SA20 2027 auction, live updates

That is all we have from the SA20 2027 auction. The 18-year-old Jason Rowles was the most expensive player, with JSK splurging R2.9 million on him. The most interesting pick was Kieron Pollard, as he will turn up in yellow for the first time in his career, with JSK picking him. Faf du Plessis will also don the yellow jersey in the upcoming SA20 season.

Team-wise list of sold players in auction

Joburg Super Kings - Faf du Plessis (R2.7 million), Jason Rowles (R2.9 million), Dayyan Galiem (R375k), Kieron Pollard (R1.5 million), Blessing Muzarabani (R500k), Andries Gous (R1 million)

MI Cape Town - Shimron Hetmyer (R1.5 million), Wiaan Mulder (R2.6 million), Trent Boult (R1.5 million), Daniel Smith (R200k), Lehan Botha (R200k), Oliver Whitehead (R200k)

Sunrisers Eastern Cape - Craig Overton (R1.5 million), Nandre Burger (R500k)

Pretoria Capitals - Keemo Paul (R200k), Ackeem Auguste (R200k), Josh Breed (R200k), Temba Bavuma (R200k)

Round 3 Results

Blessing Muzarabani - Joburg Super Kings (R500k)

Daniel Smith - MI Cape Town (R200k)

Rassie van der Dussen - Pretoria Capitals (R500k)

Andries Gous - Joburg Super Kings (R1 million)

Lehan Botha - MI Cape Town (R200k)

Keemo Paul - Pretoria Capitals (R200k)

Ackeem Auguste - Pretoria Capitals (R200k)

Josh Breed - Pretoria Capitals (R200k)

Temba Bavuma - Pretoria Capitals (R200k)

Oliver Whitehead - MI Cape Town (R200k)

Round 2 Results

Nandre Burger - Sunrisers Eastern Cape (R500k)

Dayyan Galiem - Joburg Super Kings (R375k)

Kieron Pollard - Joburg Super Kings (R1.5 million)

Andries Gous - Unsold

Craig Overton - Sunrisers Eastern Cape (R1.5 million)

Round 1 Results

Shimron Hetmyer - MI Cape Town (R1.5 million)

Allah Ghazanfar - Unsold

Rassie van der Dussen - Unsold

Wiaan Mulder - MI Cape Town (R2.6 million)

Faf du Plessis - Joburg Super Kings (R2.7 million)

Jason Rowles - Joburg Super Kings (R2.9 million)

Jordan Cox - Unsold

Nqaba Peter - Unsold

Trent Boult - MI Cape Town (R1.5 million)

The player auction for the 2027 edition of SA20 got underway, as a total of 156 players are set to go under the hammer, with 95 of them being from South Africa and 61 from other countries. A maximum of 19 slots are to fill at the auction with Faf du Plessis, Nandre Burger, Trent Boult, Shimron Hetmyer, Mohammad Nabi, and Colin Munro among many others expected to trigger a bidding war.

Joburg Super Kings and MI Cape Town are two teams with maximum slots in the team (6 each), while Pretoria Capitals and Sunrisers Eastern Cape have five and two slots to fill, respectively in their squads. Paarl Royals and Durban Super Giants won't be attending the auction as they have all their slots filled.

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The player auction for SA20 2027, the fifth edition of the tournament, will witness a tussle between four franchises for the 156 shortlisted players, with Paarl Royals and Durban's Super Giants already fulfilling their squad requirements.

Each team has a total purse of R42 million to assemble their squad for the next season, which begins on January 17.

How the teams stack up ahead of the SA20 2027 auction 

Each team can have a maximum of 19 players in their squad, including a Wildcard and two mandatory U23 players. Joburg Super Kings and MI Cape Town have six slots to fill, while Pretoria Capitals and Sunrisers Eastern Cape have five and two remaining slots, respectively. 

Durban Super Giants 

Aiden Markram, Andile Simelane, Daryn Dupavillon, David Bedingham, Devon Conway, Eathan Bosch, Evan Jones, Gerald Coetzee, Heinrich Klaasen (Wildcard), Jos Buttler*, Kane Williamson*, Kwena Maphaka, Kyle Simmonds, Liam Livingstone*, Marques Ackerman, Sam Curran*, Simon Harmer, Sunil Narine*, Tony de Zorzi.

Joburg Super Kings

Akeal Hosein*, Dian Forrester, Donovan Ferreira, Duan Jansen, James Vince*, Janco Smit, Jarren Bacher, Jason Holder*, Leus du Plooy*, Matthew de Villiers, Prenelan Subrayen, Rilee Rossouw.

MI Cape Town

Corbin Bosch, Dane Piedt, George Linde, Jason Smith, Kagiso Rabada (Wildcard), Nicholas Pooran*, Rashid Khan*, Reeza Hendricks, Ryan Rickelton, Thomas Kaber, Tiaan van Vuuren, Tristan Luus, Will Jacks*.

Also read: Full list of retentions and pre-auction signings for SA20 2027

Paarl Royals

Asa Tribe*, Azmatullah Omarzai*, Bjorn Fortuin, Daniel Lawrence*, David Miller, Delano Potgieter, Gudakesh Motie*, Hardus Viljoen, JJ Basson, Joe Root* (Wildcard), Keagan Lion-Cachet, Kyle Verreynne, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Mujeeb Ur Rahman*, Nqobani Mokoena, Ottneil Baartman, Rubin Hermann, Sikandar Raza*, Thomas Rew*.

Pretoria Capitals

Andre Russell* (Wildcard), Bayanda Majola, Bryce Parsons, Codi Yusuf, Connor Esterhuizen, Dewald Brevis, Gideon Peters, Keshav Maharaj, Lizaad Williams, Lungi Ngidi, Matthew Short*, Phil Salt*, Sherfane Rutherford*, Wihan Lubbe.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape

Adam Milne*, Anrich Nortje, CJ King, James Coles*, Jordan Hermann, JP King, Lewis Gregory*, Lutho Sipamla, Marco Jansen (Wildcard), Matthew Breetzke, Mitchell Marsh*, Mitchell van Buuren, Patrick Kruger, Quinton de Kock, Rishad Hossain*, Senuran Muthusamy, Tristan Stubbs.

* overseas players

Also read: Where to watch live and start time for SA20 2027 auction

Remaining purse for each team

Joburg Super Kings, who are also the only team to yet to sign their Wildcard, have the highest remaining purse heading into the auction. 

Joburg Super Kings - R20.6 million 

MI Cape Town - R9.35 million 

Pretoria Capitals - R1.475 million

Sunrisers Eastern Cape - R3.6 million

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