Kavya Maran’s team won the second consecutive match (Photo: PTI/X)
SA20: Did Kavya Maran make a mistake in the IPL 2026 auction? This question is because the three great players whom they did not buy have played a role in the victory of Sunrisers in South Africa T20. Has given him victory after victory. Kavya Maran’s team Sunrisers Eastern Cape is on top in the SA20 points table. The reason behind this is his strong performance. Big wins in the first two matches played in the current season of the league. The heroes of those two consecutive victories of Kavya Maran’s team were 3 stalwarts i.e. Enrique Norkhia, Quinton de Kock and Adam Milne.
Enrique Norkhia took 4 wickets in the first match
Sunrisers Eastern Cape defeated Paarl Royals by a huge margin of 137 runs in their first match of the current season of SA20 played on 27 December. The hero of that big victory of Sunrisers was South African pacer Enrique Norkhia, who wreaked havoc with the ball and took 4 wickets for 13 runs in 4 overs against Paarl Royals. Apart from him, Adam Milne also took 2 wickets.
Kavya Maran did not buy Norkhia in IPL auction
Enrique Norkhia was adjudged Player of the Match for Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s strong win in the very first match of SA20 2025-26. Norkhia, who gave SEA its first win of the season, is the same player who was not bought by Kavya Maran in the IPL 2026 auction. Norkhia has been signed by Lucknow Super Giants at his base price of Rs 2 crore.
De Kock and Milne lead second win in SA20
Sunrisers Eastern Cape played its second match in SA20 2025-26 on 29 December, in which it defeated Pretoria Capitals by 48 runs. This was the second consecutive win for Sunrisers, whose heroes were Quinton de Kock and Adam Milne. Quinton de Kock faced 47 balls with his first bat and scored 77 runs, which included 6 sixes. So after that, Adam Milne was seen wreaking havoc on the batsmen of Pretoria Capitals.
Adam Milne took 4 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs against Pretoria Capitals, who were chasing the target of 189 runs in 20 overs and restricted them to 140 runs. During this performance, Adam Milne also completed his 250 wickets in T20 cricket.
Kavya Maran did not buy these two in IPL auction
Both Quinton de Kock and Adam Milne were the heroes of Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s second win in SA20 2025-26. De Kock was chosen player of the match. These are the same players whom Kavya Maran had shown no interest in buying in the IPL 2026 auction. Quinton De Kock was bought by Mumbai Indians at his base price. Whereas, Adam Milne was bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 2.40 crore by paying Rs 40 lakh more than his base price.