The Cricketer runs through all the details you need to know ahead of the inaugural edition of the SA20, which kicks off in mid-January
South Africa's new major T20 competition, known as the SA20, will begin in January 2023.
On January 10, MI Cape Town and Paarl Royals will square off at Cape Town's Newlands stadium to kick off the inaugural SA20 tournament.
Each team will play 10 matches in the group stage prior to the playoffs, with a total of six teams competing in the first season.
On February 11, the final will take place at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Each club will play the opposite team twice throughout this time in the SA20 edition from 2023.
Tristan Stubbs was a big-money signing for Sunrisers Eastern Cape (Isuru Sameera Peiris/AFP via Getty Images)
Six locations in Johannesburg, Centurion, Durban, Gqeberha, Paarl, and Cape Town will host the competition's maiden season.
The six teams involved in the inaugural season of SA20 are Durban Super Giants, Johannesburg Super Kings, Sunrisers Eastern Cape, Paarl Royals, MI Cape Town, Pretoria Capitals.
All six are owned by Indian Premier League franchises.
In a double round-robin home-and-away format, each team will face the other five teams twice.
The top-seeded team will face the fourth-placed team in the first semi-final following the conclusion of the league season. In the opposite semi-final, the teams that finished second and third will face off. The games will take place on February 8 and February 9, respectively, ahead of the final on February 11.
Durban Super Giants: Reece Topley, Jason Holder, Kyle Mayers, Keemo Paul, Dilshan Madushanka, Johnson Charles, AKila Dananjaya
Joburg Super Kings: Maheesh Theekshana, Romario Shepherd, George Garton, Alzarri Joseph, Lewis Gregory
MI Cape Town: Rashid Khan, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Olly Stone, Waqar Salamkheil, Jofra Archer
Paarl Royals: Jos Buttler, Jason Roy, Eoin Morgan, Obed McCoy
Pretoria Capitals: Phil Salt, Josh Little, Adil Rashid, Will Jacks, Jimmy Neesham, Kusal Mendis
Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Mason Crane, Jordan Cox, Adam Rossington, Roelof van der Merwe, James Fuller, Brydon Carse, Tom Abell
Rashid Khan will captain MI Cape Town (Mark Brake/Getty Images)
Durban Super Giants: Quinton de Kock, Simon Harmer, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Wiaan Mulder, Dwaine Pretorius
Joburg Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, Reeza Hendricks, Janneman Malan, Aaron Phangiso, Kyle Verreynne, Lizaad Williams
MI Cape Town: Dewald Brevis, Beuran Hendricks, George Linde, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Rassie van der Dussen
Paarl Royals: David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi
Pretoria Capitals: Theunis de Bruyn, Cameron Delport, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Rilee Rossouw
Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Sarel Erwee, Marco Jansen, Aiden Markram, Tristan Stubbs
In India, Sports18 and Viacom18 Sports TV stations will broadcast the SA20 2023 live. The Voot and Jio TV app and website will both stream the SA20 2023 live. Sky Sports have bought the television rights to the tournament in the United Kingdom.
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