List of 2026 SA20 auctions and personnel signings

2026 SA20 players auctions
General information
Sport	Cricket
Date(s)	9 September 2025
Time	14:00 SAST
Location	Johannesburg, South Africa
Overview
League	SA20
Team	6
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This is a list of auction and personnel signings for the 2026 SA20 cricket tournament. ^{[1] [2]}

Pre-signed and retained players

All South African players bought at the 2025 SA20 auction were on two-year contracts. Teams had the option to retain, trade or buy out the contracts of these players.

Team	Durban's Super Giants	Joburg Super Kings	MI Cape Town	Paarl Royals	Pretoria Capitals	Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Retained players	Noor Ahmad	Faf du Plessis
Pre-signed players	Jos Buttler Sunil Narine	Richard Gleeson Akeal Hosein James Vince

Summary

Pre-Auction summary

Team	Retained		Pre-signed			Total	Slots to fill	Funds remaining (in ZAR millions)
	Domestic	Overseas	Domestic	Overseas	Wildcard
Durban's Super Giants	0	1	0	2	1	4	15	29.5m
Joburg Super Kings	1	0	0	3	1	5	14	21.5m
MI Cape Town	3	2	0	1	1	7	12	11.5m
Paarl Royals	3	1	0	1	1	6	13	14.5m
Pretoria Capitals	0	1	0	1	1	3	16	32.5m
Sunrisers Eastern Cape	1	0	0	3	1	5	14	21.5m

Player auction

A total of 549 players (308 South Africa and 241 overseas) entered the auction pool, with only 84 open places available and Right to Match (RTM) card was introduced this season with each team having one RTM card.

Auction results

Name	National team	Playing role	Price (in ZAR)	Team	Notes
Keshav Maharaj	South Africa	Spin bowler	1,700,000	Pretoria Capitals
Kwena Maphaka	South Africa	Fast bowler	2,300,000	Durban's Super Giants
Quinton de Kock	South Africa	Wicket keeper	2,400,000	Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Aiden Markram	South Africa	Batsman	14,000,000	Durban's Super Giants
Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	Fast bowler	2,300,000	Pretoria Capitals
Dewald Brevis	South Africa	All-rounder	16,500,000	Pretoria Capitals
Wiaan Mulder	South Africa		9,000,000	Joburg Super Kings
Matthew Breetzke	South Africa		6,100,000	Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Devon Conway	New Zealand		325,000	Durban's Super Giants
Rassie van der Dussen	South Africa		5,200,000	MI Cape Town
Nandre Burger	South Africa		6,300,000	Joburg Super Kings	RTM from Durban's Super Giants
Anrich Nortje	South Africa		5,000,000	Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Senuran Muthusamy	South Africa		1,500,000	Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Lizaad Williams	South Africa		2,400,000	Pretoria Capitals
Gerald Coetzee	South Africa		7,400,000	Durban's Super Giants
Ottneil Baartman	South Africa		5,100,000	Paarl Royals
Gudakesh Motie	West Indies		375,000	Paarl Royals
David Bedingham	South Africa		325,000	Durban's Super Giants
Marques Ackermann	South Africa		200,000	Durban's Super Giants
Eathan Bosch	South Africa		1,750,000	Durban's Super Giants
Reeza Hendricks	South Africa		500,000	MI Cape Town
Dwaine Pretorius	South Africa		650,000	MI Cape Town
Delano Potgieter	South Africa		2,600,000	Paarl Royals
Patrick Kruger	South Africa		450,000	Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Andile Simelane	South Africa		200,000	Durban's Super Giants
Dan Worrall			1,500,000	Joburg Super Kings
Craig Overton			1,000,000	Pretoria Capitals
Saqib Mahmood			1,500,000	Pretoria Capitals
Lutho Sipamla	South Africa		600,000	Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Tristan Luus	South Africa		650,000	MI Cape Town
Codi Yusuf			225,000	Pretoria Capitals
Connor Esterhuizen			3,200,000	Pretoria Capitals
Kyle Verreynne			2,300,000	Paarl Royals

• Source: ^[3]

Wildcard picks

• Durban's Super Giants: Heinrich Klaasen
• Joburg Super Kings: Donovan Ferreira
• MI Cape Town: Kagiso Rabada
• Paarl Royals: Rubin Hermann
• Pretoria Capitals: Andre Russell
• Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Marco Jansen

References

1. "ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BETWAY SA20 SEASON 4 PLAYER AUCTION". sa20.co.za. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
2. "ALL EYES ON THE BETWAY SA20 SEASON 4 PLAYER AUCTION TODAY". sa20.co.za. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
3. Sagar Singh (@thesagar75). "SA20 auction blog - Brevis fetches record bid from Pretoria Capitals" . Retrieved 10 September 2025.