The auction for the fourth season of the SA20 was successfully held on Tuesday, September 9 as several big names fetched massive bids.
Dewald Brevis emerged as the most expensive player ever in the history of SA20 as he was sold for a whopping R16.5 million to Pretoria Capitals (PC). Both Joburg Super Kings (JSK) and Capitals were in an intense bidding war to acquire the services of the young batting sensation. However, it was Pretoria, who eventually managed to outbid everyone.
Durban had shown keen interest in buying Markram, who has previously led Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC) to back-to-back titles. They raised his price to R12.4 million after an intense bidding war with Pretoria Capitals. However, Sunrisers weren’t willing to let go of their skipper as they exercised their right to match forcing Super Giants to increase their bid to R14 million, which eventually sealed the deal.
All-rounder Wiaan Mulder emerged as the third most expensive player at the auction, being bought by Super Kings for R9 million. Apart from him, Gerald Coetzee (R7.4 million to DSG), Nandre Burger (R6.3 million to JSK), Matthew Breetzke (R6.1 million to SEC), Rassie van der Dussen (R5.2 million to MI Cape Town), Ottneil Baartman (R5.1 million to Paarl Royals) and Anrich Nortje (R5 million to SEC) were the other notable buys.
South Africa’s Test and ODI captain Temba Bavuma once again managed to find no bidders at the auction for the second successive season. Earlier, no team had shown interest for Bavuma in the inaugural SA20 Auction, but he eventually played for Sunrisers after being signed as an injury replacement.
He was retained for the following season before being released by the franchise. Legendary England seamer James Anderson was another notable player to find no takers at the bidding event.
Full list of squads for SA20 2026
MI Cape Town
Retentions and pre-signings: Ryan Rickelton, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada (Wildcard), Rashid Khan, Trent Boult, Nicholas Pooran
Auction picks: Rassie van der Dussen (R5.2 million), Tian van Vuuren (R1 million), Karim Janat (R1 million), Dwaine Pretorius (R650,000), Tristan Luus (R650,000), Reeza Hendricks (R500,000), Jason Smith (R500,000), Tabraiz Shamsi (R500,000), Dan Lategan (R400,000), Tom Moores (R200,000), Dane Piedt (R200,000), Jacques Snyman (R200,000)
Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Retentions and pre-signings: Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen (Wildcard), AM Ghazanfar, Adam Milne, Jonny Bairstow
Auction picks: Matthew Breetzke (R6.1 million), Anrich Nortje (R5 million), Quinton de Kock (R2.4 million), Senuran Muthusamy (R1.5 million), Jordan Hermann (R1.5 million), James Coles (R1 million), Lewis Gregory (R1 million), Lutho Sipamla (R600,000), Chris Wood (R500,000), Patrick Kruger (R450,000), Mitchell van Buuren (R200,000), Beyers Swanepoel (R200,000), Christopher King (R200,000), JP King (R200,000)
Joburg Super Kings
Retentions and pre-signings: Faf du Plessis, Donovan Ferreira (Wildcard), James Vince, Akeal Hosein, Richard Gleeson
Auction picks: Wiaan Mulder (R9 million), Nandre Burger (R6.3 million), Prenalen Subrayen (R1 million), Imran Tahir (R600,000), Reece Topley (R600,000), Rilee Rossouw (R500,000), Rivaldo Moonsamy (R400,000), Dian Forrester (R200,000), Steve Stolk (R200,000), Janco Smit (R200,000), Neil Timmers (R200,000), Shubham Ranjane (R200,000), Brandon King (R200,000)
Paarl Royals
Retentions and pre-signings: David Miller, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Bjorn Fortuin, Rubin Hermann (Wildcard), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Sikandar Raza
Auction picks: Ottneil Baartman (R5.1 million), Delano Potgieter (R2.6 million), Kyle Verreynne (R2.3 million), Eshan Malinga (R1 million), Keagan Lion Cachet (R950,000), Dan Lawrence (R500,000), Nqabayomzi Peter (R500,000), Gudakesh Motie (R375,000), Asa Tribe (R200,000), Hardus Viljoen (R200,000), Jacob Johannes Basson (R200,000), Nqobani Mokoena (R200,000), Vishen Halambage (R200,000)
Pretoria Capitals
Retentions and pre-signings: Will Jacks, Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell (Wildcard)
Auction picks: Dewald Brevis (R16.5 million), Connor Esterhuizen (R3.2 million), Lizaad Williams (R2.40 million), Lungi Ngidi (R2.3 million), Bryce Parsons (R1.9 million), Keshav Maharaj (R1.7 million), Saqib Mahmood (R1.5 million), Craig Overton (R1 million), Gideon Peters (R400,000), Codi Yusuf (R225,000), Junaid Dawood (R200,000), Will Smeed (R200,000), Meeka eel Prince (R200,000), Bayanda Majola (R200,000), Wihan Lubbe (R200,000), Sibonelo Makhanya (R200,000)
Durban Super Giants
Retentions and pre-signings: Heinrich Klaasen (Wildcard), Sunil Narine, Jos Buttler, Noor Ahmad
Auction picks: Aiden Markram (R14 million), Gerald Coetzee (R7.4 million), Kwena Maphaka (R2.3 million), Eathan Bosch (R1.75 million), David Wiese (R1.3 million), Taijul Islam (R500,000), Devon Conway (R325,000), David Bedingham (R325,000), Marques Ackermann (R200,000), Andile Simelane (R200,000), Tony de Zorzi (R200,000), Dayyaan Galiem (R200,000), Evan Jones (R200,000), Gysbert Wege (R200,000), Daryn Dupavillon (R200,000)