Kavya Maran's franchise performed very well last year. Despite this, she has surprised everyone by removing 7 players from the team. Actually, Kavya Maran's franchise Sunrisers participates in IPL and SA20 League. In IPL 2024, the team playing under the name Sunrisers Hyderabad reached the final under the captaincy of Pat Cummins. At the same time, in the second season of SA20 i.e. 2204, his team Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the trophy. Now for the next season of this league, the franchise has released 7 players including Temba Bavuma.

These players were excluded

Sunrisers Eastern Cape has shared the full list of retained and newly signed players for the new season. Sunrisers had signed 19 players in their squad in 2024. They have retained 12 players, while 7 have been released. The franchise has released David Malan, Temba Bavuma, Daniel Worrall, Adam Rossington, Ayabulela Gkamane, Sarel Erwee and Brydon Carse who will no longer be part of the team.

However, Sunrisers Eastern Cape has retained most of its players. There are 4 such players, who were an important part of South Africa's team in T20 World Cup 2024. Those retained include team captain Aiden Markram, Tristian Stubbs, Marco Jansen and Otniel Bartman. Sunrisers have also retained Caleb Seleka, Andile Simelane, Patrick Kruger, Beyers Swanepoel, Tom Abel, Simon Harmer, Liam Dawson and Jordan Harman.

Signed 4 new players

The franchise has also signed 4 new players for the next season of SA20. This includes the names of David Bedingham, Jack Crawley, Craig Overton and Reloof van der Merwe. Bedingham has made his Test debut for South Africa. At the same time, Crawley and Overton have played Test and ODI for England. All three players will be a part of this league for the first time, while Netherlands all-rounder Van der Merwe is returning to this team after the first season.

Sunrisers have won twice

SA20 started in 2023 and the second season was played in 2024. Sunrisers won the trophy in both these seasons. After winning the first season, the trophy was defended in 2024 under the captaincy of Aiden Markram. In the final, they defeated Durban Super Giants by 89 runs.