WHEN you are part of a team that has a squad as big as the Lions usually do in domestic cricket, its likely that you are going to miss a few games, regardless of your form.
Mitchell van Buuren knows this all too well, as he missed most of the Lions matches during last seasons Cricket South Africa T20 Challenge despite being in the form of his life with the bat.
With the home international summer having ended in January last season, that meant that the likes of Temba Bavuma, Reeza Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen were available for selection at the Lions, leading to many other franchise players sitting on the bench for the majority of the T20 Challenge.
However, after riding through that tough period in his career, the new season has dealt Van Buuren a different card as he was announced as the captain of the Lions for the upcoming season.
At the launch of the 2024/25 edition of the T20 Challenge in Johannesburg yesterday, Van Buuren mentioned that he had to learn to deal with being left out of the playing XI due to the big squad that the Lions had last season.
