2026 SA20

2026 SA20 season

Dates	26 December 2025 – 25 January 2026
Administrator	Cricket South Africa
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin and Playoffs
Host	South Africa
Participants	6
Matches	34
Official website	sa20.co.za
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The 2026 SA20 season is the fourth season of the SA20, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in South Africa. ^[1] The competition, organised by Cricket South Africa, features six teams. ^[2] The tournament is taking place from 26 December 2025 to 25 January 2026, with the final scheduled to held in Cape Town. ^{[3] [4]} SuperSport secured the official broadcasting rights for the SA20, 2025–26 in Sub Saharan Africa regions. ^[5] Betway returns as the league sponsor this season.

MI Cape Town enters the tournament as the defending champions, having won their maiden title in the previous season. ^[6]

Background

In January 2025, Cricket South Africa announced the windows of SA20 for the next three seasons. ^{[7] [8]} The league is sponsored by Betway. Star Sports Network retains the broadcasting rights for the 2026 SA20 Season in India & Subcontinent. ^[9]

Squads

Main article: List of 2026 SA20 auctions and personnel signings

The player auction took place on 9 September 2025. ^{[10] [11]}

Durban's Super Giants Coach: Lance Klusener	Joburg Super Kings Coach: Stephen Fleming	MI Cape Town Coach: Robin Peterson	Paarl Royals Coach: Trevor Penney	Pretoria Capitals Coach: Sourav Ganguly	Sunrisers Eastern Cape Coach: Adrian Birrell
Noor Ahmad [a] Sunil Narine [b] Jos Buttler [b] Heinrich Klaasen [c] Aiden Markram (C) Kwena Maphaka Devon Conway Gerald Coetzee David Bedingham Marques Ackerman Eathan Bosch Andile Simelane Tony de Zorzi Dayyaan Galiem Taijul Islam Evan Jones Gysbert Wege David Wiese Daryn Dupavillon	Faf du Plessis [a] (C) Richard Gleeson [b] Akeal Hosein [b] James Vince [b] Donovan Ferreira [c] Wiaan Mulder Nandre Burger [d] Prenelan Subrayen Dian Forrester Steve Stolk Janco Smit Neil Timmers Shubham Ranjane Brandon King Rilee Rossouw Rivaldo Moonsamy Imran Tahir Reece Topley	Nicholas Pooran Corbin Bosch Trent Boult Rashid Khan(C) George Linde Kagiso Rabada Rassie van der Dussen Ryan Rickelton Reeza Hendricks Dwaine Pretorius Tristan Luus Jason Smith Tom Moores Dane Piedt Tiaan van Vuuren Dan Lategan Tabraiz Shamsi Karim Janat Jacques Snyman	Lhuan-dre Pretorius [a] Bjorn Fortuin [a] David Miller [a] (C) Sikandar Raza [b] Mujeeb Ur Rahman [b] Rubin Hermann [c] Ottniel Baartman Gudakesh Motie Delano Potgieter Kyle Verreynne Keagan Lion-Cachet Asa Tribe Hardus Viljoen Jacob Johannes Basson Dan Lawrence Eshan Malinga Nqobani Mokoena Vishen Halambage Nqaba Peter Thomas Rew	Will Jacks [b] Sherfane Rutherford [b] Andre Russell [c] Keshav Maharaj(C) Lungi Ngidi Dewald Brevis Lizaad Williams Craig Overton Saqib Mahmood Codi Yusuf Connor Esterhuizen Bryce Parsons Gideon Peters Junaid Dawood Will Smeed Meeka-eel Prince Bayanda Majola Wihan Lubbe Sibonelo Makhanya	Tristan Stubbs [a] (C) Jonny Bairstow [b] Adam Milne [b] AM Ghazanfar [b] Marco Jansen [c] Quinton de Kock Matthew Breetzke Anrich Nortje Senuran Muthusamy Patrick Kruger Lutho Sipamla Mitchell Van Buuren Jordan Hermann Beyers Swanepoel James Coles Chris Wood Lewis Gregory CJ King JP King

Venues

Cape Town	Centurion	Durban
MI Cape Town	Pretoria Capitals	Durban's Super Giants
Newlands Cricket Ground	Centurion Park	Kingsmead Cricket Ground
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 25,000
Johannesburg Durban Cape Town Centurion Gqeberha Paarl 2026 SA20 (South Africa)
Gqeberha	Johannesburg	Paarl
Sunrisers Eastern Cape	Joburg Super Kings	Paarl Royals
St George's Park Cricket Ground	Wanderers Stadium	Boland Park
Capacity: 19,000	Capacity: 34,000	Capacity: 10,000

Teams and standings

Points table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Sunrisers Eastern Cape	6	3	1	2	3	19	2.953
2	Joburg Super Kings	7	3	2	2	1	17	0.572
3	Pretoria Capitals	7	3	3	1	1	15	0.016
4	Paarl Royals	6	3	2	1	1	15	−1.075
5	MI Cape Town	7	2	4	1	0	10	−1.161
6	Durban's Super Giants	7	1	3	3	0	10	−0.967

Updated to match(es) played on 10 January 2026. Source: ESPNCricinfo

• Points – Win 4, No Result 2. One additional point is awarded for a win when the run rate difference is 1.25 greater than the opposing side's.

Points Summary

Below is a summary of points for each team's ten regular season matches, plus finals where applicable, in chronological order.

Team	Group matches										Play-offs
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Q1	E	Q2	F
Durban's Super Giants	4	6	6	6	8	8	10
Joburg Super Kings	4	9	13	15	15	17	17
MI Cape Town	0	2	2	2	2	6	10
Paarl Royals	0	4	8	13	15	15
Pretoria Capitals	0	0	5	7	7	11	15
Sunrisers Eastern Cape	5	10	10	12	17	19

Win

Loss

Tie

No result

Eliminated

• Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
• Note: Click on the points or results to see the match summary.

Match summary

Visitor team →	DSG	JSK	MICT	PR	PC	SEC
Home team ↓
Durban's Super Giants		Johannesburg 6 wickets	Match abandoned	Match 27	Pretoria 15 runs	Match abandoned
Joburg Super Kings	Johannesburg Super Over		Cape Town 36 runs	Match abandoned	Match 28	Match abandoned
MI Cape Town	Durban 15 runs	Cape Town 6 wickets (D/L)		Paarl 7 wickets	Pretoria 85 runs	Match 26
Paarl Royals	Match 23	Match 30	Paarl 1 run		Pretoria 21 runs	Eastern Cape 137 runs
Pretoria Capitals	Match abandoned	Johannesburg 22 runs	Match 22	Match 25		Eastern Cape 10 wickets
Sunrisers Eastern Cape	Match 21	Match 24	Match 29	Paarl 5 wickets	Eastern Cape 48 runs

Home team won

Visitor team won

• Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
• Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.

League stage

The full fixture list was released on 9 July 2025. ^[12]

All times listed below are South African Standard Time (UTC+2).

Match 1 26 December 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Durban's Super Giants 232/5 (20 overs)	v	MI Cape Town 217/7 (20 overs)
Devon Conway 64 (33) George Linde 2/46 (4 overs)		Ryan Rickelton 113 (63) Eathan Bosch 4/46 (4 overs)

Durban's Super Giants won by 15 runs Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Arno Jacobs (SA) Player of the match: Ryan Rickelton (MI Cape Town)

• Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 2 27 December 2025 13:00 Scorecard

Joburg Super Kings 168/6 (20 overs)	v	Pretoria Capitals 146/9 (20 overs)
Rilee Rossouw 48 (33) Tymal Mills 2/17 (4 overs)		Bryce Parsons 41 (30) Duan Jansen 4/23 (4 overs)

Joburg Super Kings won by 22 runs Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Stephen Harris (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Duan Jansen (Joburg Super Kings)

• Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 3 27 December 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Sunrisers Eastern Cape 186/4 (20 overs)	v	Paarl Royals 49 (11.5 overs)
Jordan Hermann 62* (28) Ottniel Baartman 2/40 (4 overs)		Asa Tribe 14 (10) Anrich Nortje 4/13 (3 overs)

Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 137 runs Boland Park, Paarl Umpires: Arno Jacobs (SA) and Abdoellah Steenkamp (SA) Player of the match: Anrich Nortje (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)

• Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sunrisers Eastern Cape were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.

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Match 4 28 December 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Durban's Super Giants 37/0 (4 overs)	v	MI Cape Town
Devon Conway 24* (13)

No result Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: Siphelele Gasa (SA) and Dennis Smith (SA)

• MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain prevented any further play.

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Match 5 29 December 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Sunrisers Eastern Cape 188/6 (20 overs)	v	Pretoria Capitals 140 (18 overs)
Quinton de Kock 77 (47) Tymal Mills 2/31 (4 overs)		Shai Hope 36 (19) Adam Milne 4/25 (4 overs)

Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 48 runs St George's Park, Gqeberha Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Brad White (SA) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)

• Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sunrisers Eastern Cape were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.

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Match 6 30 December 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Durban's Super Giants 86 (17.1 overs)	v	Joburg Super Kings 88/4 (12.2 overs)
Aiden Markram 22 (27) Richard Gleeson 3/2 (2.1 overs)		Rilee Rossouw 43 (32) David Wiese 1/11 (2 overs)

Joburg Super Kings won by 6 wickets Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Dennis Smith (SA) Player of the match: Prenelan Subrayen (Joburg Super Kings)

• Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
• Joburg Super Kings were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.

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Match 7 31 December 2025 13:00 Scorecard

Sunrisers Eastern Cape 149 (20 overs)	v	Paarl Royals 150/5 (19.4 overs)
Jordan Hermann 47 (35) Nqobani Mokoena 4/34 (4 overs)		David Miller 71* (38) Anrich Nortje 2/21 (4 overs)

Paarl Royals won by 5 wickets St George's Park, Gqeberha Umpires: Thomas Mokorosi (SA) and Brad White (SA) Player of the match: David Miller (Paarl Royals)

• Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 8 31 December 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Pretoria Capitals 220/5 (20 overs)	v	MI Cape Town 135 (14.2 overs)
Wihan Lubbe 60 (36) Kagiso Rabada 2/48 (4 overs)		Ryan Rickelton 33 (17) Sherfane Rutherford 4/24 (3 overs)

Pretoria Capitals won by 85 runs Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Allahuddien Paleker (SA) and Abdoellah Steenkamp (SA) Player of the match: Sherfane Rutherford (Pretoria Capitals)

• Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
• Pretoria Capitals were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.

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Match 9 1 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Joburg Super Kings 205/4 (20 overs)	v	Durban's Super Giants 205/8 (20 overs)
Shubham Ranjane 50* (31) Noor Ahmad 3/12 (4 overs)		Evan Jones 43 (17) Richard Gleeson 3/41 (4 overs)

Match tied (Joburg Super Kings won the Super Over) Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Stephen Harris (SA) Player of the match: Donovan Ferreira (Joburg Super Kings)

• Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
• Super Over: Durban's Super Giants 5/1 (1 over), Joburg Super Kings 8/0 (0.3 over).

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Match 10 2 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Paarl Royals 181/3 (20 overs)	v	MI Cape Town 180/8 (20 overs)
Lhuan-dre Pretorius 98* (65) Rashid Khan 2/31 (4 overs)		Rassie van der Dussen 59 (42) Ottniel Baartman 4/51 (4 overs)

Paarl Royals won by 1 run Boland Park, Paarl Umpires: Allahuddien Paleker (SA) and Abongile Sodumo (SA) Player of the match: Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)

• Paarl Royals won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 11 3 January 2026 13:00 Scorecard

Sunrisers Eastern Cape	v	Joburg Super Kings

No result Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Abdoellah Steenkamp (SA) and Brad White (SA)

• Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 5 overs per side due to rain.
• No play was possible due to rain.

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Match 12 3 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Durban's Super Giants	v	Pretoria Capitals

No result Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Mazizi Gampu (SA) and Stephen Harris (SA)

• Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 16 overs per side due to rain.
• No play was possible due to rain.

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Match 13 4 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

MI Cape Town 88 (18.4 overs)	v	Paarl Royals 90/3 (13 overs)
Reeza Hendricks 18 (24) Sikandar Raza 4/13 (4 overs)		Asa Tribe 34 (28) Corbin Bosch 1/9 (2 overs)

Paarl Royals won by 7 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Siphelele Gasa (SA) and Allahuddien Paleker (SA) Player of the match: Sikandar Raza (Paarl Royals)

• MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to bat.
• Paarl Royals were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.

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Match 14 5 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Pretoria Capitals 176/7 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Eastern Cape 177/0 (14.2 overs)
Connor Esterhuizen 52 (33) Anrich Nortje 3/32 (4 overs)		Jonny Bairstow 85* (45)

Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 10 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Dennis Smith (SA) and Abdoellah Steenkamp (SA) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)

• Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sunrisers Eastern Cape were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.

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Match 15 6 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Joburg Super Kings 123/7 (12 overs)	v	MI Cape Town 128/6 (11.2 overs)
Faf du Plessis 44 (21) Corbin Bosch 3/24 (3 overs)		Rassie van der Dussen 35 (24) Nandre Burger 2/23 (3 overs)

MI Emirates won by 4 wickets (DLS method) Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Arno Jacobs (SA) Player of the match: Nicholas Pooran (MI Emirates)

• MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 12 overs per side due to rain.
• MI Emirates were set a revised target of 128 runs from 12 overs due to rain.

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Match 16 7 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Pretoria Capitals 201/4 (20 overs)	v	Durban's Super Giants 186 (19.4 overs)
Shai Hope 118* (69) David Wiese 1/34 (3 overs)		Jos Buttler 97* (52) Gideon Peters 3/35 (4 overs)

Pretoria Capitals won by 15 runs Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: Mazizi Gampu (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Shai Hope (Pretoria Capitals)

• Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 17 8 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Joburg Super Kings 187/6 (20 overs)	v	Paarl Royals
James Vince 75 (43) Sikandar Raza 2/26 (4 overs)

No result Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Ian Blackwell (Eng) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)

• Paarl Royals won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain prevented any further play.

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Match 18 9 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Durban's Super Giants	v	Sunrisers Eastern Cape

Match abandoned Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: Stephen Harris (SA) and Thomas Mokorosi (SA)

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

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Match 19 10 January 2026 13:00 Scorecard

Pretoria Capitals 138/9 (20 overs)	v	Paarl Royals 117/6 (20 overs)
Sherfane Rutherford 42* (35) Sikandar Raza 2/13 (4 overs)		David Miller 45 (36) Keshav Maharaj 2/14 (4 overs)

Pretoria Capitals won by 21 runs Boland Park, Paarl Umpires: Ian Blackwell (Eng) and Arno Jacobs (SA) Player of the match: Sherfane Rutherford (Pretoria Capitals)

• Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 20 10 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

MI Cape Town 234/3 (20 overs)	v	Joburg Super Kings 198/5 (20 overs)
Ryan Rickelton 113* (60) Daniel Worrall 2/37 (4 overs)		Dian Forrester 80* (42) George Linde 2/30 (4 overs)

MI Cape Town won by 36 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Allahuddien Paleker (SA) Player of the match: Ryan Rickelton (MI Cape Town)

• MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 21 11 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Sunrisers Eastern Cape	v	Durban's Super Giants

St George's Park, Gqeberha

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Match 22 12 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Pretoria Capitals	v	MI Cape Town

Centurion Park, Centurion

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Match 23 13 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Paarl Royals	v	Durban's Super Giants

Boland Park, Paarl

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Match 24 14 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Sunrisers Eastern Cape	v	Joburg Super Kings

St George's Park, Gqeberha

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Match 25 15 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Pretoria Capitals	v	Paarl Royals

Centurion Park, Centurion

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Match 26 16 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

MI Cape Town	v	Sunrisers Eastern Cape

Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town

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Match 27 17 January 2026 13:00 Scorecard

Durban's Super Giants	v	Paarl Royals

Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban

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Match 28 17 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Joburg Super Kings	v	Pretoria Capitals

Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

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Match 29 18 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Sunrisers Eastern Cape	v	MI Cape Town

St George's Park, Gqeberha

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Match 30 19 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Paarl Royals	v	Joburg Super Kings

Boland Park, Paarl

Playoffs

Bracket

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 2

Final

21 January 2026 — Durban

25 January 2026 — Cape Town

1

1st placed team

Q1W

Winner of Qualifier 1

2

2nd placed team

23 January 2026 — Johannesburg

Q2W

Winner of Qualifier 2

Q1L

Loser of Qualifier 1

Eliminator

EW

Winner of Eliminator

22 January 2026 — Centurion

3

3rd placed team

4

4th placed team

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 1 21 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

1st placed team	v	2nd placed team

Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban

Eliminator

Eliminator 22 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

3rd placed team	v	4th placed team

Centurion Park, Centurion

Qualifier 2

Qualifier 2 23 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Loser of Qualifier 1	v	Winner of Eliminator

Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Final

Final 25 January 2026 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Winner of Qualifier 1	v	Winner of Qualifier 2

Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town

References

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Notes

1. Retained
2. Pre-signed
3. Wild Card
4. Retained using RTM Card

External links

• Official website
• Series home at ESPNcricinfo