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Indian T20 League is around the corner and everyone is excited for the 2023 edition of the cash-rich T20 tournament. Meanwhile, all franchise teams are gearing up hard for the upcoming edition of the tournament as they also participated in the mini-auction held in Kochi on the 23rd of December last year.
In a recent line of events, Mumbai coach Mark Boucher has hinted at a new signing for the five-time Indian T20 League champions. Boucher hinted that there is a new signing from South Africa who might join the team very soon. Although the former Proteas wicketkeeper-batter denied revealing the name of that new entrant at the moment.
Here's what Mark Boucher said
“Yes, always nice to have South African flavor. We got another one. I'm not going to tell his name now, but he's gonna be there, but the nice thing is that these guys are youngsters as well, and they are getting some good cricket time in,” said Boucher in a conversation with the official broadcasters.
"They are getting good cricket time in a good competition as we have seen so far. So, it's going to be great working with Jansen and Brevis,” he added later.
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Notably, there had been a lot of South African players who couldn’t get a buyer during the mini-auction for the 2023 edition of the Indian T20 League. But these players have recently enjoyed a good run of form in the ongoing SA20.
The list includes the likes of Roelof Van Der Merwe, Bijorn Fortuin, Evan Jones, Wayne Parnell, and Eathan Bosch who are on the list of leading wicket-takers of the inaugural edition of the South African franchise T20 league.
Whereas, JJ Smuts, Theunis de Bruyn, Leus du Plooy, and Grant Roelfsen have proved their worth with the bat for their respective franchise teams.
Notably, the first-ever women’s T20 league is also expected to be played later this year before the commencement of the Indian T20 League.