SA20 champion SEC (Photo: PTI)
The SA20 League reached its final stage on 25 January. The final of South Africa’s T20 League was played between Sunrisers Eastern Cape and Pretoria Capitals. In the final match, Kavya Maran’s team Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the SA20 2026 title by 6 wickets. With this it further strengthened its claim of being the most successful team of this league. This is the third time in the 4 seasons of SA20 that Kavya Maran’s team has become the champion.
When did Kavya Maran’s team become SA20 champion?
Kavya Maran’s team Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the SA20 title back to back in the years 2023 and 2024. After that in 2026 he won this title for the third time. The big thing is that Sunrisers Eastern Cape has won two of its three titles by defeating Pretoria Capitals in the SA20 final. Kavya Maran’s team has got a reward of around Rs 18.48 crore for becoming champion for the third time.
Who is behind the success of Kavya Maran’s team?
The success story of Kavya Maran’s team in SA20 is incomplete without talking about the players who have given their 100 percent behind it. The first name in the list of those players is that of captain Tristan Stubbs, who made Sunrisers Eastern Cape champion for the third time. Stubbs has led the team from the front not only with his captaincy but also with the help of his bat.
The captain played the biggest innings in the final
Under the captaincy of Stubbs, Kavya Maran’s team Sunrisers Eastern Cape topped the group stage of the current season of SA20. His maximum score was 28 points. But, the real glory of Stubbs’ captaincy was seen in the final of SA20 2026, where he played his biggest innings. While chasing the target of 159 runs in the final match of SA20 2026, Stubbs scored unbeaten 63 runs in 41 balls and hit 4 sixes in it.
With the biggest innings played in the final, Sunrisers Eastern Cape captain Tristan Stubbs scored 192 runs in 12 matches of SA20 2026. Out of the 5 sixes he hit in the entire season, he hit 4 sixes in the final alone.
Not only the captain, these players also dominated
But, it was not only her captain who fought for Kavya Maran’s team. Apart from the captain, two players also played a big role, who troubled their opponents with ball and bat. The big thing is that these two players who made Kavya Maran the champion of SA20, were bought at their base price in the IPL 2026 auction. One of them is Quinton de Kock, who was the most successful batsman in SA20. The other one is Enrique Norkhia, who wrote the story of success with the ball. He was the second most successful bowler in SA20 2026.
De Kock scored the most runs in SA2026
Know what Quinton de Kock did for Kavya Maran’s team Sunrisers Eastern Cape in SA20 2026. He scored 390 runs with 4 half-centuries in 12 matches of SA20 2026. During this period he hit 32 fours and 23 sixes.
Norkhia did wonders with the ball, took 18 wickets
Like De Kock, Enrique Norkhia did wonders for Sunrisers Eastern Cape with the ball. He took 18 wickets in 12 SA20 matches, in which his best performance was taking 4 wickets for 13 runs in a match.
It is clear that if her captain Tristan Stubbs has a big role in the story of Kavya Maran’s team becoming champion, then Quinton de Kock and Enrique Norkhia also have an equally big role. Simply put, he is a great player of Kavya Maran.