Cricket South Africa (CSA) organised the player auction for the third edition of South Africa's biggest cricket carnival of the year SA20 league (2025) on Tuesday, October 1, in Cape Town. The highly anticipated SA20 2025 season will feature six fighting teams, including: Pretoria Capitals, Paarl Royals, SunRisers Eastern Cape, Durban Super Giants, Joburg Super Kings, and MI Cape Town. The tournament is set to take place from January 9 to February 8, 2025, across six venues in beautiful South Africa.

Talking about the auction top pick, right-hand batsman Reeza Hendricks, who was named South Africa's T20 Cricketer of the Year, became the most expensive player in the auction. MI Cape Town secured his services for a staggering R4.3 million after a fierce bidding war with Pretoria Capitals. Hendricks, who previously played for Joburg Super Kings, will now bring his explosive batting talents to MI Cape Town as they prepare for the upcoming season.

Each of the six franchises was required to build a squad comprising 19 players. The squads had to include a minimum of 10 South African players, with a cap of seven international players. Additionally, every team was expected to draft one rookie and one wildcard player.

Here are the complete squads for each team following the SA20 2025 auction:

Joburg Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Maheesh Theekshana, Devon Conway, Gerald Coetzee, David Wiese, Leus du Plooy, Lizaad Williams, Nandre Burger, Donovan Ferreira, Imran Tahir, Sibonelo Makhanya, Tabraiz Shamsi, Wihan Lubbe, Evan Jones, Doug Bracewell, JP King

Pretoria Capitals: Anrich Nortje, Jimmy Neesham, Will Jacks, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Will Smeed, Migael Pretorius, Rilee Rossouw, Eathan Bosch, Wayne Parnell, Senuran Muthusamy, Kyle Verreynne, Daryn Dupavillon, Steve Stolk, Tiaan van Vuuren, Marques Ackerman, Evin Lewis, Kyle Lewis, Kyle Simmonds, Keagan Lion-Cachet, Liam Livingstone

MI Cape Town: Rashid Khan, Ben Stokes, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Azmatullah Omarzai, dewald Brevis, Ryan Rickelton, george Linde, Nuwan Thushara, Connor Esterhuizen, Delano Potgieter, Rassie van der Dussen, Thomas Kaber, Chris Benjamin, Reeza Hendricks, Colin Ingram, Dane Piedt, Tristan Luus, Corbin Bosch

Paarl Royals: David Miller, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Sam Hain, Joe Root, Dinesh Karthik, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Bjorn Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell van Buuren, Keith Dudgeon, Nqaba Peter, Andile Phehlukwayo, Codi Yusuf, John Turner, Dayyaan Galiem, Rubin Hermann, Dewan Marais, Jacob Bethell

SunRisers Eastern Cape: Aiden Markram, Zak Crawley, Roelof van der Merwe, Liam Dawson, Ottneil Baartman, Marco Jansen, Beyers Swanepoel, Caleb Seleka, Tristan Stubbs, Jordan Hermann, Patrick Kruger, Craig Overton, Tom Abell, Simon Harmer, Andile Simelane, Okuhle Cele, Richard Gleeson, Daniel Smith, David Bedingham

Durban Super Giants: Brandon King, Quinton de Kock, Naveen-ul-Haq, Kane Williamson, Chris Woakes, Prenelan Subrayen, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Noor Ahmad, Heinrich Klaasen, Jon-Jon Smits, Wiaan Mulder, Junior Dala, Bryce Parsons, Matthew Breetzke, Jason Smith, Shamar Joseph, CJ King, Marcus Stoinis