SA20 2025 auction Highlights: Hendricks most expensive pick, goes to MI for R4.30m, Bavuma unsold

Durban's Super Giants: Brandon King (West Indies), Quinton De Kock, Naveen-ul-Haq (Afghanistan), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Chris Woakes (England), Prenelan Subrayen, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Noor Ahmed (Afghanistan), Heinrich Klaasen, Jon-Jon Smuts, Wiaan Mulder, Junior Dala, Bryce Parsons, Matthew Breetzke, Jason Smith, Marcus Stoinis (Australia).

Picked: Shamar Joseph for R425K and CJ KING (rookie)

Joburg Super Kings: Faf Du Plessis, Moeen Ali (England), Jonny Bairstow (England), Maheesh Theekshana (Sri Lanka), Devon Conway (New Zealand), Gerald Coetzee, David Wiese (Namibia), Leus Du Plooy (England), Lizaad Williams, Nandre Burger, Donovan Ferreira, Imran Tahir, Sibonelo Makhanya, Tabraiz Shamsi.

Picked: Doug Bracewell for R175K, Wihan Lubbe for R175K, Evan Jones for R175K and JP King (rookie)

MI Cape Town: Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Ben Stokes (England), Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult (New Zealand), Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan), Dewald Brevis, Ryan Rickelton, George Linde, Nuwan Thushara (Sri Lanka), Connor Esterhuizen, Delano Potgieter, Rassie van der Dussen, Thomas Kaber, Chris Benjamin (England), Corbin Bosch.

Picked: Reeza Hendricks for R4.30m, Colin Ingram for R175K, Dane Piedt for R175K and Tristan Luus (rookie)

Pretoria Capitals: Anrich Nortje, Jimmy Neesham (New Zealand), Will Jacks (England), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan), Liam Livingstone (England), Will Smeed (England), Migael Pretorius, Rilee Rossouw, Eathan Bosch, Wayne Parnell, Senuran Muthusamy, Kyle Verreynne, Daryn Dupavillon, Steve Stolk, Tiaan van Vuuren.

Picked: Marques Ackerman for R800K, Evin Lewis for R1.5m and Keagan Lion-Cachet (rookie)

Paarl Royals: David Miller, Mujeeb Ur-Rahman (Afghanistan), Sam Hain (England), Joe Root (England), Dinesh Karthik (India), Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Bjorn Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Van Buuren, Keith Dudgeon, Nqaba Peter, Andile Phehlukwayo, Codi Yusuf, John Turner (England), Dayyaan Galiem, Jacob Bethell (England).

Picked: Rubin Hermann for R175K and Dewan Marais (rookie)

Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Aiden Markram, Zak Crawley (England), Roelof van der Merwe (Netherlands), Liam Dawson (England), Ottneil Baartman, Marco Jansen, Beyers Swanepoel, Caleb Seleka, Tristan Stubbs, Jordan Hermann, Patrick Kruger, Craig Overton (England), Tom Abell (England), Simon Harmer, Andile Simelane, David Bedingham.

Picked: Okuhle Cele for R175K, Richard Gleeson for R2.3m, Daniel Smith (rookie)

All the 19 players have been signed. Hendricks the most expensive of the season, goes to MI Cape Town for R4.30m

MI Cape Town pick Tristan Luus

Pretoria Capitals take Keagan Lion-Cachet

Paarl Royals get Dewan Marais

Joburg Super Kings pick JP King

Durban Super Giants take CJ KING

Sunrisers Eastern Cape get Daniel Smith

Keagan Lion-Cachet goes to Pretoria Capitals as a rookie player

MI Cape Town are the first to pick a rookie player. They take Tristan Luus

A total of 89 rookie players. Teams can pick only 6 of them. Each team to have 2 mins to pick

Kyle Simmonds is sold to Pretoria Capitals for R175K. That's it from the express round. Now time for the rookie round.

Joburg Super Kings rope in New Zealand's Doug Bracewell for R175K

Durban Super Giants take West Indies sensation Shamar Joseph for R425K.

Josh Little is unsold again

The Express round is now underway. Evin Lewis is in. R1.5m is his opening bid. Pretoria Capitals take him at the base price.

Hendricks goes to MI Cape Town for R4.30m after a war between MI and Pretoria Capitals.

Colin Ingram to MI too for R175K

Marques Ackerman sold to Capitals for R800K

Wicketkeeper Rubin Hermann bought by Paarl Royals for R175K

All-rounders Wihan Lubbe and Evan Jones to Joburg Super Kings for R175K each

Okuhle Cele sold to Sunrisers Eastern Cape for R175K

Speedster Richard Gleeson sold to Sunrisers Eastern Cape for R2.3m

Dane Piedt sold to MI Cape Town for R175K

Here is the remaining purse of all teams after the first five sets

Remaining purse after five sets

Only Piedt has been picked in this set. All five specialist sets have been done. Now teams will submit list of players for the express auction.

South Africa spinner Dane Piedt is in and he is sold to MI Cape Town for R175K

The fifth set is underway now. It's of the spin bowlers. Let's see who gets a bid

Shamar Joseph is in now. His base price is R425K and is unsold for now

Speedster Richard Gleeson is in. His base price is R1.5m. Durban Super Giants and Sunrisers Eastern Cape are bidding for him. Sunrisers get him for R2.3m. 

Speedster Okuhle Cele is the first fast bowler to be picked. He is sold to Sunrisers Eastern Cape for R175K

Matthew Potts is the first bowler in the fast-bowlers set. His base price is R475K. No bids for him. Josh Little is unsold too.

Joburg Super Kings bid for all-rounder Evan Jones. They take them for the base price of R175K

All-rounder Wihan Lubbe is sold to Joburg Super Kings for R175K

Kamindu Mendis is in. His base price is R 850 K. No bidders for him at this stage. He might come in in the express section.

Andile Mogakane unsold

Dian Forrester unsold

Duan Jansen unsold. He is the brother of Marco Jansen

Lorcan Tucker from Ireland goes unsold for R175K. He was the last player of the wicketkeeper's set.

After a quiet period, teams bid for the first wicketkeeper. Paar Royals bid for Rubin Hermann and take him at base price of R175K

Second set of specialist wicketkeepers is now underway. 

Uncapped Marques Ackerman is the last batter in the set. Joburg Super Kings and Pretoria Capitals are bidding for him. Joburg are out at 800K. And the Capitals get him for R800K. 

The Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma is next now. R175K opening bid and he is unsold. 

MI Cape Town have picked another batter in Colin Ingram for R175K. The second pick of the day for them

And MI Cape Town wins the bid. They get him for R4.30m. Pretoria Capitals don't have much left and pull out. He used to play for Joburg Super Kings but now is in the MI family.

Reeza is the next player in the auction. MI Cape Town raise the paddle and Pretoria Capitals are also behind him. Both the teams are going all guns blazing behind him. The bid crosses R 2 million. It crosses 3 million now

The first set of batters is out now. Tony de Zorzi is the first player in the auction. His base price is R175K. No bids, player is passed. He can come in express section now

League Commissioner, Graeme Smith is giving an opening speech before the bidding war gets underway.

The owners have taken their seats. We are having a pre-show before the actual bidding begins

Durban's Super Giants: Brandon King (West Indies), Quinton De Kock, Naveen-ul-Haq (Afghanistan), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Chris Woakes (England), Prenelan Subrayen, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Noor Ahmed (Afghanistan), Heinrich Klaasen, Jon-Jon Smuts, Wiaan Mulder, Junior Dala, Bryce Parsons, Matthew Breetzke, Jason Smith, Marcus Stoinis (Australia).

Joburg Super Kings: Faf Du Plessis, Moeen Ali (England), Jonny Bairstow (England), Maheesh Theekshana (Sri Lanka), Devon Conway (New Zealand), Gerald Coetzee, David Wiese (Namibia), Leus Du Plooy (England), Lizaad Williams, Nandre Burger, Donovan Ferreira, Imran Tahir, Sibonelo Makhanya, Tabraiz Shamsi.

MI Cape Town: Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Ben Stokes (England), Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult (New Zealand), Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan), Dewald Brevis, Ryan Rickelton, George Linde, Nuwan Thushara (Sri Lanka), Connor Esterhuizen, Delano Potgieter, Rassie van der Dussen, Thomas Kaber, Chris Benjamin (England), Corbin Bosch.

Pretoria Capitals: Anrich Nortje, Jimmy Neesham (New Zealand), Will Jacks (England), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan), Liam Livingstone (England), Will Smeed (England), Migael Pretorius, Rilee Rossouw, Eathan Bosch, Wayne Parnell, Senuran Muthusamy, Kyle Verreynne, Daryn Dupavillon, Steve Stolk, Tiaan van Vuuren.

Paarl Royals: David Miller, Mujeeb Ur-Rahman (Afghanistan), Sam Hain (England), Joe Root (England), Dinesh Karthik (India), Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Bjorn Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Van Buuren, Keith Dudgeon, Nqaba Peter, Andile Phehlukwayo, Codi Yusuf, John Turner (England), Dayyaan Galiem, Jacob Bethell (England).

Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Aiden Markram, Zak Crawley (England), Roelof van der Merwe (Netherlands), Liam Dawson (England), Ottneil Baartman, Marco Jansen, Beyers Swanepoel, Caleb Seleka, Tristan Stubbs, Jordan Hermann, Patrick Kruger, Craig Overton (England), Tom Abell (England), Simon Harmer, Andile Simelane, David Bedingham.

Durban's Super Giants | R2.35-million remaining | 1 open player slot | 1 open overseas player slot | 1 Rookie slot

Joburg Super Kings | R3.925-million remaining | 3 open player slots | 2 open overseas player slots | 1 Rookie slot

MI Cape Town | R8.275-million remaining | 3 open player slots | 1 open overseas player slot | 1 Rookie slot

Paarl Royals | R11.950-million remaining | 1 open player slot | 1 open overseas player slot | 1 Rookie slot

Pretoria Capitals | R4.575-million remaining | 3 open player slots | 3 open overseas player slots | 1 Rookie slot

Sunrisers Eastern Cape | R2.845-million remaining | 2 open player slots | 2 open overseas player slots | 1 Rookie slot

Around 200 players, including 115 South Africans are up for grabs. The major players include Shamar Joseph, Martin Guptill, Naseem Shah, and Josh Little among others. Reeza Hendricks and Tony de Zorzi are the big local players that will go under the hammer.

The start of the auction time is not too far from now. The scheduled time is 7:45 PM IST.

It's time for the SA20 auction ahead of the third season of the tournament. Around 200 players, including 115 South Africans are shortlisted for the auction but only a handful of slots are remaining in the six teams. Who will make the cut in a star-studded line-up? Join us as we bring you the updates from the auctions.