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Aiden Markram is eternally grateful to the Sunrisers franchise for believing in his leadership abilities as he prepares to defend the SA20 title that Sunrisers Eastern Cape won under his captaincy in the league’s inaugural season. Markram, fresh off his best Test century against India last week, is now ready to score big runs in the shorter format.
“It’s always nice to get runs. It’s obviously a different format, but from a confidence point of view, it gives you confidence as a player, and to go from that knock straight to SA20, is a nice place to be, but you have to respect that this is a different format,” Markram told PTI in an exclusive interview.
Markram revealed that winning the inaugural SA20 was a watershed moment for him.
“I am not sure as I am not involved in those decisions, fantastic opportunity and privilege to captain any team. It’s a great blessing to captain any Sunrisers team. Great exposure for myself to learn from a captaincy point of view and wherever it takes you in future, you take it in your stride,” the Proteas vice-captain said.
Except for Markram, England’s South African-born Dawid Malan, and Marco Jansen, the Eastern Cape Sunrisers do not have many well-known players.
“You always feel that responsibility not just from captaincy point of view, but as a senior player also, to lead from the front. We want to give freedom to our players to express themselves and be the best player they can be. If it’s their day the team would be in great position.”
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