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Current Teams
	Rajasthan Royals (2008–present); X 1 (2008); Barbados Royals (2021–present); Barbados Royals Women (2022–present); X 1 (2023); Paarl Royals (2022–present)

Paarl Royals
League	SA20
Personnel
Captain	David Miller
Coach	Trevor Penney
Owner	Manoj Badale
Team information
City	Paarl
Colors	Pink and Blue;
Founded	2022; 2 years ago
Home ground	Boland Park, Paarl
Capacity	10,000
History
Twenty20 debut	v. MI Cape Town at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town; 10 January 2023
Official website	https://www.paarlroyals.com/
	T20 kit
	T20 kit

Paarl Royals is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that first competed in the inaugural season of SA20 tournament.^[1] The team is based in Paarl, South Africa, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is the Boland Park Cricket ground. The team is captained by David Miller and is coached by Shane Bond.^[2]^[3]

The franchise is owned by Manoj Badale.^[4]

Franchise history

In August 2022, the Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced the establishment of the SA20, a Twenty20 Cricket competition to be started in 2023.The teams for the competition, representing 6 different cities of South Africa, including Paarl, were put up on auction in South Africa in September 2022. The Paarl franchise was purchased was revealed that Rajasthan Royals, led by Manoj Badale will be owning a team in the league.The team unveiled their logo and jersey in January 2023, through their social media handles.^[5]

2023 season

2024 season

Current squad

The side's squad for the first season of the competition was:^[6]

Players with international caps are listed in bold

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Captain
10	David Miller	South Africa	(1989-06-10) 10 June 1989 (age 35)	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break	Captain
Batsmen
0	Mitchell Van Buure	South Africa	(1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break
66	Joe Root	England	(1990-12-30) 30 December 1990 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	Overseas
	Sam Hain	England	(1995-07-16) 16 July 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	Overseas
20	Jason Roy	England	(1990-07-21) 21 July 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
All-rounders
69	Andile Phehlukwayo	South Africa	(1996-03-03) 3 March 1996 (age 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Wild card
5	Codi Yusuf	South Africa	(1998-04-10) 10 April 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Dayyaan Galiem	South Africa	(1997-01-02) 2 January 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Traded from JSK
	Jacob Bethell	England	(2003-10-23) 23 October 2003 (age 21)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Overseas
	Fabian Allen	West Indies
Wicket-Keepers
	Lorcan Tucker	Ireland	(1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	—
	Dinesh Karthik	India	(1985-06-01) 1 June 1985 (age 39)	Right-handed	—	Overseas
Spin Bowlers
45	Bjorn Fortuin	South Africa	(1994-10-21) 21 October 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
23	Imran Manack	South Africa	(1991-12-23) 23 December 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
Fast Bowlers
68	Obed McCoy	West Indies	(1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Overseas
22	Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	(1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
	John Turner	England	(2001-04-22) 22 April 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Overseas

Administration and support staff

^[7]

Position	Name
CEO	Jake Lush McCrum
Head coach	Shane Bond
Batting coach	Mark Charlton
Spin bowling and strategy coach	Richard das Neves
Fast bowling coach	Mandla Mashimbyi
Tactical performance coach	Lisa Keightley