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Aiden Markram will lead SRH during IPL 2023. (agencies)
Aiden Markram led the Sunrisers Eastern Caps to title victory during the inaugural SA20
Sunrisers Hyderabad has appointed South African Aiden Markram as their captain ahead of IPL 2023. Markram was among the 12 players that SRH retained ahead of the mini-auction last year while releasing Kane Williamson, who led them during IPL 2022.
SRH, who won the IPL in 2016 under the captaincy of David Warner, made the announcement through social media on Thursday morning.
“The. wait. is. up. #OrangeArmy, say hello to our new captain Aiden Markram,” SRH posted on Twitter.
Markram captained Sunrisers Eastern Cape during the inaugural season of the SA20 this year and guided them to the title after defeating Pretoria Capital in the final on 11 February.
The 28-year-old has played 20 IPL matches and has so far scored 527 runs at a strike-rate of 134.1. He averages 40.54 and has scored three half-centuries.
Overall, Markram has scored 2770 runs in 107 T20s including one century and 21 half-centuries.
Despite a major overhaul during the mega auction in February last year, SRH finished eighth in the 10-team competition. They won six of their 14 matches and failed to qualify for the playoffs.
As a result, they released Williamson, who led them for a full season after replacing Warner in the middle of IPL 2021.
according to a report in CricbuzzThe decision was taken after consulting head coach Brian Lara, with Markram’s impressive performance during the SA20s tilting opinion in his favour.
SRH will begin their campaign on April 2 when they host Rajasthan Royals at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in what will be a one-day game.
SRH Full Squad: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Johnson, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Karthik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanveer Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akil Hossain, Anmolpreet Singh.
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