Karabo Motlhanka

Karabo Motlhanka (born 17 April 1992) is a Botswana cricketer.^[1] He played in the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six tournament.^[2]

Karabo Motlhanka

Personal information
Born	(1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 33) Gaborone, Botswana
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Unknown
Role	Occasional wicket-keeper
International information
National side	Botswana
T20I debut (cap 7)	20 May 2019 v Uganda
Last T20I	12 December 2023 v Ghana
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2021/22	Matabeleland Tuskers
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC T20 Matches 22 2 25 Runs scored 559 89 575 Batting average 27.95 29.66 25.00 100s/50s –/4 –/– –/4 Top score 74 41 74 Balls bowled 65 0 65 Wickets 7 – 7 Bowling average 11.71 – 11.71 5 wickets in innings – – – 10 wickets in match – – – Best bowling 4/30 – 4/30 Catches/stumpings 9/4 9/– 9/4
Source: Cricinfo, 9 June 2023

Motlhanka was appointed captain of Botswana at the age of 23.^[3] In October 2018, he captained the Botswana team in the Southern sub region group in the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament.^[4] In the opening match of the tournament, he scored an unbeaten fifty and was named the man of the match.^[5] He was the leading run-scorer for Botswana in the tournament, with 196 runs in six matches.^[6]

In May 2019, he was named as the captain of Botswana's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda.^[7][8][9] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Uganda on 20 May 2019.^[10] In October 2021, he was named as the captain of Botswana's squad for their matches in Group B of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda.^[11]

He made his first-class debut on 17 January 2022, playing for the Tuskers in the 2021–22 Logan Cup in Zimbabwe.^[12][13] He had been called up to play in Zimbabwe, after several of the Tuskers' squad were part of Zimbabwe's tour of Sri Lanka during January 2022.^[14]