The eighth Indian Premier League starts on Wednesday. We break down the teams and give you the statistics on all the South African players.

There are 16 South African players involved in this year’s IPL, with Johan Botha the latest player to get involved with the Kolkata Knight Riders.

Teams
Chennai Super Kings: Faf du Plessis (Mts: 28; Runs: 701; Ave: 30.47; Strike rate: 130:05) and Kyle Abbott (IPL debut)
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Delhi Daredevils: JP Duminy (Mts: 53; Runs: 1388; Ave: 39.65; Strike rate: 123.37), Quinton de Kock (Mts: 10; Runs: 159; Ave: 15.9; Strike rate: 109.65), Imran Tahir (Mts: 6; Wkts: 9; Ave: 19; Econ: 8.2), Albie Morkel (Mts: 85; Runs 872; Ave: 22.94; Strike-rate: 142.48; Wkts: 80; Ave: 27.3; Econ: 8.08)
Full squad here

Kings XI Punjab: Beuran Hendricks (Mts: 3; Wkts: 4; Ave: 31.5; Econ: 10.5), David Miller (Mts: 34; Runs: 962; Ave: 48.1; Strike-rate: 153.18)
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Kolkata Knight Riders: Morne Morkel (Mts: 53; Wkts: 57; Ave: 27.82; Econ: 7.62), Johan Botha (Mts: 30; Runs: 378; Ave: 22.23; Strike-rate: 109.88; Wkts: 24; Ave: 29.95; Econ: 6.8)
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Mumbai Indians: Marchant de Lange (Mts: 4; Wkts: 5; Ave: 27.8; Econ: 9.92)
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Rajasthan Royals: Chris Morris (Mts: 16; Wkts: 15; Ave: 26.73; Econ: 8.02), Rusty Theron (Mts: 9; Wkts: 8; Ave: 31.62; Econ: 7.9)
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Royal Challengers Bangalore: Rilee Rossouw (Mts: 3; Runs: 39; Ave: 13; Strike-rate: 95.12), David Wiese (IPL debut)
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Sunrisers Hyderabad: Dale Steyn (Mts: 83; Wkts: 89; Ave: 23.8: Econ: 6.58)
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