Markram returns home from The Hundred for personal reasons

South Africa’s Twenty20 captain Aiden Markram has returned home from the Manchester ​Super Giants due to personal reasons, ‌the English franchise who compete in The Hundred competition have announced.

Markram had captained the Lancashire side ​in their first five matches of ​this season’s competition, scoring 50 in ⁠his last outing on Sunday as they ​lost to MI London.

No reason for Markram’s ​return to South Africa was given in a statement that said: “Everyone at the Super Giants would ​like to extend our very best ​wishes to Aiden at this time, and thank him ‌for ⁠his contribution to the team during this year’s competition.”

Jos Buttler has taken over as captain and New Zealand international Michael ​Bracewell will join ​the ⁠team as the replacement overseas player for the rest of the ​competition.

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Markram, 31, plays for all ​three ⁠Super Giants franchises in Lucknow in the Indian Premier League and Durban in the ⁠SA20. ​Last month he was ​named South African Cricketer of the Year.