The fourth edition of the South African T20 franchise league, the SA20 got underway on Boxing Day, Friday as the rainbow nation gears up for yet another exciting season of cricket. MI Cape Town are the defending champions, having beaten inaugural champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the final.
Six sides — Joburg Super Kings, MI Cape Town, Durban Super Giants, Sunrisers Eastern Cape, Paarl Royals and Pretoria Capitals — will play 30 league games in a double round robin format.
After the end of the group stage, the top-four teams will qualify for the playoffs. The top-two ranked teams will play Qualifier 1 for a spot in the final, while the third-placed and the fourth-placed sides will face each other in the Eliminator and the winner of this contest will take on the loser of Qualifier 1 in the Qualifier 2 match.
The final will be played on January 25, 2026.
Joburg Super Kings: Faf du Plessis (C), Jarren Bacher (temporary replacement), Nandre Burger, Matthew de Villiers (replacement), Donovan Ferreira, Dian Forrester, Richard Gleeson, Akeal Hosein, Duan Jansen (temporary replacement), Rivaldo Moonsamy, Wiaan Mulder, Shubham Ranjane, Rilee Rossouw, Janco Smit, Steve Stolk, Prenelan Subrayen, Imran Tahir, Neil Timmers, Reece Topley, James Vince, Dan Worrall
MI Cape Town: Rashid Khan (C), Corbin Bosch, Trent Boult, Reeza Hendricks, Karim Janat, Thomas Kaber (replacement), Dan Lategan, George Linde, Tristan Luus, Tom Moores, Dane Piedt, Nicholas Pooran, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Jason Smith, Jacques Snyman, Rassie van der Dussen, Tiaan van Vuuren
Durban Super Giants: Aiden Markram (C), Noor Ahmad, Marques Ackerman, David Bedingham, Eathan Bosch, Jos Buttler, Gerald Coetzee, Devon Conway, Tony de Zorzi, Daryn Dupavillon, Dayyaan Galiem, Evan Jones, Heinrich Klaasen, Kwena Maphaka, Sunil Narine, Andile Simelane, Gysbert Wege, David Wiese, Kane Williamson
Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Tristan Stubbs (C), Jonny Bairstow, Matthew Breetzke, James Coles, Quinton de Kock, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Lewis Gregory, Jordan Hermann, Marco Jansen, CJ King, JP King, Patrick Kruger, Adam Milne, Senuran Muthusamy, Anrich Nortje, Lutho Sipamla, Beyers Swanepoel, Mitchell van Buuren, Chris Wood, Tharindu Rathnayake (temporary replacement)
Paarl Royals: David Miller (C), Ottneil Baartman, Okuhle Cele (replacement), Bjorn Fortuin, Vishen Halambage, Rubin Hermann, Dan Lawrence, Keagan Lion-Cachet, Eshan Malinga, Nqobani Mokoena, Gudakesh Motie, Nqaba Peter, Delano Potgieter, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Sikandar Raza, Thomas Rew (temporary replacement), Asa Tribe, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Kyle Verreynne, Hardus Viljoen
Pretoria Capitals: Keshav Maharaj (C), Dewald Brevis, Roston Chase (replacement), Jordan Cox (replacement), Junaid Dawood, Keith Dudgeon (temporary replacement), Connor Esterhuizen, Shai Hope (replacement), Wihan Lubbe, Sibonelo Makhanya, Lungi Ngidi, Bryce Parsons, Craig Overton, Gideon Peters, Meeka-eel Prince, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Will Smeed, Lizaad Williams, Codi Yusuf, Daniel Smith (temporary replacement)
Joburg Super Kings: The Wanderers, Johannesburg MI Cape Town: Newlands, Cape Town Durban Super Giants: Kingsmead, Durban Sunrisers Eastern Cape: St George’s Park, Gqeberha Paarl Royals: Boland Park, Paarl Pretoria Capitals: Supersport Park, Centurion
The SA20 2025-26 will be available for broadcast on Star Network while it can be live streamed on JioHotstar app and website.