The South Africa T20 League (SA20) is back with its third edition in 2025. The SA20 2025 kickstarted on January 9th and is scheduled to be played till February 8th. The popular franchise T20 league was inaugurated in 2023 including six teams: Sunrisers Eastern Cape, Pretoria Capitals, Joburg Super Kings, Durban Super Giants, MI Cape Town and Paarl Royals. The first two editions were won by Sunrisers Eastern Cape in 2023 and 2024 respectively and are playing as two-time defending champions in the ongoing season. 

With almost half of the tournament finished so far, Paarl Royals are standing at the top of the points table with 4 wins in five matches. On the other hand, the runners-up of the previous edition, Durban SuperGiants are struggling at the bottom of the table with just one win in six matches and three losses. The top four teams at the end of the league stage will go directly to the playoffs stage of SA20 2025.

SA20 2025 Format and Schedule

The South Africa T20 League is played in the round-robin stage and the playoffs format where each team is scheduled to play 10 matches in the league stage, including two matches against each opponent. The top four teams at the end of the league stage quality for the playoffs. In the playoffs stage, the top two teams face each other in the first qualifier. The winner of the qualifier one directly qualifies for the final. After that, the third and fourth placed teams lock horns in the eliminator round.

The winner of the eliminator makes it into the second qualifier while the losing team gets knocked out of the title race. In the second qualifier, the winners of the eliminator and the losing team in qualifier one face each other to confirm their place in the final against the winner of qualifier one. In popular betting platforms such as Stake, the fans can make several predictions for the ongoing SA20 2025 and predict which team will lift the title this year. 

SA20 2025 Schedule

Match 

Date

Teams

Time (IST)

Venue

Result

1

Thursday, 9 January 2025

Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs MI Cape Town

21:00 

Gqeberha

MI Cape Town won by 97 runs

2

Friday, 10 January 2025

Durban's Super Giants vs Pretoria Capitals

21:00 

Durban

DSG won by 2 runs

3

Saturday, 11 January 2025

Paarl Royals vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape

16:30

Paarl

Royals won by 9 wickets

4

Saturday, 11 January 2025

Joburg Super Kings vs MI Cape Town

21:00 

Johannesburg

Super Kings won by 6 runs

5

Sunday, 12 January 2025

Pretoria Capitals vs Durban's Super Giants

19:00 

Centurion

Match abandoned

6

Monday, 13 January 2025

MI Cape Town vs Paarl Royals

21:00 

Cape Town

Cape Town won by 33 runs

7

Tuesday, 14 January 2025

Pretoria Capitals vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape

16:30

Centurion

Capitals won by 6 wickets

8

Tuesday, 14 January 2025

Durban's Super Giants vs Joburg Super Kings

21:00 

Durban

Super Kings won by 28 runs

9

Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Paarl Royals vs MI Cape Town

21:00 

Paarl

Royals won by 6 wickets

10

Thursday, 16 January 2025

Joburg Super Kings vs Pretoria Capitals

21:00 

Johannesburg

No result

11

Friday, 17 January 2025

Durban's Super Giants vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape

21:00 

Durban

Eastern Cape won by 58 runs

12

Saturday, 18 January 2025

Pretoria Capitals vs Paarl Royals

16:30

Centurion

Royals won by 8 wickets

13

Saturday, 18 January 2025

MI Cape Town vs Joburg Super Kings

21:00 

Cape Town

MI CT won by 7 wickets

14

Sunday, 19 January 2025

Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs Durban's Super Giants

19:00 

Gqeberha

Eastern Cape won by 6 wickets

15

Monday, 20 January 2025

Paarl Royals vs Joburg Super Kings

21:00 

Paarl

Paarl Royals won by 6 wickets

16

Tuesday, 21 January 2025

Durban's Super Giants vs MI Cape Town

21:00 

Durban

No result

17

Wednesday, 22 January 2025

Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs Pretoria Capitals

21:00 

Gqeberha

 

18

Thursday, 23 January 2025

Durban's Super Giants vs Paarl Royals

21:00 

Durban

 

19

Friday, 24 January 2025

Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs Joburg Super Kings

21:00 

Gqeberha

 

20

Saturday, 25 January 2025

MI Cape Town vs Durban's Super Giants

16:30

Cape Town

 

21

Saturday, 25 January 2025

Paarl Royals vs Pretoria Capitals

21:00 

Paarl

 

22

Sunday, 26 January 2025

Joburg Super Kings vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape

19:00 

Johannesburg

 

23

Monday, 27 January 2025

Paarl Royals vs Durban's Super Giants

21:00 

Paarl

 

24

Tuesday, 28 January 2025

Pretoria Capitals vs Joburg Super Kings

21:00 

Centurion

 

25

Wednesday, 29 January 2025

MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape

21:00 

Cape Town

 

26

Thursday, 30 January 2025

Joburg Super Kings vs Paarl Royals

21:00 

Johannesburg

 

27

Friday, 31 January 2025

Pretoria Capitals vs MI Cape Town

21:00 

Centurion

 

28

Saturday, 1 February 2025

Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs Paarl Royals

16:30

Gqeberha

 

29

Saturday, 1 February 2025

Joburg Super Kings vs Durban's Super Giants

21:00 

Johannesburg

 

30

Sunday, 2 February 2025

MI Cape Town vs Pretoria Capitals

19:00 

Cape Town

 

31

Tuesday, 4 February 2025

Qualifier 1

21:00 

Gqeberha

 

32

Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Eliminator

21:00 

Centurion

 

33

Thursday, 6 February 2025

Qualifier 2

21:00 

Centurion

 

34

Saturday, 8 February 2025

Final

21:00 

Johannesburg

 

The third edition of the SA20 is underway with Paarl Royals leading the points table with four wins in five matches. The two-time defending champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape will be looking to get their hands on the title for the third consecutive time.