Paarl Royals is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the SA20 tournament. The team is based in Paarl, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is Boland Park Cricket ground. The team is captained by David Miller and is coached by Shane Bond.
The franchise is owned by Manoj Badale.
Franchise history In August 2022, Cricket South Africa announced the establishment of the SA20, a Twenty20 Cricket competition to be started in 2023. The teams for the competition, representing six cities, including Paarl, were put up for auction in September 2022. The Paarl franchise was purchased by Manoj Badale. Current squads Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nat. Birth date Batting style Bowling style Salary Notes Batters David Miller Left-handed Right-arm off break Captain Joe Root Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas; Wildcard Asa Tribe Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas Wicket-keepers Lhuan-dre Pretorius Left-handed Kyle Verreynne Right-handed Rubin Hermann Left-handed Keagan Lion-Cachet Right-handed Thomas Rew Right-handed Overseas All-rounders Sikandar Raza Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas Delano Potgieter Left-handed Right-arm medium Dan Lawrence Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas Azmatullah Omarzai Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas Pace bowlers Hardus Viljoen Right-handed Right-arm fast Ottniel Baartman Right-handed Right-arm fast Nqobani Mokoena Right-handed Right-arm fast J. J. Basson Left-handed Left-arm fast Spin bowlers Gudakesh Motie Left-handed Left-arm orthodox Overseas Bjorn Fortuin Right-handed Left-arm orthodox Mujeeb Ur Rahman Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas Source:
Statistics
Most runs PlayerRunsBatting averageHigh score100s50sDavid Miller 897 37.37 75* 0 2Jos Buttler 799 39.95 70 0 7 LG Pretorius 621 28.22 98* 0 5Rubin Hermann 559 32.88 81* 0 4Jason Roy 408 18.54 68 0 2 Source: as of 26 January 2026
Most wickets PlayerWicketsBowling averageBest bowlingBjorn Fortuin 39 29.66 3/14Lungi Ngidi 26 29.26 4/39Ottneil Baartman 20 13.55 5/16Mujeeb Ur Rahman 19 27.36 2/17Tabraiz Shamsi 18 27.00 2/11
Source: as of 26 January 2026
Seasons Seasons YearLeague standingFinal standing20234th out of 6Semifinals 20243rd out of 6Eliminator 20252nd out of 6Qualifier 220263rd out of 6Qualifier 2 C: champions RU: runner-up SF team qualified for the semi-final stage of the competition
Season summary YearPlayedWinsLossesTied/NR202311461202411560202511740202612651Source: ESPNCricinfo
Note:
NR indicates No result. Abandoned matches are indicated as no result.
References
External links Paarl Royals at the SA20 official website.