Pretoria Capitals is a South African professional

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franchise

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that competes in the

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tournament. The team is based in

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, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is

Centurion Park Centurion Park is a cricket ground in Centurion in South Africa. It is also known as SuperSport Park since television company SuperSport bought shares in the stadium. The capacity of the ground is 22,000. The Titans cricket team have played mo ...

. The team is coached by Graham Ford.Pretoria Capitals were the runners-up of the first season of SA20 The franchise is owned by JSW Sports.

History

In August 2022,

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announced the establishment of the

, a

Cricket competition to be started in 2023. The teams for the competition, representing six cities, including

, were put up for auction in September 2022. The

franchise was purchased by

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2023 season

They were the Runner-up of the first season of the tournament after they lose Sunrisers Eastern Cape by 4 wickets in the final at the

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. Runner up the inaugural Session under

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's captaincy.

Seasons

* C: champions * RU: runner-up * SF team qualified for the semi-final stage of the competition

Season summary

Note: * NR indicates No result. * Abandoned matches are indicated as no result.

Statistics

Most runs

Source:

Most wickets

Source:

Administration and support staff

Coaching History

* Graham Ford (2023 - 2024)

Year by year history

References

External links

Pretoria Capitals team website

SA20 Official Team Website
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