The third season of the SA20 will take place next year, with the tournament set to last from January 9 to February 8. Here's a complete list of all the confirmed signings so far.
The SA20 has been one of the most successful franchise leagues following the IPL, with many big names involved every year. It features six sides, all of them owned by IPL franchises. For the last two seasons, Sunrisers Eastern Cape, captained by Aiden Markram, has won the trophy.
Despite there being still six months to go until the next edition, marquee names are set to feature in SA20 2025. The most high-profile of these is England Test captain Ben Stokes, who will reportedly feature for the tournament for the first time, as well as England teammate and Stokes’s predecessor as national captain, Joe Root.
South Africa stars are all likely to feature again, with little movement expected around the biggest local names. Ryan Rickleton was the leading run scorer in the competition last year for MI Cape Town, while Marco Jansen led the wicket-taking standings for Sunrisers.
While the deadline for retaining players has now passed, the sides have yet to announce who among the SA20 2024 squads have been retained. An auction will take place in September to fill the remaining spots following retention and overseas signings: these can be announced until August 31.
Confirmed SA20 signings for 2025
MI Cape Town: Ben Stokes, Rashid Khan, Trent Boult, Azmatullah Omarzai
Pretoria Capitals: Will Smeed, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Durban's Super Giants: Kane Williamson, Brandon King, Chris Woakes
Sunrisers Eastern Cape: David Bedingham, Zak Crawley, Roelof van der Merwe, Craig Overton
Joburg Super Kings: Tabraiz Shamsi, Jonny Bairstow, Devon Conway
Paarl Royals: Joe Root, Dayyaan Galiem, Jacob Bethell, Sam Hain, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Dinesh Karthik
Confirmed retained players for SA20 2025
MI Cape Town: Kagiso Rabada, Dewald Brevis, George Linde, Delano Potgieter, Rassie van der Dussen, Ryan Rickelton, Thomas Kaber, Connor Esterhuizen, Nuwan Thushara, Chris Benjamin.
Pretoria Capitals: 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.
Durban's Super Giants: Keshav Maharaj, Heinrich Klaasen, Quinton de Kock, Naveen-ul-Haq, Marcus Stoinis, Dwaine Pretorius, Noor Ahmad, Wiaan Mulder, Matthew Breetzke, Prenelan Subrayen, JJ Smuts, Junior Dala, Jason Smith, Bryce Parsons.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Caleb Seleka, Andile Simelane, Patrick Kruger, Beyers Swanepoel, Tom Abell, Simon Harmer, Liam Dawson, Jordan Hermann, Marco Jansen, Aiden Markram, Tristan Stubbs, Ottniel Baartman.
Joburg Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, Leus du Plooy, Imran Tahir, David Wiese, Donovan Ferreira, Moeen Ali, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee, Lizaad Williams, Sibonelo Makhanya, Maheesh Theekshana.
Paarl Royals: David Miller, Bjorn Fortuin, Codi Yusuf, Kwena Maphaka, Mitchell van Buuren, Nqaba Peter, Lungi Ngidi, Keith Dudgeon, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, John Turner.
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