Cricket South Africa Confirms AB de Villier's Availability for Mzansi Super League

Cricket South Africa has confirmed that AB de Villiers will take part in the upcoming Mzansi Super League. The Proteas talisman batsman will be a marquee player in the league. de Villiers will play for Tswane Spartans in the upcoming Twenty20 league. Meanwhile, there will be six teams in the forthcoming tournament.

Hashim Amla will play for Durban Heat, South African skipper Faf du Plessis will be a marquee player for Paarl Rocks. On the other hand, Proteas fast bowler Kagiso Rabada will be a part of Jozi Stars. South Africa’s leg-spinner Imran Tahir will play for Nelson Mandela Bay Giants whereas JP Duminy will be part of Cape Town Blitz.

Mzansi Super League will commence from November 16.

In fact, the tournament will not only be enlightened by big domestic players but also the foreign players will add a spark to the Mzansi Super League.

Windies star players like Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo, Afghanistan young sensation Rashid Khan will play in the tournament. Furthermore, England captain Eoin Morgan and Dawid Malan, as well as Jason Roy, are going to partake in the competition.

The tournament is going to be one month long. Mzansi Super League will kick start from November 16 and the final is going to take place on 16 December. The player draft is scheduled to be held on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, South Africa is all set to travel to Australia. South Africa will play three ODIs and one T20I against Australia. The first ODI will take place at Perth on November 4.

AB de Villiers had retired from International cricket in May. Thus, it would be a good chance for the fans to once again catch him in action.

The Twitter handler of Mzansi Super League took to the platform to confirm the availability of the big International players.

Here are the tweets:

Exciting times coming up in the @MSL_T20.
The Proteas marquee players are:@amlahash – Durban Heat@KagisoRabada25 – Jozi Stars@ABdeVilliers17 – Tshwane Spartans
Imran Tahir – Neson Mandela Bay Giants@jpduminy21 – Cape Town Blitz@faf1307 – Paarl Rocks#MSLT20 pic.twitter.com/CQAnmBppHY

— Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) October 15, 2018

The best of the best of South African talent is on board for the #MSLT20 with Kagiso Rabada, AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, Hashim Amla and JP Duminy confirmed as the Proteas marquee players pic.twitter.com/dG5rQ2thgD

— Mzansi Super League ? ?? ? (@MSL_T20) October 15, 2018

The first #MSLT20 international marquee player is top ranked T20 bowler, Rashid Khan of Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/W6IkN531WQ

— Mzansi Super League ? ?? ? (@MSL_T20) October 15, 2018

T20 living legend Chris Gayle is in. Which #MSLT20 team do you think will scoop the master blaster? pic.twitter.com/dR75PTxLxQ

— Mzansi Super League ? ?? ? (@MSL_T20) October 15, 2018

All-rounder and entertainer, Dwayne ‘DJ’ Bravo will bring his flair to the #MSLT20 come November! pic.twitter.com/ufIUTEJWrU

— Mzansi Super League ? ?? ? (@MSL_T20) October 15, 2018

A regular in the world’s biggest T20 leagues, English star batsman Jason Roy will be looking to show is fire power in the #MSLT20 pic.twitter.com/npbZ22VQMx

— Mzansi Super League ? ?? ? (@MSL_T20) October 15, 2018

England’s T20 captain, Eoin Morgan has scored the most runs for his country in T20 cricket. He’ll be looking to keep up this stellar record in the #MSLT20 pic.twitter.com/veULb9ew2Z

— Mzansi Super League ? ?? ? (@MSL_T20) October 15, 2018