Everything you need to know after the SA20 auction. Full squads, most expensive players, those who missed out and more!
Tristan Stubbs and Temba Bavuma were the headline makers at the inaugural SA20 Auction, albeit for different reasons. Stubbs was sold to the Sunrisers Eastern Cape for a whopping R9.2 million while Bavuma – South Africa’s white-ball skipper- went unsold at a base price of R850 000.
Below we’ll take a look at each of the squads, the most expensive players, the biggest stars to miss out and more!
SA20 – Most expensive players
Interestingly, the 10 most expensive players sold at the SA20 auction were all South African. Tristan Stubbs fetched the highest price with the Sunrisers Eastern Cape forking out R9.2 million for the 22-year-old.
The sale of Donavon Ferreira was one of the bigger stories on the day. The 24-year-old was eventually snapped up by the Joburg Super Kings for R5.5 million. This came after the Paarl Royals and Pretoria Capitals tried to outbid the Joburg franchise, but had to pull out owing to rapidly dwindling purses. Had either franchise landed Ferreira at such a high price, they would not have been able to fill their 17-man squads with their remaining purses.
The most expensive players snapped up at the auction were:
- Tristan Stubbs – R9.2 million (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
- Rilee Rossouw – R6.9 million (Pretoria Capitals)
- Marco Jansen – R6.1 million (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
- Wayne Parnell – R5.6 million (Pretoria Capitals)
- Donavon Ferreira – R5.5 million (Joburg Super Kings)
- Sisanda Magala – R5.4 million (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
- Heinrich Klassen – R4.5 million (Durban Super Giants)
- Reeza Hendricks – R4.5 million (Joburg Super Kings)
- Tabraiz Shamsi – R4.3 million (Paarl Royals)
- Dwaine Pretorius – R4.1 million (Durban Super Giants)
Here are the most expensive buys in the SA20 Auction 🏏🇿🇦#SA20Auction #CricketTwitter #sa20league pic.twitter.com/CZ1bEeNGAH
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) September 20, 2022
Unsold Stars
When it comes to unsold players, Temba Bavuma was the biggest newsmaker. South Africa’s white-ball skipper garnered no interest from the six franchises with his base price of R850 000.
In another surprise, Protea all-rounder Andile Phelukwayo also went unsold. The Hollywoodbets Dolphins man was passed over with an R850 000 base price.
Some other notable players who went unsold include Ross Taylor, Farhaan Behardein, Roston Chase, Dinesh Chandimal, Carlos Brathwaite, Lewis Gregory and Unmukt Chand.
Temba Bavuma and Andile Phehlukwayo have both gone UNSOLD in the #SA20Auction.
— SA Cricket magazine (@SACricketmag) September 19, 2022
Players sold: https://t.co/cw6JD48U0d pic.twitter.com/il8EWyoPOp
Squads:
Durban Super Giants
Batsmen: Henrich Klaasen, Johnson Charles, Quinton de Kock, Matthew Breetzke
All-rounders: Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Wiaan Mulder, Keemo Paul, Jason Holder, Kyle Mayers, Christian Jonker
Bowlers: Kyle Abbott, Simon Harmer, Dilshan Madhushanka, Junior Dala, Reece Topley, Prenelan Subrayen
Joburg Super Kings:
Batsmen: Faf du Plessis, Donavon Ferreira, Janneman Malan, Reeza Hendricks, Harry Brook, Kyle Verreynne, Leus Du Plooy
All-rounders: George Garton, Lewis Gregory, Romario Shepherd
Bowlers: Alzarri Joseph, Lizaad Williams, Caleb Seleka, Nandre Burger, Malusi Soboto, Maheesh Theekshana, Gerland Coetzee
MI Cape Town
Batsmen: Rassie van der Dussen, Dewald Brevis, Ryan Rickelton, Grant Roelofsen, Webley Marshall
All-rounders: Odean Smith, George Linde, Duan Jansen, Delano Potgieter, Rashid Khan, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran
Bowlers: Beuran Hendricks, Olly Stone, Waqar Salamkheil, Ziyaad Abrahams, Kagiso Rabada.
Paarl Royals
Batsmen: Jason Roy, Eoin Morgan, Dane Vilas, Mithcell Van Buuren, Wihan Lubbe, Jos Buttler, David Miller.
All-rounders: Ferisco Adams, Imraan Manack, Codi Yusuf, Even Jones.
Bowlers: Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi, B Jorn Fortuin, Ramon Simmonds, Obed McCoy, Corbin Bosch.
Pretoria Capitals
Batsmen: Rilee Rossouw, Phil Salt, Kusal Mendis, Will Jacks, Cameron Delport, Theunis de Bruyn, Marco Marais.
All-rounders: James Neesham, Wayne Parnell, Eathan Bosch, Shane Dadswell
Bowlers: Josh Little, Adil Rashid, Shaun Von Berg, Daryn Dupavillon, Anrich Nortje, Michael Pretorius.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Batsmen: Tristan Stubbs, Sarel Erwee, Jordan Cox, Adam Rossington, Marques Ackerman, Aiden Markram.
All-rounders: Marco Jansen, Sisanda Magala, Brydon Carse, JJ Smuts, Tom Abell, Aya Gqamane, Roeof van der Merwe, James Fuller (England).
Bowlers: Mason Crane, Junaid Dawood, Ottneil Baartman
