SA20 2025 Auction: The SA20 2025, set to get underway on January 9, 2025, saw its auction take place on October 1 (Wednesday) at Cape Town. Only 113 spots were available out of 188 cricketers, from South Africa and around the world, who enrolled for the auction. MI Cape Town splurged money on the Proteas opener Reeza Hendricks who went on to be the most expensive buy in this season’s auction. Meanwhile, two-time champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape splashed money on England fast bowler Richard Gleeson.
Reeza Hendricks was sold to Cape Town for R4.30 million after an intense bidding war with Pretoria Capitals whereas Richard Gleeson was sold for R2.3 million, to the Sunrisers. West Indies bowler Shamar Joseph went unsold initially but was later picked up by Durban Super Giants.
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Here’s the full List of sold players at the SA20 2025 auction:
Reeza Hendricks - MI Cape Town - R4.30 million
Richard Gleeson - Sunrisers Eastern Cape - R2.3 million
Evin Lewis - Pretoria Capitals - R1.5 million
Marques Ackerman - Pretoria Capitals - R800,000
Shamar Joseph - Durban's Super Giants - R425,000
Colin Ingram - MI Cape Town - R175,000
Dane Piedt - MI Cape Town - R175,000
Rubin Hermann - Paarl Royals - R175,000
Wihan Lubbe - Joburg Super Kings - R175,000
Evan Jones - Joburg Super Kings - R175,000
Okuhle Cele - Sunrisers Eastern Cape - R175,000
Doug Bracewell - Joburg Super Kings - R175,000
Kyle Simmonds - Pretoria Capitals - R175,000
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Durban's Super Giants: Brandon King (West Indies), Quinton De Kock, Naveen-ul-Haq (Afghanistan), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Chris Woakes (England), Prenelan Subrayen, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Noor Ahmed (Afghanistan), Heinrich Klaasen, Jon-Jon Smuts, Wiaan Mulder, Junior Dala, Bryce Parsons, Matthew Breetzke, Jason Smith, Marcus Stoinis (Australia).
Picked: Shamar Joseph for R425K and CJ KING (rookie)
Joburg Super Kings: Faf Du Plessis, Moeen Ali (England), Jonny Bairstow (England), Maheesh Theekshana (Sri Lanka), Devon Conway (New Zealand), Gerald Coetzee, David Wiese (Namibia), Leus Du Plooy (England), Lizaad Williams, Nandre Burger, Donovan Ferreira, Imran Tahir, Sibonelo Makhanya, Tabraiz Shamsi.
Picked: Doug Bracewell for R175K, Wihan Lubbe for R175K, Evan Jones for R175K and JP King (rookie)
MI Cape Town: Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Ben Stokes (England), Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult (New Zealand), Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan), Dewald Brevis, Ryan Rickelton, George Linde, Nuwan Thushara (Sri Lanka), Connor Esterhuizen, Delano Potgieter, Rassie van der Dussen, Thomas Kaber, Chris Benjamin (England), Corbin Bosch.
Picked: Reeza Hendricks for R4.30m, Colin Ingram for R175K, Dane Piedt for R175K and Tristan Luus (rookie)
Pretoria Capitals: Anrich Nortje, Jimmy Neesham (New Zealand), Will Jacks (England), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan), Liam Livingstone (England), Will Smeed (England), Migael Pretorius, Rilee Rossouw, Eathan Bosch, Wayne Parnell, Senuran Muthusamy, Kyle Verreynne, Daryn Dupavillon, Steve Stolk, Tiaan van Vuuren.
Picked: Marques Ackerman for R800K, Evin Lewis for R1.5m and Keagan Lion-Cachet (rookie)
Paarl Royals: David Miller, Mujeeb Ur-Rahman (Afghanistan), Sam Hain (England), Joe Root (England), Dinesh Karthik (India), Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Bjorn Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Van Buuren, Keith Dudgeon, Nqaba Peter, Andile Phehlukwayo, Codi Yusuf, John Turner (England), Dayyaan Galiem, Jacob Bethell (England).
Picked: Rubin Hermann for R175K and Dewan Marais (rookie)
Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Aiden Markram, Zak Crawley (England), Roelof van der Merwe (Netherlands), Liam Dawson (England), Ottneil Baartman, Marco Jansen, Beyers Swanepoel, Caleb Seleka, Tristan Stubbs, Jordan Hermann, Patrick Kruger, Craig Overton (England), Tom Abell (England), Simon Harmer, Andile Simelane, David Bedingham.
Picked: Okuhle Cele for R175K, Richard Gleeson for R2.3m, Daniel Smith (rookie)