South African batter Aiden Markram is all ready to defend Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s SA20 title as the 2nd edition of South Africa’s premier T20 franchise tournament kicks off. Markram led Eastern Cape to the first ever SA20 title last year.
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Markram, who scored a fighting century in the IND vs SA 2nd Test recently, said being among the runs will help him when he takes the field in SA20.
“It’s always nice to get runs. It’s obviously a different format, but from a confidence point of view, it gives you confidence as a player, and to go from that knock straight to SA20, is a nice place to be, but you have to respect that this is a different format,” Markram told PTI in an exclusive interview.
Markram also expressed his gratitude to the Sunrisers franchise for putting their trust on him to lead the side.
“I am not sure as I am not involved in those decisions, fantastic opportunity and privilege to captain any team. It’s a great blessing to captain any Sunrisers team. Great exposure for myself to learn from a captaincy point of view and wherever it takes you in future, you take it in your stride,” the Proteas vice-captain said.
Markram talked about what it meant to be a senior in a team that does not have too many well-known faces.
“You always feel that responsibility not just from captaincy point of view, but as a senior player also, to lead from the front. We want to give freedom to our players to express themselves and be the best player they can be. If it’s their day the team would be in great position,” Markram said.
