On September 27, the SA20 auction 2024 was held, with six franchises completing their squads and filling the open positions. In the mini-auction, which was held in Johannesburg, players from several nations bid on items.
It's interesting that at the SA20 auction 2024, no Sri Lankan players received contracts. The Durban Super Giants pre-signed Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Dilshan Madushanka, but no offers were made for players like Chamika Karunaratne, Akila Dananajaya, or Nuwanindu Fernando.
Matthew Boast and Dayyan Galiem were the picks that cost the most money. Boast joined Pretoria Capitals for 69.36 lakh, while Galiem joined Joburg Super Kings for the same amount.
Romario Shepherd, an all-around player from the Caribbean, was sold to the Super Kings for 36.85 lakh rupees, while Wayne Madsen was also acquired by JSK for the same sum. Bayers Swanepoel cost the Sunrisers Eastern Cape team 26 lakh.
Players sold at the SA20 Auction in 2024, listed by teams (all prices in Rand)
Here is a list of the players who were auctioned off by team.
Durban's Super Giants
Jason Smith: 175,000 Rand
Rookie Bryce Parsons
Joburg Super Kings
R850 000 for Wayne Madsen
R1.6 million Dayyan Galiem
Romario Shepherd: 850,000 rupees
Rookie Ronan Hermann
MI Cap Town
Chris Benjamin: 175 000 Rand
Nealan van Heerden: 175 000 Rand
Thomas Kaber received R175,000.
(Rookie) Connor Esterhuizen
Paarl Royals
John Turner: 425,000 Rand
Lorcan Tucker: 175,000 rupies
(Rookie) Lhuan-dre Pretorius
Johannesburg Capitals
Paul Stirling received R425,000.
Kyle Verreyne: 175,000 Rand
R1.6 million Matthew Boast
60,000 Rands for Daryn Dupavillon
Steve Stolk, an amateur
Sunrisers Eastern Cape
R175 000 for Caleb Seleka
R 600,000 Beyers Swanepoel
Rookie Andile Simelane
teams in the SA20 signing wildcard players
Prior to SA20 2024, all six teams also had the choice to sign a wildcard pick. The full list of wildcard signings is provided below:
Kieron Pollard, MI Cape Town
Super Giants of Durban, Nicholas Pooran
Imran Tahir of the Joburg Super Kings
Fabian Allen of the Paarl Royals
Eastern Cape Sunrisers - Craig Overton
The Pretoria Capitals haven't chosen their wildcard yet. Senuran Muthusamy, an all-around player, was their wildcard selection in the inaugural season.
