Faf du Plessis is back with the Super Kings, albeit in a different city, as the Chennai Super Kings management has roped in the former South Africa captain as their marquee signing for the Cricket South Africa (CSA) league.

Bound by a confidentiality clause

Bound by a confidentiality clause, the six franchises, all owned by the IPL teams, refused to disclose their star signings, but Cricbuzz can confirm that du Plessis, a former CSK regular, is back with his old team. Du Plessis represented CSK from 2011 to 2021, except in 2016 and 2017, when the franchise was suspended. CSK could not retain him in the 2022 auction, where he was bought by Royals Challengers Bangalore and was named their captain too.

The Chennai team has also bought the Johannesburg franchise in the championship.

The Chennai management is also believed to have roped in Moeen Ali. And Moeen has also been included in the marquee players’ list of the UAE League (ILT20), held along with the ILT20 in January-February. CSA management is expected to release the marquee later in the day.

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Pretoria and Port Elizabeth teams,

owned by Delhi Capitals and SunRisers Hyderabad, have retained their South African players of the IPL roster – Anrich Nortje and Aiden Markram – respectively. The Rajasthan Royals, with Paarl as their base, have retained their IPL star recruit, Jos Buttler. Sanjiv Goenka’s Lucknow Super Giants management, having bought the Durban team, has, unsurprisingly, kept Quinton de Kock in CSA League.

Meanwhile, the MI management, owned by Reliance Industries Limited, has christened the team as MI Cape Town. They have announced that their UAE league called MI Emirates.

Nita Ambani, director of Reliance Industries, said,

“For us, MI goes beyond cricket. It embodies the ability to dream, be fearless and foster a positive attitude in life. I am sure that both MI Emirates and MI Cape Town will embrace the same ethos and take MI’s global cricket legacy to even greater heights.”

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