Maharaj has been in top form with the ball. In the seven Tests between August 2024 and January 2025, the tweaker took 40 wickets, including five-wicket hauls in Chattogram and Gqeberha as well as two four-fors against the West Indies. He was also a key bowler in the 2024 T20 World Cup, where he was South Africa's third-highest wicket-taker.
Proteas captain Temba Bavuma also found himself amongst the awards, scooping the Test player of the Year and SA Fan's Player of the Year accolades. His two hundreds in the home summer - against Sri Lanka in Durban and Pakistan in Cape Town - helped South Africa qualify for the WTC final.
The destructive hitting of Heinrich Klaasen, now retired, saw him grab the ODI Player of the Year Award while paceman Anrich Nortje was named the T20I Player of the Year.
In women's cricket, spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba was selected as the SA Women's Player of the Year and the Women's T20I player of the Year.
Selected winners at the 2025 CSA Awards
International Men's Newcomer of the Year: Ottneil Baartman
Men's T20I Player of the Year: Anrich Nortje
Men's ODI Player Of The Year: Heinrich Klaasen
Men's Test Player Of The Year: Temba Bavuma
Men's Players' Player Of The Year: Kagiso Rabada
SA Men's Player of the Year: Keshav Maharaj
International Women's Newcomer of the Year: Ayanda Hlubi
Women's T20I Player of the Year: Nonkululeko Mlaba
Women's ODI Player of the Year: Annerie Dercksen
Women's Players' Player of the Year: Nonkululeko Mlaba
SA Women's Player of the Year: Nonkululeko Mlaba
SA Fans' Player of the Year: Temba Bavuma
Temba Bavuma thanked the community of Langa who has supported him "through thick and thin" as he and his Proteas teammates took the World Test Championship mace to his home town in the Western Cape.
Proteas Men's head coach Shukri Conrad has announced two full-strength squads for August's white-ball tour against Australia Down Under.
Proteas stand-in captain Keshav Maharaj has been ruled out of the second Test against Zimbabwe due to a left groin strain with Wiaan Mulder set to take over the leadership reins.
Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dewald Brevis and Codi Yusuf will all make their Test debuts for the Proteas against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on Saturday, stand-in captain Keshav Mahraj has confirmed.
