| Karabo Motlhanka | |
| Country: | Botswana |
| Birth Date: | 17 April 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Gaborone, Botswana |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Unknown |
| Role: | Occasional wicket-keeper |
| International: | true |
| T20idebutdate: | 20 May |
| T20idebutyear: | 2019 |
| T20idebutagainst: | Uganda |
| T20icap: | 7 |
| Lastt20idate: | 12 December |
| Lastt20iyear: | 2023 |
| Lastt20iagainst: | Ghana |
| Club1: | Matabeleland Tuskers |
| Year1: | 2021/22 |
| Columns: | 3 |
| Column1: | T20I |
| Matches1: | 22 |
| Runs1: | 559 |
| Bat Avg1: | 27.95 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/4 |
| Top Score1: | 74 |
| Deliveries1: | 65 |
| Wickets1: | 7 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 11.71 |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/30 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 9/4 |
| Column2: | FC |
| Matches2: | 2 |
| Runs2: | 89 |
| Bat Avg2: | 29.66 |
| 100S/50S2: | –/– |
| Top Score2: | 41 |
| Deliveries2: | 0 |
| Wickets2: | – |
| Bowl Avg2: | – |
| Fivefor2: | – |
| Tenfor2: | – |
| Best Bowling2: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 9/– |
| Column3: | T20 |
| Matches3: | 25 |
| Runs3: | 575 |
| Bat Avg3: | 25.00 |
| 100S/50S3: | –/4 |
| Top Score3: | 74 |
| Deliveries3: | 65 |
| Wickets3: | 7 |
| Bowl Avg3: | 11.71 |
| Fivefor3: | – |
| Tenfor3: | – |
| Best Bowling3: | 4/30 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 9/4 |
| Date: | 9 June 2023 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/308710.html Cricinfo |
Karabo Motlhanka (born 17 April 1992) is a Botswana cricketer.[1] He played in the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six tournament.[2]
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]