Capetown Knight Riders make a change in their logo for T20 Global League

The 2012 and 2014 Indian Premier League champions Knight Riders have ventured into the T20 global League and they have added a dash of Magenta to their iconic logo. The Knight Riders franchise has associated with the Capetown Knight Riders team for the T20 league. And the 2nd ranked cricket stadium in the world- Newlands cricket stadium will be their home.

JP Duminy will be the marquee Proteas player for the Knight Riders. An international marquee player will be assigned to the Cape Town Knight Riders, as well as two rookies and there will be four non-local players per squad. Only players eligible for the Proteas are classified as local. The Knight Riders are also participating in the Caribbean Premier League.

Change in Logo

The Capetown Knight Riders cricket fans were ecstatic with the change in the logo. The Knight Rider franchise has many committed fans and it will surely extend to the South African league too. The official page of the T20 Global League posted the new logo for the Knights, and the responses have been positive so far.

“I am extremely excited that the KKR team under the astute leadership of one of the world’s all-time greats who played his cricket under the shadows of the oaks, Jacques Kallis, will call Newlands home during the T20 Global League,” said Nabeal Dien, chief executive officer of the Western Province Cricket Association (WPCA).

Big names

The local marquee players assigned to the eight franchise teams are Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, David Miller, Kagiso Rabada and Imran Tahir. The international marquee players are Dwayne Bravo (West Indies), Chris Gayle (West Indies), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka), Brendon McCullum (New Zealand), Eoin Morgan (England), Kevin Pietersen (England), Kieron Pollard (West Indies) and Jason Roy (England).

“We don’t have any doubt that many of the top players would love to ply their trade at Newlands as this is one of the inspirational grounds in the world and its curator, Evan Flint, was recently crowned as the best groundsman in South Africa at the CSA awards ceremony,” commented Beresford Williams, president of the WPCA.