The third SA20 player auction will take centre stage in Cape Town on Tuesday, as the six franchises finalise their squads ahead of the 2025 season.
With only 13 picks available, plus the six rookie draft picks, there is expected to be fierce competition to close out some of the quality local and international players on the list.
Some of the star names who have entered the auction are West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph, the England fast bowling quartet of Jake Ball, Saqib Mahmood, Ollie Robinson and Josh Hull, New Zealand’s record-breaking T20I opener Martin Guptill, along with the finest homegrown talent and upcoming rookies.
The auction will be broadcast live on SuperSport from 4:15pm and live-streamed on the SA20 YouTube Channel.
Auction process explained
There will be 13 picks available from the 188 registered local and international players.
There will be five sets of players presented in the first phase of the auction. There will be a separate round for each of the five specialist skills:
- Batsmen
- Wicketkeepers
- All-rounders
- Fast bowlers
- Spin bowlers
Each set will have seven to 10 players presented per set which will make up 40 players.
Each set will have a mix of South African and overseas players.
After the first 40 players are presented, should franchises still be requiring further players to complete their squads, an eXXpress round will commence.
Franchises will be asked to provide a list of players (from the remaining unsold players already presented and the remaining players on the auction list).
The players listed by the franchises will then be presented for auction until teams are filled with 17 players.
Should the eXXpress round finish with teams not yet complete, there will be a last call for players and those players will be presented.
Once teams are complete with 17 players each, the auction part will conclude, and a break will be taken before the rookie draft commences.
Full list of players registered for auction
Rookie draft
After its inception last season 2, the rookie draft is back again.
Each team must sign a rookie player in the draft, a South African player who is 22 years of age or younger at the date of the auction and has not been contracted to SA20 previously. A total of 89 players have registered for the rookie draft, which will take place at the conclusion of the player auction.
Remaining team salary purses
The salary cap for next season will remain at R39.1-million.
All teams must have 19 players in total in their registered squad:
- 17 ‘normal’ squad players (pre-signings + retained players + players picked at auction)
- One wildcard (can be signed anytime until 30 December, can be an overseas or SA player and does not count as part of salary cap)
- One rookie player
The normal squad (17 players) may have a maximum of seven overseas players.
The wildcard can be overseas or South African.
The rookie must be a South African player who is 22 years of age or younger at the date of the auction who has not been contracted to SA20 previously.
SA20 squads ahead of auction:
Durban’s Super Giants: Brandon King (West Indies), Quinton de Kock, Naveen Ul Haq (Afghanistan), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Chris Woakes (England), Prenelan Subrayen, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Noor Ahmed (Afghanistan), Heinrich Klaasen, Jon-Jon Smuts, Wiaan Mulder, Junior Dala, Bryce Parsons, Matthew Breetzke, Jason Smith, Marcus Stoinis (Australia).
Joburg Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali (England), Jonny Bairstow (England), Maheesh Theekshana (Sri Lanka), Devon Conway (New Zealand), Gerald Coetzee, David Wiese (Namibia), Leus du Plooy (England), Lizaad Williams, Nandre Burger, Donovan Ferreira, Imran Tahir, Sibonelo Makhanya, Tabraiz Shamsi.
MI Cape Town: Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Ben Stokes (England), Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult (New Zealand), Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan), Dewald Brevis, Ryan Rickelton, George Linde, Nuwan Thushara (Sri Lanka), Connor Esterhuizen, Delano Potgieter, Rassie Van der Dussen, Thomas Kaber, Chris Benjamin (England), Corbin Bosch.
Pretoria Capitals: Anrich Nortje, Jimmy Neesham (New Zealand), Will Jacks (England), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan), Liam Livingstone (England), Will Smeed (England), Migael Pretorius, Rilee Rossouw, Eathan Bosch, Wayne Parnell, Senuran Muthusamy, Kyle Verreynne, Daryn Dupavillon, Steve Stolk, Tiaan van Vuuren.
Paarl Royals: David Miller, Mujeeb Ur-Rahman (Afghanistan), Sam Hain (England), Joe Root (England), Dinesh Karthik (India), Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Bjorn Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell van Buuren, Keith Dudgeon, Nqaba Peter, Andile Phehlukwayo, Codi Yusuf, John Turner (England), Dayyaan Galiem, Jacob Bethell (England).
Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Aiden Markram, Zak Crawley (England), Roelof van der Merwe (Netherlands), Liam Dawson (England), Ottneil Baartman, Marco Jansen, Beyers Swanepoel, Caleb Seleka, Tristan Stubbs, Jordan Hermann, Patrick Kruger, Craig Overton (England), Tom Abell (England), Simon Harmer, Andile Simelane, David Bedingham.
