SA20 2027 player auction was a rather short affair. The mini-auction got over within an hour, with four of the six teams placing bids.
The four teams filled 19 slots combined, with South Africa’s Jason Rowles becoming the most expensive pick for Rand 2.9 million.
Big names like Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult and Shimron Hetmyer all secured Rand 1.5 million deals. Notably, Pollard will now turn up for Joburg Super Kings instead of MI Cape Town!
That said, here are the complete squads of all teams after the SA20 2027 auction.
Durban’s Super Giants (DSG)
Retained players: Aiden Markram (c), Marques Ackerman, David Bedingham, Eathan Bosch, Jos Buttler (England), Gerald Coetzee, Devon Conway (New Zealand), Tony de Zorzi, Daryn Dupavillon, Simon Harmer, Evan Jones, Liam Livingstone (England), Kwena Maphaka (U23), Sunil Narine (West Indies), Andile Simelane (U23), Kyle Simmonds, Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
Pre-signings: Sam Curran (England)
Wildcard: Heinrich Klaasen
Auction Signings: None
Joburg Super Kings (JSK)
Retained players: Jarren Bacher, Matthew de Villiers, Leus du Plooy, Donovan Ferreira, Dian Forrester, Akeal Hosein (West Indies), Duan Jansen, Rilee Rossouw, Janco Smit, Prenelan Subrayen, James Vince (England)
Pre-signings: Jason Holder (West Indies)
Wildcard: None
Auction Signings: Faf du Plessis (R 2,700,000), Jason Rowles (R 2,900,000), Dayyaan Galiem (R 375,000), Kieron Pollard (R 1,500,000), Blessing Muzarabani (R 500,000) and Andries Gous (R 1,000,000)
MI Cape Town (MICT)
Retained players: Corbin Bosch, Reeza Hendricks, Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Thomas Kaber, George Linde, Tristan Luus (U23), Dane Piedt, Nicholas Pooran (West Indies), Ryan Rickelton, Jason Smith, Tiaan van Vuuren
Pre-signings: Will Jacks (England)
Wildcard: Kagiso Rabada
Auction signings: Shimron Hetmyer (R 1,500,000), Wiaan Mulder (R 2,600,000), Trent Boult (R 1,500,000), Daniel Smith (R 200,000), Lehan Botha (R 200,000) and Oliver Whitehead (R 200,000)
Paarl Royals (PR)
Retained players: Ottneil Baartman, JJ Basson (U23), Bjorn Fortuin, Rubin Hermann, Dan Lawrence (England), Keagan Lion-Cachet, David Miller (c), Nqobani Mokoena (U23), Gudakesh Motie (West Indies), Delano Potgieter, Lhuan-dre Pretorius (U23), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe), Thomas Rew (England), Asa Tribe (Jersey), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan), Kyle Verreynne, Hardus Viljoen
Pre-signings: Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan)
Wildcard: Joe Root
Auction Signings: None
Pretoria Capitals (PC)
Retained players: Dewald Brevis, Connor Esterhuizen, Wihan Lubbe, Keshav Maharaj (c), Bayanda Majola (U23), Lungi Ngidi, Bryce Parsons, Gideon Peters, Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies), Lizaad Williams, Codi Yusuf
Pre-signings: Phil Salt (England), Matthew Short (Australia)
Wildcard: Andre Russell (West Indies)
Auction signings: Rassie van der Dussen (R 500,000), Keemo Paul (R 200,000), Ackeem Auguste (R 200,000), Josh Breed (R 200,000), Temba Bavuma (R 200,000)
Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC)
Retained players: Matthew Breetzke, James Coles (England), Quinton de Kock, Lewis Gregory (England), Jordan Hermann, CJ King (U23), JP King, Patrick Kruger, Adam Milne (New Zealand), Senuran Muthusamy, Anrich Nortje, Lutho Sipamla, Tristan Stubbs, Mitchell van Buuren
Pre-signings: Mitchell Marsh (Australia), Rishad Hossain (Bangladesh)
Wildcard: Marco Jansen
Auction signings: Nandre Burger (R 500,000), Craig Overton (R 1,500,000)
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