South Africa’s T20 League SAT20 League auction was held in Johannesburg on Tuesday. In this auction, 22 -year -old Dewald Bravis sold the most expensive. Brevis performed brilliantly while playing for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025. He was then included in the South African team, where he scored a stormy century against Australia. Bravis is currently in dangerous form. For this reason, all the teams in the auction bid fiercely for Bravis. However, in the end Pretoria Capitals bought this explosive batsman known as Baby AB for about Rs 8.30 crore.

Aden Markram was the second most expensive player

Dewald Bravis has become the most expensive player in the SAT20 league. Never before was there such a big bid for any players. In South Africa’s T20 captain and Lucknow Super Giants opener Aidan Markram in the IPL, crores were also bid for crores. He was the second most expensive player. Aidan Markram was bought by Durban Super Giants for about seven crore rupees. He has become the second most expensive player in the league.

More than 500 players involved in auction

For your information, let us know that this time more than 500 players participated in the SAT20 League auction. About 800 players registered for the auction. However, 541 of these players were shortlisted for auction. It consisted of 300 domestic and 241 foreign players.

IPL franchises are owned by all teams

A total of 6 teams play in the SA20 league, the IPL franchise is owned by all those teams. Just as Pretoria Capitals, DC is the franchisee team, Mi Cape Town (Mumbai Indians), Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SRH), Parl Royals (RR), Durban Super Giants (LSG) and Jongs Super Kings are owned by CSK Franchisee.

Tomorrow the fourth season of the SA20 league is going to be auctioned. In the auction to be held on 9 September, star players like Aidan Markram, James Anderson and Dewald Bravis will be bid. A total of 549 players will be bid in the auction, but only 84 are vacant. Of these, 59 slots are reserved for South African players, while the remaining 25 slots will be for foreign players.

The teams will also have a condition that they will have to buy at least 2 players whose age is less than 23 years. Pretoria Capitals have the most money left. There are 16 slots vacant in his team and 16.30 crore rupees are left in his purse. Will Indian players also appear in this auction? Here you will get the answer to this question.

Will Indian players be in the SA20 auction?

13 Indian players had registered their names for the SA20 auction. But when the final list of the auction came out, there was not a single Indian player in it. Piyush Chawla, Siddartha Kaul, Ankit Rajput, Sarul Kanwar, Anurit Singh, Ansari Maroof, Mahesh Ahir, Nikhil Jaga, Mohammad Faid, KS Naveen, Imran Khan, Venkatesh Galipley and Atul Yadav were registered, but no franchise was shortlisted by any franchise.

Not a single Indian player will be named in the auction. Explaining the reason for this, SA20 League Commissioner Graeme Smith had told that it is the work of a franchise to shortlist the players. They only shortlisted those players in which they are interested.

Who will put CSK or Mi the biggest bid

A total of 6 teams play in the SA20 league, all those teams are owned by the IPL franchise. Just as Pretoria Capitals, DC is the franchisee team, Mi Cape Town (Mumbai Indians), Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SRH), Parl Royals (RR), Durban Super Giants (LSG) and Jongs Super Kings are owned by CSK Franchisee.

Durban Super Giants have Rs 14.79 crore left in the auction. Joeburg Super Kings have Rs 10.78 crore, Pretoria Capitals have Rs 16.30 crore and Sunrisers Eastern Cape has Rs 10.78 crore left. Parl Royals have Rs 7.27 crore and Mi Cape Town’s purse has Rs 5.76 crore left.

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The SA20 League auction is scheduled to be held on 9 September. For this, 13 Indian players had also registered, but not a single player will be bid in the auction. In fact, all Indian cricketers including Piyush Chawla have not found a place in the final list of the auction. The absence of an Indian in the list is very shocking news, especially when Dinesh Karthik is seen playing for Parl Royals this year.

SA20 League Commissioner and former South African captain Graeme Smith said on the subject, “The position of Indian cricketers is always unstable. It depends on who is retiring and who will be available. I think 13-14 players gave their names for the auction. We only do so that the list of nominations for the auction was sent to the teams in which the lists of the players were sent to the teams, in which the teams had their own names. The players make a new list by selecting the players. The name of the shortlisted players is spoken in the auction. “

Which 13 Indians gave the name?

A total of 13 Indian cricketers were named for the SA20 league auction. He was named Piyush Chawla, Siddharth Call, Ankit Rajput, Sarul Kanwar, Anurit Singh, Ansari Maroof, Mahesh Ahir, Nikhil Jaga, Mohammad Faid, KS Naveen, Imran Khan, Venkatesh Galipley and Atul Yadav. The auction is scheduled to be held on 9 September.

Sourav Ganguly will be seen in the role of coach

Even though the name of any Indian cricketer is not included in the SA20 auction list, Sourav Ganguly will be seen as a coach next season. A few weeks ago, Indian veteran Sourav Ganguly was appointed as the head coach of Pretoria Capitals. He has played the role of mentor of some teams before this.

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Sa20 league: 13 Indian players have registered in the fourth season of South Africa’s popular T20 League SA20. The prominent names in this are Piyush Chawla, Siddharth Kaul and Ankit Rajput. All these players will take part in the auction to be held in Johannesburg on 9 September. A list of 784 cricketers has been prepared in this season.

Rules for Indian players of BCCI

According to the rules of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), only those Indian players can play in the foreign league who have said goodbye to international cricket or have refused to play in India and IPL.

Base Price and Resource Price

The base price of Piyush Chawla is Rs 50 lakh (1,000,000 rand).

Imran Khan’s base price is Rs 25 lakh (500,000 rand).

The base price of all other Indian players is about 10 lakh rupees (200,000 rand).

Information of league and franchisees

A total of 6 franchises are going to participate in this league of South Africa. Whose names are,

1. Mi cape town

2. Johannesburg Super Kings

3. Durban Super Giants

4. Sunrisers Eastern Cape

5. Parl Royals

6. Preteria capitals

All these 6 franchises in the league have a total budget of US $ 7.4 million, which they will use to fill 84 slots. SA20 also asked every team to choose a wildcard player from the fourth season, but that player can be foreign or South African only. Those players will be outside the cap.

Dinesh Karthik’s record

Former Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has taken part in this league first. He played for Parl Royals last season, at that time he had said goodbye to all formats in international cricket and also withdrew his name from the IPL.

Participation of Pakistani and English players

This time 40 Pakistani players have registered, including Azam Khan, Imam-ul-Haq, Abrar Ahmed and Sam Ayub.

More than 150 England players have also registered, including international players like Jason Roy and Alex Hales.

South African Stars and Young Players

Many big South African players will be available in the auction, such as Aden Markram, Lungi Engidi, Vian Mulder and Keshav Maharaj. Apart from this, young players Dewald Bravis and Quenna Mafa and T20 specialist Quinton Dickock, Enrich Northern, Tabrez Shamsi are also ready for auction.

Special importance of sa20

The SA20 has become increasingly famous in its first three seasons. This league of South Africa is being compared to Ab -IPL. People are now calling it mini IPL. The team structure and the auction system here is similar to the IPL, which is making a lot of discussion among the league cricket lovers.

The retain list of the SA20, which has become one of the world’s most popular franchise leagues, has surfaced. The SA20 League started in the year 2023, Aadan Markram under his captaincy made Sunrisers Eastern Cape the first 2 season champion but this time he has been released by the Sunrisers team. Many famous players like Cagiso Rabada, Faf du Plessis and Jose Butler have been retained by his team. So let’s take a look at the list of all the players who have retained in the SA20.

Three seasons have been played in the SA20 League so far, in which 2 times Sunrisers EasternCap has won the trophy and once Mi Cape Town has won the title. Sunrisers Eastern Cape, owned by Kavya Maran, is the only team that has played all three finals of SA20 so far. Let us know that the auction of the fourth season is to be held on 9 September. Before that, see here the list of all the players who have retained for the fourth season.

Such were retention rules

Each team had the highest 6 players permission for Ritten Pre-Sign Players. It was mandatory to have 3 South African players and 3 foreign players. The last date to retain the players was 18 July. All teams have also filled the wild-card slots under the strategy. Now 84 slots are vacant, on which the total purse of teams to bid is about Rs 63.9 crore.

Retention list of all teams

Mi Cape Town: Ryan Ricelton, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Rashid Khan, Trent Bolt, Nicholas Puran, Cagiso Rabada (Wildcard)

Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Triston Stabs, Allah Gajanfar, Adam Milne, Johnny Bairstow, Marco Johnson (Wildcard)

Joeburg Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, James Vince, Akil Hussain, Richard Glison, Donovan Ferrera (Wildcard)

Parl Royals: Luan Dree Pretorians, David Miller, Byorn Fortuine, Mujib ur Rehman, Sikander Raza, Rubin Harman (Wildcard)

Pretoria Capitals: Will Jax, Sherfen Rutherford, Andre Russell (Wildcard)

Durban Super Giants: Sunil Naren, Noor Ahmed, Jose Butler, Heinrich Klassen (Wildcard)

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