SA players at IPL 2015
IPL 2015 gets underway this week Wednesday.
Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians will contest the opening fixture.
The Kolkata squad features two South Africans in Morne Morkel and Johan Botha.
Marchant de Lange is the only SA player in the Mumbai line-up this year.
JP Duminy will captain a Delhi Daredevils outfit featuring no less than four South Africans.
Also in the Delhi squad are Quinton de Kock, Imran Tahir and Albie Morkel.
Delhi ended last at the IPL in 2014.
David Miller is one of two South Africans in the Kings XI Punjab squad this season.
The other one is Beuran Hendricks.
George Bailey will lead a Punjab squad that also includes compatriot Mitchell Johnson.
Rusty Theron and Chris Morris are both in the Rajasthan Royals line-up.
Three South Africans are on the 2015 playing staff at the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
They are AB de Villiers, Rilee Rossouw and David Wiese.
Bangalore will meet Kolkata in their first match on Saturday.
Dale Steyn is the only SA player at Sunrisers Hyderabad this year.
Hyderabad also have David Warner and Kane Williamson in their line-up.
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