Lhuan-dre Pretorius of Paarl Royals hits over the top for six. One of his plays that won him the Batter of the tournament. Sportzpics
Five players from 2025 SA20 League-winning MI Cape Town were named as part of the Betway SA20’s team of the season.
Wicket keeper Ryan Rickelton, big-hitting Dewald Brevis, pace bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Trent Boult as well as all-rounder George Linde were chosen for the dream team.
The panel of members that decided the team were made up of SuperSport commentators and select members of the media.
What a final week it was! Let's take a look back at the business end of #BetwaySA20 Season 3.https://t.co/f9xCoSCNfu#WelcomeToIncredible
— Betway SA20 (@SA20_League) February 13, 2025
Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s Aiden Markram - who shot three half centuries, was elected Captain, while the other five players come from Paarl Royals and the SEC’s ranks.
These include Royals’ opening pair of Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Joe Root together with David Miller.
Marco Jansen - who was named player and bowler of the season, and Richard Gleeson complete the eleven. Jansen claimed 19 wickets in Season 3.
#BetwaySA20 𝐓![CDATA[]]>𝐞![CDATA[]]>𝐚![CDATA[]]>𝐦 𝐨![CDATA[]]>𝐟 𝐭![CDATA[]]>𝐡![CDATA[]]>𝐞 𝐒![CDATA[]]>𝐞![CDATA[]]>𝐚![CDATA[]]>𝐬![CDATA[]]>𝐨![CDATA[]]>𝐧 🫡
— Betway SA20 (@SA20_League) February 13, 2025
5️⃣ MI Cape Town players feature
©️ Aiden Markram leads the team
Read more 🔗 https://t.co/DvLdzjyTkL#WelcomeToIncredible pic.twitter.com/PLtUxucxmp
Donovan Ferreira of the Joburg Super Kings was named the 12th man.
The league commended Rickelton and Brevis for their daring batting skills, which resulted in heavily spiked strike rates, while the Cape Town keeper racked up the most runs in the tournament.
“Rickelton struck 336 runs at an average of 48 and strike-rate 178.82 to pass 1000 runs in the competition, becoming the leading run-scorer in Betway SA20 history. He also claimed nine dismissals behind the stumps.
“Rising Star Brevis came of age in Season 3, scoring 291 runs at an average of 48.5 and strike-rate of 184. The 21-year-old was equally adept against pace and spin, striking at 211 against the seamers and 149 against a list of highly impressive slow bowlers.
From a bowling perspective, Boult, Rabada and Linde were widely received for their lethal line and length, even more so for upping the ante towards the end of the tournament.
Linde and Boult took 11 wickets during the third season while Rabada picked up 12 with a best of 4/25 in the final match.
“MI Cape Town’s world-class new bowling pair of Rabada and Boult were miserly throughout the competition - boasting economy rates of 6.53 and 6.94 respectively - but kept their best performance for the Final against Sunrisers Eastern Cape.”
All the above mentioned aside, and all praise to the might and dominance from MI Cape Town, the batting performance of the tournament belonged to an 18-year-old lefty Pretorius.
Pretorius took apart the world’s best T20 bowlers with an unassuming ease and confidence, which saw scoop the batter of the tournament award with his 397 runs.
He scored three half-centuries, riddled with 47 boundaries and 16 explosive sixes.