SA20 2025: South Africa's biggest T20 franchise!

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Pretoria Capitals 


The 2025 SA20, will be the third season of the SA20, the leading T20 franchise in South Africa. The league is organized by South Africa's governing body Cricket South Africa [CSA], with six teams taking part. The tournament begins on the 09/01/25 with the final being played on the 08/02/25. Sunrisers Eastern Cape are the defending champions after beating Durban Super Giants by 89 runs in Newlands Cricket Ground. 

The Teams  
   
Durban Super Giants  


Head Coach: Lance Klusener 

Captain: Quinton de Kock 

Squad: 

Noor Ahmad 

Matthew Breetzke 

Junior Dala 

Keshav Maharaj 

Shamar Joseph 

Brandon King 

CJ King 

Heinrick Klassen 

Wiaan Mulder 

Naveen-ul-Haq 

Bryce Parsons  

Dwaine Pretorius 

Jason Smith 

JJ Smuts 

Prenelan Subrayen 

Kane Williamson 

Chris Woakes 

Marcus Stonis 


Joburg Super Kings 

Head Coach: Stephen Fleming 

Captain: Faf du Plessis 

Squad:

Moeen Ali 

Jonny Bairstow 

Doug Bracewell 

Nandre Burger 

Gerald Coetzee 

Devon Conway 

Leus du Plooy 

Donovan Ferreria 

Evan Jones 

JP King 

Wihan Lubbe 

Sibonelo Makhanya 

Matheesha Pathirana 

Tabraiz Shamsi 

Imran Tahir 

Maheesh Theekshana

David Wiese 

Lizaad Williams 


MI Cape Town 

Head Coach: Robin Peterson #

Captain: Kieron Pollard 

Squad: 

Chris Benjamin 

Corbin Bosch 

Trent Boult 

Dewald Brevis 

Connor Esterhuizen 

Reeza Hendricks 

Colin Ingram 

Thomas Kaber 

Rashid Khan 

George Linde 

Tristan Luus 

Azmatullah Omarzai 

Dane Piedt 

Delano Potgieter 

Kagiso Rabada 

Ryan Rickelton 

Ben Stokes 

Nuwan Thushara 

Rassievan der Dussen 


Paarl Royals 

Head Coach: Trevor Penney 

Captain: David Miller 

Squad:

Jacob Bethell 

Bjorn Fortuin 

Dayyaan Galiem 

Sam Hain 

Rubin Hermann 

Dinesh Karthik

Kwena  Maphaka 

Dewan Marais 

Lungi Ngidi 

Nqaba Peter 

Andile Phehlukwayo 

Lhuan-dre Pretorius 

Joe Root 

John Turner 

Mujeeb Ur Rahman 

Mitchell van Buuren 

Codi Yusuf 


Pretoria Capitals 

Head Coach: Jonathan Trott 

Captain: Wayne Parnell 

Squad: 

Marques Ackerman 

Eathan Bosch 

Daryn Dupavillon 

Rahmanullah Gurbaz 

Will Jacks 

Evin Lewis 

Keagan Lion-Cachet 

Senuran Muthusamy 

James Neesham 

Anrich Nortje 

Migael Pretorius 

Rilee Rossouw 

Kyle Simmonds ;

Will Smeed 

Steve Stolk 

Tiaan van Vuuren 

Kyle Verreynne 

Liam Livingstone


Sunrisers Eastern Cape  

Head Coach: Adrian Birrell 

Captain: Aiden Markram

Squad: 

Tom Abell 

Ottniel Baartman 

David Bedingham 

Okuhle Cele 

Zak Crawley 

Liam Dawson 

Richard Gleeson 

Simon Harmer 

Jordan Hermann 

Marco Jansen 

Patrick Kruger 

Craig Overton 

Caleb Seleka 

Andile Simelane 

Daniel Smith 

Tristan Stubbs

Beyers Swanepoel 

Roelof van der Merwe 


The Draft

For season three, the salary cap had been increased by R 5,100,000 to R 39.1 million [US$2.65 million] per team. Each team has 19 player slots to select for their final squad. From the 19, each team has to select one wildcard and one rookie player and similar to the previous season, each team has to pick a minimum of ten South African Players. 

Retained and Pre-Signed Players 







Player Auction 


Wildcard Picks 

For the wildcard pick, until December 30,2024, this players fee is excluded from the salary cap. 

Durban Super Giants: Marcus Stonis 
Joburg Supe Kings: Matheesha Pathirana 
MI Cape Town: Corbin Bosch
Paarl Royals: Jacob Bethell 
Pretoria Capitals: Liam Livingston  
Sunrises Eastern Cape: David Bedingham 

Rookie Draft 

Rooklie Draft was held on the 01/10/24

Durban Super Giants: Tristan Luus 
Joburg Supe Kings: Keegan-Lion Cachet 
MI Cape Town: Dewan Marais 
Paarl Royals: JP King 
Pretoria Capitals: CJ King 
Sunrises Eastern Cape: Daniel Smith 

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