Aiden Markram

Aiden Markram
Aiden Markram playing for South Africa against Australia in 2018
Personal information
Full name
Aiden Kyle Markram
Born (1994-10-04) 4 October 1994
Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleTop-order batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 332)28 September 2017 v Bangladesh
Last Test11 June 2025 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 122)22 October 2017 v Bangladesh
Last ODI5 March 2025 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.4
T20I debut (cap 81)22 March 2019 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I15 November 2024 v India
T20I shirt no.4
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–presentNortherns
2016–presentTitans
2018Durham
2018Paarl Rocks
2019Hampshire
2021Punjab Kings
2022–2024Sunrisers Hyderabad
2023–presentSunrisers Eastern Cape
2025–presentLucknow Super Giants
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 46 77 57 99
Runs scored 2,993 2,371 1,367 6,993
Batting average 36.50 37.04 30.37 42.90
100s/50s 8/13 3/12 0/9 20/31
Top score 152 175 70 204*
Balls bowled 507 1,085 342 1,115
Wickets 5 20 13 9
Bowling average 52.80 50.85 37.46 59.11
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/27 2/18 3/21 2/27
Catches/stumpings 54/– 35/– 37/– 109/–
Medal record
Men's cricket
Representing  South Africa
T20 World Cup
Runner-up2024 West Indies & USA
World Test Championship
Winner2023–2025 England
U19 World Cup
Winner2014 UAE
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 June 2025

Aiden Kyle Markram (born 4 October 1994) is a South African cricketer who is the current captain of the South Africa national cricket team in Twenty20 International cricket. Markram had captained the South African under-19 cricket team to win the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In the 2018 South African Cricket Annual, he was named as one of the five “Cricketers of the Year”. Markram was described by former captain and batsman Graeme Smith as a future South Africa captain. He made his international debut for South Africa in September 2017. He is currently the captain of Sunrisers Eastern Cape of the SA20 league which was formed in 2022, who successfully won the cup in 2023 and 2024. Markram was a member of the South African team which won the 2025 ICC World Test Championship final, the second ICC title the country has won till date, and was the Player of the Match.