MSL 2018: All you need to know about Paarl Rocks - Squad, Strengths, Weaknesses, and more
With cricket gaining a lot of popularity around the world, T20 leagues have become a regular affair nowadays. It all started with a successful season of IPL in 2008, and now we have a family of T20 leagues across the globe with Afghanistan recently joining the party.
One such addition to the family is South Africa's Mzansi Super League 2018 which is all set to kick-start from 16th November 2018 with its final scheduled on 16th December 2018. In this time duration of 31 days, we will be witnessing a total of 32 matches among six teams. The six teams being part of the league will be Cape Town Blitz, Durban Heat, Jozi Stars, Nelson Mandela Bay Giants, Paarl Rocks, and Tshwane Spartans.
Qualification Criterion
Interestingly, Mzansi Super League 2018 will be syphoning a different qualification criterion for the knockout stages. In MSL 2018, unlike other T20 leagues, only two knockout matches will take place - Eliminator and Final. The Eliminator will take place between the 2nd and the 3rd ranked team. Eventually, the winner of the Eliminator will contest with the 1st ranked team in the Final of MSL 2018. Thus, the 1st ranked team will get an added advantage of directly qualifying for the finals.
Hence, after having been through the technicalities of Mzansi Super League 2018 let us get into the detailed picture of one of the six teams of the MSL 2018. In this edition of 'All you need to know about,' we will be having a detailed look at the consummate delineation of Paarl Rocks - a Paarl based franchise. The article will circumscribe all the essential details about Paarl Rocks - squads, owner, players to watch out for, strengths, and weaknesses.
#1 Paarl Rocks - Squad, Home Ground, and Owner
The Paarl based franchise, Paarl Rocks, will be captained by the South African captain, Faf du Plessis. Paarl has announced a strong side while going into the first edition of Mzansi Super League. The squad includes the likes of Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Tabraiz Shamsi, and Aiden Markram.
Paarl Rocks' Squad for MSL 2018: Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dane Paterson, Aiden Markram, Mangaliso Mosehle, Bjorn Fortuin, Vaughn van Jaarsveld, Grant Thomson, Michael Klinger (replacing Paul Stirling), Tshepo Moreki, Henry Davids, David Wiese (replacing Cameron Delport), Eathan Bosch, Patrick Kruger, and Kerwin Mungroo.
Home Ground: Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa.
Owner: CSA (Cricket South Africa).
Proteas Marquee Player: Faf du Plessis.
International Marquee Player: Dwayne Bravo (West Indies).