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List of 2025 SA20 auctions and personnel signings

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2024–25 SA20 players auctions
General information
SportCricket
Date(s)1 October 2024
Time16:00 SAST
LocationCape Town, South Africa
Overview
LeagueSA20
Team6
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This is a list of all auctions and personnel signings for the 2024–25 SA20 Cricket Tournament.[1][2][3][4]

Background

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  • For season 3, the salary cap had been increased by R 5,100,000 to R39.1 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.
  • Similar to the previous season, each team has to pick a minimum of ten South African players.

Pre-signed and retained players

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All South African players bought at 2023–24 SA20 auction were on 2-year contracts. Teams had the option to retain, trade or buy out these players.

Pre-signed and Retained Players
Durban's Super Giants Joburg Super Kings MI Cape Town Paarl Royals Pretoria Capitals Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Retained Players
Pre-signed Players
Traded Players Tabraiz Shamsi Dayyaan Galiem

Summary

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Pre-Auction summary
Team Retained Pre-signed Total Open slots to fill Funds Remaining (in ZAR)
Domestic Overseas Domestic Overseas
Durban 11 2 0 3 16 1 2.35 million
Johanesburg 8 2 1 3 14 3 3.925 million
Cape Town 8 3 0 3 14 3 8.275 million
Paarl 10 1 0 5 16 1 11.95 million
Pretoria 10 2 0 2 14 3 4.575 million
Eastern Cape 10 2 0 3 15 2 2.845 million
Maximum overseas players: 10; Squad size: 19; Budget: R36.1m

Player auction

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A total of 200 players (110 South Africa and 90 Overseas) entered their name in the auction pool with only 13 open places.

Auction results

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Name Nationality Playing role Price (in ZAR) Team
Reeza Hendricks  South Africa Batsman 4,300,000 MI Cape Town
Colin Ingram  South Africa Batsman 175,000 MI Cape Town
Marques Ackerman  South Africa Batsman 800,000 Pretoria Capitals
Rubin Hermann  South Africa Wicket-keeper 175,000 Paarl Royals
Wihan Lubbe  South Africa All-rounder 175,000 Joburg Super Kings
Evan Jones  South Africa All-rounder 175,000 Joburg Super Kings
Okuhle Cele  South Africa Fast Bowler 175,000 Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Richard Gleeson  England Fast Bowler 2,300,000 Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Dane Piedt  South Africa Spinner 175,000 MI Cape Town
Evin Lewis  West Indies Batsman 1,500,000 Pretoria Capitals
Shamar Joseph  West Indies Fast Bowler 425,000 Durban's Super Giants
Doug Bracewell  New Zealand Fast Bowler 175,000 Joburg Super Kings
Kyle Simmonds  South Africa All-rounder 175,000 Pretoria Capitals

Wildcard picks

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

Rookie Draft

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Rookie Draft was held on 1 October 2024.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "GRAEME SMITH WELCOMES WORLD-CLASS TALENT TO BETWAY SA20 SEASON 3". sa20.co.za. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  2. ^ "AUCTION AWAITS AS PLAYER MOVEMENT WINDOW CLOSES". sa20.co.za. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  3. ^ "SA20 2025: What the squads look like ahead of the auction". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Shamar Joseph, Naseem Shah, Josh Little among internationals shortlisted for SA20 auction". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  5. ^ "BETWAY SA20 ROOKIE DRAFT RETURNS AFTER SEASON 2 SUCCESS". sa20.co.za. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  6. ^ "SA U19 TALENTS PICKED UP IN BETWAY SA20 ROOKIE DRAFT". sa20.co.za. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
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