Lance Klusener has been named the head coach of the Durban franchise in the CSA T20 League

Lance Klusener, a former all-rounder for South Africa, has been selected to lead the RPSG Group-owned Durban team during first Cricket South Africa T20 League.

From 1996 to 2004, Klusener participated in 171 ODIs and 49 Tests for South Africa. He was among the finest ODI all-rounders of his day, with 3576 runs and 192 wickets in ODIs in addition to 1906 runs and 80 wickets in Test cricket. After retiring, he worked with domestic and foreign clubs and also IPL franchises in a variety of coaching capacities.

I feel proud to be a part of the RPSG family. For me, this is a brand-new task. I’m incredibly proud of it. In the press release, Klusener was noted as stating, “I am excited to meet the team.

The year before, the RP Sanjeev Goenka company spent Rs. 7090 crore to acquire the Lucknow IPL franchise.

In addition to RPSG, six IPL franchise owners have now been identified as the victorious bidders for the South African T20 competition.

The South Africa T20 teams from Cape Town, Durban, Gqeberha (previously known as Port Elizabeth), Johannesburg, Paarl, and Pretoria are now owned by the respective franchisees of the Mumbai, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Chennai, Rajasthan, and Delhi franchises from the IPL, according to a press release from Cricket South Africa.

Notably, this new competition is CSA’s third attempt to launch a franchise-based T20 league after the Global League T20 as well as the Mzansi Super League failed for a variety of reasons.