Aiden Markram will skipper a World Cup squad that has a number of lieutenants who understand the demands of captaincy thanks to the SA20.
Besides creating a platform for players to find form and rhythm, this seasons SA20 also helped widen the leadership pool of the Proteas team.
Markrams squad includes three other players who, like him, captained their respective franchises: a former South African captain in Quinton de Kock and in Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen, two seam bowlers whove grown as leaders in their own right.