SAT20 League Auction: South Africa T20 to follow IPL model, first players' auction set for September 19, league to be called SAT20, Follow LIVE Updates -

SAT20 League Auction: Cricket South Africa (CSA) is all set to follow BCCI’s way. There will be players’ auction instead of a widely-popular players’ draft for the inaugural SAT20 League. CSA has set September 19 as the auction date. However, with all top players already snapped up by franchises, it won’t be anything like IPL Auction. Furthermore, CSA has named their new venture SAT20 instead of going for any fancy names. The league will start on January 23. Follow SAT20 League LIVE & IPL 2023 Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.

“We’ve got an extensive list of international players that we’re sorting out for the auction. We’re still finalising some of the auction details and we’re sorting out the player registration because of the large number of players. There has been an element of pre-signing that has been taking place and the teams have a purse of $2 million that already includes the pre-signed players,” League commissioner Graeme Smith said.

The six franchises, all owned by IPL teams, have already made big-name signings before the auctions. However, franchises like Pretoria Capitals and Sunrisers Eastern Cape will have everything to play at the auctions. The two teams have only signed two players each.

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As for Auction rules, every team will have a 17-man squad maximum. Hence, the franchises who have already signed 5 players before the auction, can pick up 12 players maximum from the auction. Those, who have signed only two each can buy 15 players from the auction. As for auction purse, each team will have an overall purse of $2 million. Four franchises have already splashed their cash on high-profile names such as Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali even before the auction.

SAT20 League Auction: Teams so far:

MI Cape Town: Kagiso Rabada, Dewald Brevis (Uncapped), Rashid Khan, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran
Johannesburg Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Maheesh Theekshana, Gerald Coetzee (Uncapped), Romario Shepherd
Paarl Royals: David Miller, Corbin Bosch (Uncapped), Jos Buttler, Obed McCoy
Pretoria Capitals: Anrich Nortje, Miguel Pretorius (Uncapped)
Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Aiden Markram, Ottniel Baartman (Uncapped)
Durban Franchise: Quinton De Kock, Jason Holder, Kyle Mayers, Reece Topley, Prenelan Subrayen (Uncapped)

SAT20 League Auction: South Africa T20 to follow IPL model, first players’ auction set for September 19, league to be called SAT20, Follow LIVE Updates

Here’s @OfficialCSA‘s new T20 tournament called the #SAT20. Tournament will start on 23 January, teams will have squads of 17 and draft will take place on 19 September.@sport24news pic.twitter.com/YD6oOCXzNT

— Khanyiso Tshwaku (@kaymorizm) August 31, 2022

Similar to IPL, the SAT20 will follow 7 local players and up to 4 foreign players in the Playing XI. As for squad, a maximum of 7 overseas players can be signed while 10 have to be South African players.

SAT20 League Auction Rules:

Each franchise can buy a maximum of 17 players.
Each franchise will have a $2 million purse.
Of that, 4 teams have already used the funds to sign players pre-auction.
A maximum of 7 overseas players can be signed while 10 South African. But 1 has to be an uncapped player.
The auction will take place of September 19.

SAT20 League Auction: South Africa T20 to follow IPL model, first players’ auction set for September 19, league to be called SAT20, Follow LIVE Updates

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However, the big elephant in the room is the clash with ILT20 2022 and BBL 2022. SAT20 League will start in January which will be the business end of BBL 2022. However, Graeme Smith has assured that there are agreements in place with players to play in SAT20 League instead of BBL.

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— SA20_League (@SA20_League) August 31, 2022

“We have an agreement with the players that we’ve signed and the BBL has an agreement in place that allows players to take part in a portion of the Big Bash. They have a different structure this year, so the players in our league who have signed up will be there up until the early days of January so that they will be available. They’ll be released to come and play here, from where they’ll be fully available for the South African league,” Smith explained.

SAT20 League Auction: South Africa T20 to follow IPL model, first players’ auction set for September 19, league to be called SAT20, Follow LIVE Updates

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