The third edition of the Betway SA20, a franchise T20 cricket league in South Africa is scheduled to take place between 9 January 2025 and 8 February 2025.
Though the exact date for the SA20 2025 auction was not revealed officially the teams have started to announce their retained and released players list.
Apart from announcing the retained and released players list, the SA20 franchises also started to confirm their overseas pre-signings and wildcard signings. Notably, the overseas pre-signing window closes on 15 August.
With an IPL mega auction planned around the corner of the year, Cricket South Africa is expected to host the SA20 2025 auction at the earliest possible date.
SA20 2025 Squad
As per the existing rules, all teams in the SA20 2025 league are required to include 19 players, with a minimum of 10 South African players, a maximum of seven international players, the new Rookie South African player, and a Wildcard player.
Durban’s Super Giants
Retained: Noor Ahmad, Matthew Breetzke, Junior Dala, Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Wiaan Mulder, Naveen-ul-Haq, Bryce Parsons, Dwaine Pretorius, Jason Smith, Jon-Jon Smuts, Prenelan Subrayen
Pre-signed overseas: Brandon King, Kane Williamson, Chris Woakes
Wildcard: Marcus Stoinis
Joburg Super Kings
Retained: Faf du Plessis – captain, Moeen Ali, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee, Leus du Plooy, Donovan Ferreira, Sibonelo Makhanya, Imran Tahir, David Wiese, Lizaad Williams
Pre-signed overseas: Maheesh Theekshana, Jonny Bairstow, Devon Conway
Trade-in: Tabraiz Shamsi (from Paarl Royals, for Dayyaan Galiem)
MI Cape Town
Retained: Dewald Brevis, Connor Esterhuizen, Thomas Kaber, George Linde, Delano Potgieter, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Rassie van der Dussen, Rashid Khan, Chris Benjamin, Nuwan Thushara
Pre-signed overseas: Ben Stokes, Trent Boult, Azmatullah Omarzai
Paarl Royals
Retained: Keith Dudgeon, Bjorn Fortuin, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Nqaba Peter, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Mitchell van Buuren, Codi Yusuf
Pre-signed overseas: Joe Root, Dinesh Karthik, Jacob Bethell, Sam Hain, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Trade-in: Dayyaan Galiem (from Joburg Super Kings, for Tabraiz Shamsi)
Pretoria Capitals
Retained: Eathan Bosch, Daryn Dupavillon, Will Jacks, Senuran Muthusamy, Jimmy Neesham, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Migael Pretorius, Rilee Rossouw, Steve Stolk, Tiaan van Vuuren, Kyle Verreynne
Pre-signings: Will Smeed, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Retained: Aiden Markram – captain, Ottniel Baartman, Marco Jansen, Tristan Stubbs, Tom Abell, Jordan Hermann, Patrick Kruger, Beyers Swanepoel, Simon Harmer, Liam Dawson, Caleb Seleka, Andile Simelane.
Pre-signed overseas: Craig Overton, Zak Crawley, Roelof van der Merwe
Wildcard: David Bedingham
