A high-powered management delegation from SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) has travelled from India to start preparing for next year's SA20 tournament, which includes a Nelson Mandela Bay-based team, the SunRisers Eastern Cape.
"We are looking forward to bringing our style of high-energy T20 cricket to Nelson Mandela Bay in a format which has wide appeal," says Mr. K. Shanmugam, Head of Sports Division, SunRisers.
"We bring a vast repertoire of skills and expertise in the domain of sports marketing which can be seamlessly adapted and ported into the new T20 league that is envisaged in South Africa".
Sunrisers Eastern Cape says it will also support Eastern Province Cricket (EPC) to strengthen the pipeline of young players coming into the game.
The first match of the SA20 is scheduled for 23 January 2023. Players will be confirmed after an auction which will be broadcast live on Supersport on Monday 19 September.
"Sunrisers will help promote Nelson Mandela Bay and the Eastern Cape as a whole as both a tourist and investment destination," says Dr Mark Williams, chief executive officer of Cricket Eastern Cape.
