First edition of South African T20 league auction happened on Monday among six IPL franchise owning teams and each team have exactly 17 players in their squad. Here in this article, we will have a look at buys of each team according to the price they were sold and amount spent by each team in auction and players who went unsold despite going under the process of auction radar.
Among six franchises, Sunrisers Eastern Cape and Pretoria Capitals picked 15 players in the auction while Paarl Royals and Johannesburg Super Kings picked 13 players in auction and remaining two franchises Durban Super Giants, MI Cape Town picked 12 players in auction.
Top-10 buys of SA20 League Auction:
- Tristan Stubbs to Sunrisers Eastern Cape for 9.2 m
- Rilee Rossouw to Pretoria Capitals for 6.9 m
- Marco Jansen to Sunrisers Eastern Cape for 6.1 m
- Wayne Parnell to Pretoria Capitals for 5.6 m
- Donavon Ferreira to Johannesburg Super Kings for 5.5 m
- Sisanda Magala to Sunrisers Eastern Cape for 5.4 m
- Reeza Hendricks to Johannesburg Super Kings for 4.5 m
- Heinrich Klaasen to Durban Super Giants for 4.5 m
- Tabraiz Shamsi to Paarl Royals for 4.3 m
- Dwaine Pretorius to Durban Super Giants for 4.1 m
Note:- Currency value of price is in South African Rand.
Mumbai Cape Town franchise in auction hasn't picked any player for a price of 4 m (or) more and surprisingly their highest buys in auction were Rassie van der Dussen and George Linde for 3.9 m.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape buys in SA20 auction:
- Tristan Stubbs (9.2 m)
- Marco Jansen (6.1 m)
- Sisanda Magala (5.4 m)
- JJ Smuts (2.3 m)
- Tom Abell (8,50,000)
- Mason Crane (4,25,000)
- Adam Rossington (4,25,000)
- James Fuller (4,25,000)
- Brydon Carse (4,25,000)
- Junaid Dawood (3,75,000)
- Jordon Cox (3,25,000)
- Roelof van der Merwe (1,75,000)
- Marques Ackerman (1,75,000)
- Sarel Erwee (1,75,000)
- Aya Gqamane (1,75,000)
Total money spent in auction: 2,69,50,000 in South African Rand.
Pretoria Capitals buys in SA20 auction:
- Rilee Rossouw (6.9 m)
- Wayne Parnell (5.6 m)
- Jimmy Neesham (3.6 m)
- Adil Rashid (2.4 m)
- Phil Salt (2 m)
- Daryn Dupavillon (1.7 m)
- Josh Little (1.5 m)
- Will Jacks (1.1 m)
- Theunis De Bruyn (1 m)
- Cameron Delport (8,00,000)
- Kusal Mendis (4,25,000)
- Shaun von Berg (3,25,000)
- Marco Marais (1,75,000)
- Shane Dadswell (1,75,000)
- Eathan Bosch (1,75,000)
Total money spent in auction: 2,78,75,000 in South African Rand.
Johannesburg Super Kings buys in SA20 auction:
- Donavon Ferreira (5.5 m)
- Reeza Hendricks (4.5 m)
- Janneman Malan (2.7 m)
- Harry Brook (2.1 m)
- Alzarri Joseph (2.1 m)
- Leus du Plooy (1.5 m)
- Lewis Gregory (8,50,000)
- George Garton (4,25,000)
- Lizaad Williams (3,25,000)
- Kyle Verreynne (1,75,000)
- Nandre Burger (1,75,000)
- Malusi Siboto (1,75,000)
- Caleb Seleka (1,75,000)
Total money spent in auction: 2,07,00,000 in South African Rand
MI Cape Town buys in SA 20 Auction:
- Rassie van der Dussen (3.9 m)
- George Linde (3.9 m)
- Odean Smith (1.7 m)
- Duan Jansen (1.3 m)
- Ryan Rickelton (1 m)
- Olly Stone (8,50,000)
- Beuran Hendricks (2,75,000)
- Delano Potgieter (1,75,000)
- Ziyaad Abrahams (1,75,000)
- Wesley Marshall (1,75,000)
- Grant Roelofsen (1,75,000)
- Waqar Salamkhail (1,75,000)
Total money spent in auction: 1,38,00,000 in South African Rand
Durban Super Giants buys in SA 20 Auction:
- Heinrich Klaasen (4.5 m)
- Dwaine Pretorius (4.1 m)
- Keshav Maharaj (2.5 m)
- Wiaan Mulder (1.9 m)
- Keemo Paul (8,50,000)
- Johnson Charles (4,25,000)
- Dilshan Madushanka (2,75,000)
- Simon Harmer (2,00,000)
- Kyle Abbott (1,75,000)
- Junior Dala (1,75,000)
- Matthew Breetzke (1,75,000)
- Christiaan Jonker (1,75,000)
Total amount spent in auction: 1,54,50,000 in South African Rand
Paarl Royals buys in SA 20 Auction:
- Tabraiz Shamsi (4.3 m)
- Lungi Ngidi (3.4 m)
- Dane Vilas (3.3 m)
- Eoin Morgan (2 m)
- Evan Jones (1.7 m)
- Jason Roy (1.5 m)
- Bjorn Fortuin (1.5 m)
- Wihan Lubbe (3,50,000)
- Ferisco Adams (3,25,000)
- Imraan Manack (1,75,000)
- Ramon Simmonds (1,75,000)
- Mitchell van Buuren (1,75,000)
- Codi Yusuf (1,75,000)
Total amount spent in auction: 1,90,75,000 in South African Rand
Unsold Player despite going through the hammer in auction:
- Brandon King
- Temba Bavuma
- Pathum Nissanka
- Dinesh Chandimal
- David Bedhingham
- Shai Hope
- Kusal Perera
- Chamika Karunaratne
- Sean Williams
- Andile Phehlukwayo
- Tymal Mills
- Ollie Robinson
- Jayden Seales
- Hardus Viljoen
- Lutho Sipamla
- Oshane Thomas
- Matheesha Pathirana
- Hayden Walsh
- Matt Parkinson
- Aaron Phangiso
- Avishka Fernando
- Ibrahim Zadran
- Ross Taylor
- Lendl Simmons
- Harry Tector
- Dean Elgar
- Keegan Petersen
- Roston Chase
- Carlos Brathwaite
- Karim Janat
- Colin Ackermann
- Craig Overton
- Akila Dananjaya
- Tom Helm
- Chris Wood
- Binura Fernando
- Duanne Olivier
- Nuwan Pradeep
- Andile Simelane
- Tiaan van Vuuren
- Jonathan Bird
- Matthew Boast
- Bryce Parsons
- Dunith Wellalage
- Jeffrey Vandersay
- Jake Lintott
- Glenton Stuurman
- Mbulelo Budaza
- Adam Lyth
- Paul Walter
- Steve Eskimazi
- Diego Rosier
- Tom Moores
- Khaya Zondo
- Johan van Dyk
- Sam Cook
- Pieter Malan
- Dayyan Galiem
- Henry Brookes
- George Scrimshaw
- Farhaan Behardien
- Pite van Biljon
- Unmukt Chand
- Bayers Swanepoel
- Siyabonga Mahima
- Thimas Kaber
- Paul Walter
- Rahkeem Cornwall