ILT20, and MI New York in MLC.
Over 17 years, MI's dedication and commitment to improving the cricketing eco-system, have resulted in 10 league titles, including 5 IPL championships, 2 Champions League
victories, and the inaugural WPL and MLC wins in 2023 and IL20 in 2024.
