
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 |
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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.