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The SA20 2025 auction took place in Cape Town on Tuesday as all the six franchises finalised their squads ahead of the third edition, which begins on January 9 next year.
Five franchises completed the requirement of having 19 players in their squad after the auction. Joburg Super Kings have signed 18 players so far and are yet to pick their wildcard player.
188 players from South Africa and around the world registered for the SA20 2025 auction in which only 13 slots were up for grabs. South Africa opener Reeza Hendricks fetched the highest bid at the SA20 2025 auction, with MI Cape Town securing his services for a whopping Rand 4.3 million. Among the other big earners were England pacer Richard Gleeson and West Indies batter Evin Lewis.
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Durban’s Super Giants filled up their only slot by notching up West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph at Rand 425,000, who had originally gone unsold.
Former South Africa captain Temba Bavuma and Tony de Zorzi went unsold at the SA20 2025 auction.
Full list of sold players at the SA20 2025 auction:
Reeza Hendricks – MI Cape Town – R4.30 million
Richard Gleeson – Sunrisers Eastern Cape – R2.3 million
Evin Lewis – Pretoria Capitals – R1.5 million
Marques Ackerman – Pretoria Capitals – R800,000
Shamar Joseph – Durban’s Super Giants – R425,000
Colin Ingram – MI Cape Town – R175,000
Dane Piedt – MI Cape Town – R175,000
Rubin Hermann – Paarl Royals – R175,000
Wihan Lubbe – Joburg Super Kings – R175,000
Evan Jones – Joburg Super Kings – R175,000
Okuhle Cele – Sunrisers Eastern Cape – R175,000
Doug Bracewell – Joburg Super Kings – R175,000
Kyle Simmonds – Pretoria Capitals – R175,000
Updated squads after SA20 2025 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).
Picks: Shamar Joseph (R425K) and CJ KING (rookie)
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.
Picks: Doug Bracewell (R175K), Wihan Lubbe (R175K), Evan Jones (R175K) and JP King (rookie)
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.
Picks: Reeza Hendricks (R4.30m), Colin Ingram (R175K), Dane Piedt (R175K) and Tristan Luus (rookie)
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.
Picks: Marques Ackerman (R800K), Evin Lewis (R1.5m) and Keagan Lion-Cachet (rookie)
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).
Picks: Rubin Hermann (R175K) and Dewan Marais (rookie)
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.
Picks: Okuhle Cele (R175K), Richard Gleeson (R2.3m), Daniel Smith (rookie)
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