SA20 League Auction: Complete squads, costliest buys and top unsold players

The first players’ auction for the inaugural edition of South Africa’s SA20 League took place on Monday with South Africa power-hitter Tristan Stubbs fetching the highest bid of Rand 9.2 million and South Africa captains Dean Elgar and Temba Bavuma going unsold.

As many as 314 players went under the hammer with six teams engaged in a fierce bidding war. The six sides — MI Cape Town, Durban Super Giants, Johannesburg Super Kings, Paarl Royals, Pretoria Capitals and Sunrisers Eastern Cape — were allowed a maximum of five signings before the auctions. At the auctions, teams had to complete a 17-member roster respectively for the upcoming season with a maximum of seven overseas players in each squad.

The players were divided into three base price categories — Rand 1,750,000, Rand 1,700,000 and Rand 850,000. The franchises had an overall purse of US$2 million.

The 22-year old Tristan Stubbs expresses his joy after being picked up by #SEC in the #SA20Auction!