# SA20

The SA20, also known as the Betway SA20 for sponsorship reasons, is a Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in South Africa, organised by Cricket South Africa (CSA) and first contested during the 2023 season. It is contested by six teams based in cities around the country. Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the first two editions of the tournament.

## History

Cricket South Africa established the franchise T20 Global League in 2017. The inaugural season was deferred by a year due to the lack of a broadcast deal and title sponsor and in June 2018 was replaced by the Mzansi Super League, a league featuring six CSA-owned teams. Both the leagues became unsuccessful. The MSL ran for only two seasons, the 2020 and 2021 editions being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
SA20 was established by CSA in 2022 through a newly formed entity, Africa Cricket Development (Pty) Limited (ACD). CSA is the majority stakeholder in ACD with a 50% share, while broadcaster SuperSport has a 30% share and former Indian Premier League (IPL) Chief Operating Officer Sundar Raman, the remaining 20%. All six of the teams were bought by franchises from the IPL. In July 2022, CSA announced that the One Day International series against Australia due to be played in January 2023 would be cancelled in order for SA20 to go ahead.
In August 2022, Graeme Smith was announced as the commissioner for the tournament. Later in the month, the marquee players for the first season were announced.
In December 2023 Cricket South Africa announced that it would send a makeshift Test team, comprising players with little or no Test cricket experience, to its scheduled two-Test tour of New Zealand in February 2024, to allow its best players to remain in South Africa to compete in the SA20. The decision was widely criticised. In January 2025, Cricket South Africa announced the windows for the competition for 2026, 2027, and 2028.

## Organisation

The six teams play each other twice in the group stages of the competition before the top four sides move to the semi-final stages.
Teams acquire players through an auction as opposed to a draft, making it the third cricket league in the world after the Indian Premier League and International League T20 to do so. Each team purchases a squad of 17 players, with the opportunity of signing up to five players prior to the auction: three international players; one South African international player; and one uncapped South African player.

### Prize money

Cricket South Africa increased the prize money for the SA20 to a total of $890,000 . The prize money will be split between the teams as follows:
* R 16,250,000– To the Runner up
* R 32,500,000 – To the Champion of the season
The total prize money in the South Africa T20 League for the year 2024 SA20 season, a total prize money of 70 million Rand was awarded.

## Teams

The six teams are all owned by existing Indian Premier League franchise owners.
| Team | City | Home ground | Owner | Captain |
| Durban's Super Giants | Durban | Kingsmead Cricket Ground | RPSG Group | Keshav Maharaj |
| Joburg Super Kings | Johannesburg | Wanderers Stadium | Chennai Super Kings | Faf du Plessis |
| MI Cape Town | Cape Town | Newlands Cricket Ground | Indiawin Sports Pvt. Ltd. | Rashid Khan |
| Paarl Royals | Paarl | Boland Park | Manoj Badale | David Miller |
| Pretoria Capitals | Pretoria | Centurion Park | JSW Sports | Rilee Rossouw |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape | Gqeberha | St George's Park Cricket Ground | Sun Group | Aiden Markram |

## Tournament season and results
### Finals

| Year | Final | Final | Final | Final venue | Player of the season |
| Year | Winner | Result | Runner-up | Final venue | Player of the season |
| 2023 | Sunrisers Eastern Cape 137/6 (16.2 overs) | Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 4 wickets Scorecard | Pretoria Capitals 135 (19.3 overs) | Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Aiden Markram (SEC) |
| 2024 | Sunrisers Eastern Cape 204/3 (20 overs) | Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 89 runs Scorecard | Durban's Super Giants 115 (17 overs) | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Heinrich Klaasen (DSG) |
| 2025 | MI Cape Town 181/8 (20 overs) | MI Cape Town won by 76 runs Scorecard | Sunrisers Eastern Cape 105 (18.4 overs) | Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Marco Jansen (SEC) |

### Number of titles

| Team | Seasons won | Seasons runner-up | No. of playoffs played | No. of seasons played |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 2 (2023, 2024) | 1 (2025) | 3 | 3 |
| MI Cape Town | 1 (2025) | | 1 | 3 |
| Pretoria Capitals | | 1 (2023) | 1 | 3 |
| Durban's Super Giants | | 1 (2024) | 1 | 3 |
| Joburg Super Kings | | | 3 | 3 |
| Paarl Royals | | | 3 | 3 |

## Teams' performances

| Season (No. of teams) | 2023 (6) | 2024 (6) | 2025 (6) |
| Durban's Super Giants | 5th | RU | 6th |
| Joburg Super Kings | SF | 3rd | 4th |
| MI Cape Town | 6th | 6th | C |
| Paarl Royals | SF | 4th | 3rd |
| Pretoria Capitals | RU | 5th | 5th |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape | C | C | RU |
* C: champions
* RU: runner-up
* 3rd: team won the 3rd place playoff. A third-place playoff only took place in 2024
* 4th: team lost the 3rd place playoff
* SF or PO: team qualified for the semi-final or playoff stage of the competition

### Position of teams in SA20

| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
| 2023 | PC (R) | JSK | SEC (C) | PR | DSG | MICT |
| 2024 | SEC (C) | DSG (R) | PR | JSK | PC | MICT |
| 2025 | MICT (C) | PR | SEC (R) | JSK | PC | DSG |
* indicates qualified for playoffs
* (C) = Eventual champion; (R) = Runner-up.

### All time standings

Source: ESPNcricinfo (Last updated: 8 February 2025) :
| Team | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Best result | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics |
| Team | Total | First | Latest | Best result | Played | Won | Lost | Tied+W | Tied+L | NR | Win% |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | Champions (2023, 2024) | 36 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62.85 |
| MI Cape Town | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | Champions (2025) | 32 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48.38 |
| Durban's Super Giants | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | Runners-up (2024) | 33 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46.66 |
| Pretoria Capitals | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | Runners-up (2023) | 32 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44.82 |
| Joburg Super Kings | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | Qualifier 2 (2024) | 33 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46.66 |
| Paarl Royals | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | Eliminator (2024) | 34 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48.48 |

## Records and statistics

Batting records :
| Most runs | Ryan Rickelton | 1012 |
| Highest score | Kyle Verreynne | 116 not out vs MI Cape Town |
| Bowling records |||
| Most wickets | Marco Jansen | 47 |
| Fielding |||
| Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) | Tristan Stubbs | 28 |
| Most catches (fielder) | David Miller Marco Jansen Aiden Markram | 18 |
| Team records |||
| Highest total | Durban's Super Giants | 254/4 (20) vs Pretoria Capitals |
| Lowest total | Pretoria Capitals | 52 (13.3) vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape |
    As of 8 February 2025

## Broadcasting

As of January 2023, Betway SA20 and Sky Sports have a five-year contract to broadcast the T20 cricket league.
| Country | Channels | Year |
| South Africa | SuperSport | 2023-27 |
| Australia | Fox Sports | 2025 |
| Bangladesh | Styx Sports | 2025 |
| Nepal | Styx Sports | 2025 |
| United Kingdom | Sky Sports | 2023-27 |
| India | Star Sports (TV), Sports18 (TV), Disney+ Hotstar (Internet) | 2023-33 |
| New Zealand | Willow TV | 2025 |
| Sri Lanka | ThePapare TV | 2025 |
| USA | Willow TV | 2025 |