JOHANNESBURG: Aiden Markram strengthened his case for being named as the next skipper of the Sunrisers Hyderabad by leading Sunrisers Eastern Cape from the front in the SA20 meet here. Markram memorably led the South Africa Under-19 team to World Cup victory back in 2014, but failed to make a significant mark for the senior side after that.
However, the inaugural SA20 tournament seemed to have brought the best out of him as the 28-year-old ended among the top five run-scorers of the six-team tournament. It was their captain’s 58-ball maiden T20 century that saw Eastern Cape make the final beating Joburg Super Kings in the semifinal.
