Sunrisers Eastern Cape make first signings for T20 League

The  Sunrisers Eastern Cape have confirmed their first two signings ahead of the Cricket South Africa T20 League.

The Eastern Cape franchise is owned by Sun TV Network Limited, the Indian Company behind the Indian Premier League's (IPL) Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Their first two signings include Proteas batsman Aiden Markram and Dolphins bowler Ottneil Baartman.

Announcing our first two #Risers ?? South Africa's T20I player of the year Aiden Markram & death-bowling specialist Ottneil Baartman join #SunRisersEasternCape ??#OrangeArmy #SEC pic.twitter.com/kCCLJiJvha

Markram also represents the Sundrisers Hyderabad in the IPL.

In this year's tournament, he played 14 matches, scoring 381 runs at an average of 47.63 and an impressive strike rate of 139.05.

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