SA20 2025 is approaching and Pretoria Capitals, who finished fifth in 2024, made some key acquisitions during the auction for next season.

Before the auction, Capitals signed players such as Rilee Rossouw, Will Jacks, James Neesham and Anrich Nortje. At the auction they bought Evin Lewis, Marques Ackerman and Keagan Lion-Cachet. Unfortunately Evin Lewis has retired due to injury. The team has not yet announced his replacement.

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They have also pre-signed players like Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Will Smeed. Adding Liam Livingstone as a wildcard has made the team even stronger.

With their retentions and new signings, the Capitals will aim for a better season this time around.

Player list and PC squad for SA20 2025:

Rilee Rossouw, Anrich Nortje, Jimmy Neesham, Will Jacks, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Liam Livingstone, Will Smeed, Migael Pretorius, Eathan Bosch, Wayne Parnell, Senuran Muthusamy, Kyle Verreynne, Daryn Dupavillon, Steve Stolk, Tiaan van Vuuren, Marques Ackerman, Kyle Simmonds, Keagan León-Cachet

Based on the squad assembled above, let’s see how Pretoria Capitals could organize their strongest playing XI for the upcoming SA20 2025 season.

Strongest PC Gaming XI for SA20 2025:

Rahmanullah Gurbaz Will Jacks Rilee Rossouw Kyle Verreynne Liam Livingstone Jimmy Neesham Senuran Muthusamy Eathan Bosch Wayne Parnell Daryn Dupavillon Anrich Nortje

Bench: Will Smeed, Migael Pretorius, Steve Stolk, Tiaan van Vuuren, Marques Ackerman, Kyle Simmonds, Keagan Lion-Cachet

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Strongest points:

The Capitals have a dangerous and explosive starting pair of Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Will Jacks, capable of delivering aggressive starts. Their middle order looks solid, with powerful batsmen such as Liam Livingstone and James Neesham, who can steady or accelerate the innings. With this well-balanced playing XI, they have up to 8 effective bowling options, giving the team a lot of flexibility in their attack.

Weakest points:

They lack a quality foreign pacer in their squad. They don’t have experienced backup options on their team.

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