SA20 Auction: IPL franchises spend big bucks as Tristan Stubbs bags the highest bid in maiden auction

SA20 Auction : If an IPL franchise wants to rope a cricketer into their squad, they are known to go all out at the auction may it be IPL or SA20.

With all 6 teams in South Africa's domestic tournament bought by IPL franchises, experts were expecting them to massively loosen their purse and they did.

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Tristan Stubbs was the most expensive buy in the first ever SA20 auction, with Sunrisers Eastern Cape shelling out R 9.2 million for the 22-year-old.

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Veteran batter Rilee Roussow emerged as the second-most expensive player with Pretoria Capitals, owned by IPL team Delhi Capitals, buying him for R6.9 million.

South Africa’s Test captain Dean Elgar and T20I skipper Temba Bavuma went unsold in the auction.

The tournament is scheduled to be played from January to February 2023.

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Top 10 Players sold in SA20 Auction

1) Tristan Stubbs – R9.2m (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)

2) Rilee Rossouw – R6.9m (Pretoria Capitals)

3) Marco Jansen – R6.1m (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)

4) Wayne Parnell – R5.6m (Pretoria Capitals)

5) Sisanda Magala – R5.4m (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)

SA20 T20 League 2023 Full Squads

Johannesburg Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, Gerald Coetzee, Maheesh Theekshana, Romario Shepherd, Harry Brook, Janneman Malan, Reeza Hendricks, Kyle Verreynne, George Garton, Alzarri Joseph, Leus du Plooy, Lewis Gregory, Lizaad Williams, Donavon Ferreira, Nandre Burger, Malusi Siboto, Caleb Seleka

Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Aiden Markram, Ottneil Baartman, Marco Jansen, Tristan Stubbs, Sisanda Magala, Junaid Dawood, Mason Crane, Jon-Jon Smuts, Jordan Cox, Adam Rossington, Roelof van der Merwe, Marques Ackerman, James Fuller, Brydon Carse, Sarel Erwee, Aya Gqamane, Tom Abell

Paarl Royals: David Miller, Corbin Bosch, Jos Buttler, Obed McCoy, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Jason Roy, Dane Vilas, Bjorn Fortuin, Wihan Lubbe, Ferisco Adams, Imraan Manack, Evan Jones, Ramon Simmonds, Mitchell van Buuren, Eoin Morgan, Codi Yusuf

Durban Super Giants: Quinton de Kock, Prenelan Subrayen, Jason Holder, Kyle Mayers, Reece Topley, Dwaine Pretorius, Heinrich Klaasen, Keemo Paul, Keshav Maharaj, Kyle Abbott, Junior Dala, Dilshan Madushanka, Johnson Charles, Matthew Breetzke, Christiaan Jonker, Wiaan Mulder, Simon Harmer

MI Cape Town: Kagiso Rabada, Dewald Brevis, Rashid Khan, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Rassie van der Dussen, Ryan Rickelton, George Linde, Beuran Hendricks, Duan Jansen, Delano Potgieter, Grant Roelofsen, Wesley Marshall, Olly Stone, Waqar Salamkheil, Ziyaad Abharams, Odean Smith

Pretoria Capitals: Anrich Nortje, Migael Pretorius, Rilee Rossouw, Phil Salt, Wayne Parnell, Josh Little, Shaun von Berg, Adil Rashid, Cameron Delport, Will Jacks, Theunis de Bruyn, Marco Marais, Kusal Mendis, Daryn Dupavillon, Jimmy Neesham, Eathan Bosch, Shane Dadswell