South Africa’s David Miller appointed captain of Barbados Royals for 2022 Caribbean Premier League

South Africa’s David Miller has been appointed as captain of Barbados Royals for the 2022 Caribbean Premier League (CPL), Royals Sports Group introduced on Wednesday.

The 32-year-old Miller will work intently with head coach Trevor Penney and Royals’ Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara, with whom he has performed below throughout his time on the Rajasthan Royals within the Indian Premier League (IPL).

“During my time at the Royals in the IPL, I always felt very valued and have been able to establish a deep connection with the team. It is an exciting time for me to come to the Barbados Royals, and a privilege to have been appointed as the Captain,” Miller stated in a press release.

“It is a team that has an abundance of young and experienced talent from the Caribbean and I am looking forward to working with the entire group to get down to achieving our objectives for the 2022 season,” added Miller, who lately helped his new IPL franchise Gujarat Titans carry the trophy.

Miller will return to the CPL after a hiatus of three seasons, having final represented Jamaica Tallawahs in 2018 and St Lucia Zouks in 2016. The middle-order batter has gathered 332 runs in 15 innings within the CPL, at a strike fee of over 146. In the 2022 season of the IPL, Miller was in gorgeous type, scoring 481 runs in 16 matches at a strike fee of 142.73.

The Barbados Royals will start their CPL seaon excessive on confidence, having retained a powerful West Indian core that features the likes of Jason Holder, Oshane Thomas, Obed McCoy, Kyle Mayers, Hayden Walsh, Devon Thomas, and Nyeem Young, which can be complemented by skilled T20 specialists like Quinton de Kock, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Azam Khan, Corbin Bosch and David Miller.

Barbados Royals will go into the season brimming with confidence, having retained a powerful West Indian core that features the likes of Jason Holder, Oshane Thomas, Obed McCoy, Kyle Mayers, Hayden Walsh, Devon Thomas, and Nyeem Young, which can be complemented by skilled T20 specialists like Quinton de Kock, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Azam Khan, Corbin Bosch and David Miller, with the explosive South African main the pack.

Head Coach Trevor Penney stated: “Having worked with David (Miller) before at the Rajasthan Royals, we knew he has a cricketing brain which not only reads situations very well on the field, but is also very passionately involved off the field. He is someone who helps in creating a perfect environment for his teammates to excel in, and that is what we are expecting out of him here at Barbados, where he will be leading the franchise. He has shown tremendous experience and guile in the last few months, and drove his team to IPL glory…unfortunately beating us in the final! We are all delighted to have signed him and look forward to working with him during the season.

“I might additionally prefer to take this chance to thank Jason (Holder) for his contribution to the crew because the captain, and for agreeing to our choice of getting a brand new chief for the crew. He is without doubt one of the pillars of this Barbados aspect and can proceed to stay so going ahead.”

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