The South Africa T20 League (SA20) has certainly left a big mark on the franchise cricket industry. In just three years, it has become among the top-rated franchise tournaments in cricket. After three epic seasons, now the fourth edition is all set to begin. The SA20 2025-26 will be played between December 26, 2025, and January 25, 2026.
This tournament will be played among six franchises, where MI Cape Town will put their title on the line. There will be a total of 34 matches played in the tournament, and these games will be played at six different venues. The tournament will follow a double round-robin format, and the top four teams will make it to the playoffs.
The upcoming tournament has some new superstars joining the tournament, which will add more thrill for the fans. This season will be played just ahead of the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2026, which is why it will be important for all those players who will feature in the upcoming ICC event. So, let's talk about the SA20 2025-26 briefly.
This tournament will have six top teams competing with each other for the glory. Sunrisers Eastern Cape and MI Cape Town are two sides that have won the SA20 title, and the other four teams will be looking to do it now. Here are the participating teams with their captains and coaches for the SA20 2025-26.
Team
Captain
Coach
Durban Super Giants
Aiden Markram
Lance Klusener
Joburg Super Kings
Faf du Plessis
Stephen Fleming
MI Cape Town
Rashid Khan
Robin Peterson
Paarl Royals
David Miller
Trevor Penney
Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Tristan Stubbs
Adrian Birrell
Pretoria Capitals
Keshav Maharaj
Sourav Ganguly
SA20 2025-26: Venues
The fourth edition will feature 34 high-voltage games, including the final. Just like the previous three editions, there will be multiple matches to watch out for. The rivalry between MI Cape Town and Joburg Super Kings will be relived. Durban Super Giants against Sunrisers Eastern Cape is another new-age rivalry. All these games will be played at the top six cricket venues in South Africa. Here is the list of venues to be used in the SA20 2025-25.
·Supersport Park, Centurion
·Newlands, Cape Town
·Boland Park, Paarl
·Kingsmead, Durban
·St George’s Park, Gqeberha
·The Wanderers, Johannesburg
SA20 2025-26: Schedule
The tournament will be played in a home-and-away format. All six teams will play five home games and five away matches. The general start time is 9 PM IST. During the double-headers, the afternoon game will start at 4:30 PM IST. The game scheduled on Sunday will start at 7 PM IST. Here is the complete schedule for the SA20 2025-26.
Match 1 - Dec 26, 2025, MI Cape Town vs Durban’s Super Giants, Cape Town at 9:00 PM
Match 2 - Dec 27, 2025, Pretoria Capitals vs Joburg Super Kings, Centurion at 4:30 PM
Match 3 - Dec 27, 2025, Paarl Royals vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape, Paarl at 9:00 PM
Match 4 - Dec 28, 2025, Durban’s Super Giants vs MI Cape Town, Durban at 9:00 PM
Match 5 - Dec 29, 2025, Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs Pretoria Capitals, Gqeberha at 9:00 PM
Match 6 - Dec 30, 2025, Durban’s Super Giants vs Joburg Super Kings, Durban at 9:00 PM
Match 7 - Dec 31, 2025, Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs Paarl Royals, Gqeberha at 4:30 PM
Match 8 - Dec 31, 2025, MI Cape Town vs Pretoria Capitals, Cape Town at 9:00 PM
Match 9 - Jan 1, 2026, Joburg Super Kings vs Durban’s Super Giants, Johannesburg at 9:00 PM
Match 10 - Jan 2, 2026, Paarl Royals vs MI Cape Town, Paarl at 9:00 PM
Match 11 - Jan 3, 2026, Joburg Super Kings vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape, Johannesburg at 4:30 PM
Match 12 - Jan 3, 2026, Pretoria Capitals vs Durban’s Super Giants, Centurion at 9:00 PM
Match 13 - Jan 4, 2026, MI Cape Town vs Paarl Royals, Cape Town at 9:00 PM
Match 14 - Jan 5, 2026, Pretoria Capitals vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape, Centurion at 9:00 PM
Match 15 - Jan 6, 2026, MI Cape Town vs Joburg Super Kings, Cape Town at 9:00 PM
Match 16 - Jan 7, 2026, Durban’s Super Giants vs Pretoria Capitals, Durban at 9:00 PM
Match 17 - Jan 8, 2026, Joburg Super Kings vs Paarl Royals, Johannesburg at 9:00 PM
Match 18 - Jan 9, 2026, Durban’s Super Giants vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape, Durban at 9:00 PM
Match 19 - Jan 10, 2026, Paarl Royals vs Pretoria Capitals, Paarl at 4:30 PM
Match 20 - Jan 10, 2026, Joburg Super Kings vs MI Cape Town, Johannesburg at 9:00 PM
Match 21 - Jan 11, 2026, Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs Durban’s Super Giants, Gqeberha at 9:00 PM
Match 22 - Jan 12, 2026, Pretoria Capitals vs MI Cape Town, Centurion at 9:00 PM
Match 23 - Jan 13, 2026, Paarl Royals vs Durban’s Super Giants, Paarl at 9:00 PM
Match 24 - Jan 14, 2026, Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs Joburg Super Kings, Gqeberha at 9:00 PM
Match 25 - Jan 15, 2026, Pretoria Capitals vs Paarl Royals, Centurion at 9:00 PM
Match 26 - Jan 16, 2026, MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape, Cape Town at 9:00 PM
Match 27 - Jan 17, 2026, Durban’s Super Giants vs Paarl Royals, Durban at 4:30 PM
Match 28 - Jan 17, 2026, Joburg Super Kings vs Pretoria Capitals, Johannesburg at 9:00 PM
Match 29 - Jan 18, 2026, Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs MI Cape Town, Gqeberha at 9:00 PM
Match 30 - Jan 19, 2026, Paarl Royals vs Joburg Super Kings, Paarl at 9:00 PM
Match 31 - Jan 21, 2026, Qualifier 1, Durban at 9:00 PM
Match 32 - Jan 22, 2026, Eliminator, Centurion at 9:00 PM
Match 33 - Jan 23, 2026, Qualifier 2, Johannesburg at 9:00 PM
Match 34 - Jan 25, 2026, Final, Cape Town at 9:00 PM
SA20 2025-26: Squads
Every team competing in the SA20 2025-26 will have multiple superstars. From big overseas stars to local talents and uncapped players, it will be a star-studded tournament. Here you can check the complete squads for all six participating teams in the fourth edition. The squad shows the replaced players also.
MI CapeTown (Current Champion)
Rashid Khan (Captain), Trent Boult, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Karim Janat, Ryan Rickelton (wk). Rassie van der Dussen, George Linde, Tristan Luus, Kagiso Rabada, Corbin Bosch. Reeza Hendricks, Dane Piedt, Dwaine Pretorius. Jason Smith, Tom Moores, Jacques Snyman, Thomas Kaber (replacement), Dan Lategan, Tiaan van Vuuren
Durban Super Giants
Aiden Markram (Captain), Jos Buttler (wk), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Noor Ahmad, Kane Williamson, Marques Ackerman. David Bedingham (wk), Devon Conway (wk), Eathan Bosch, Gerald Coetzee, Tony de Zorzi, Daryn Dupavillon. Dayyaan Galiem, Kwena Maphaka, Sunil Narine, Evan Jones, Andile Simelane, Gysbert Wege, David Wiese
Joburg Super Kings
Faf du Plessis (Captain), Nandre Burger, Rilee Rossouw, Wiaan Mulder. Imran Tahir,Donovan Ferreira, Dian Forrester, Richard Gleeson, Akeal Hosein. Rivaldo Moonsamy, Shubham Ranjane, Matthew de Villiers (replacement), Jarren Bacher (temporary replacement). Prenelan Subrayen, Janco Smit, Steve Stolk, Neil Timmers, Duan Jansen (temporary replacement). Reece Topley, James Vince, Dan Worrall.
Paarl Royals
David Miller (Captain), Sikandar Raza, Gudakesh Motie, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Ottneil Baartman. Dan Lawrence, Okuhle Cele (replacement), Bjorn Fortuin, Asa Tribe. Vishen Halambage, Rubin Hermann, Keagan Lion-Cachet, Eshan Malinga, Delano Potgieter. Nqaba Peter, Nqobani Mokoena, Thomas Rew (temporary replacement), Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Hardus Viljoen
Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Tristan Stubbs (Captain), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Anrich Nortje, Quinton de Kock (wk). Matthew Breetzke, Marco Jansen, James Coles, AM Ghazanfar, Lewis Gregory. Adam Milne, Jordan Hermann, CJ King, JP King, Patrick Kruger, Lutho Sipamla. Beyers Swanepoel, Mitchell van Buuren, Senuran Muthusamy, Chris Wood, Tharindu Rathnayake (temporary replacement)
Pretoria Capitals
Keshav Maharaj (Captain), Dewald Brevis, Sherfane Rutherford. Craig Overton, Andre Russell, Roston Chase (replacement), Lizaad Williams. Jordan Cox (wk) (replacement), Shai Hope (replacement), Junaid Dawood, Keith Dudgeon (temporary replacement). Connor Esterhuizen, Wihan Lubbe, Gideon Peters, Sibonelo Makhanya. Lungi Ngidi, Bryce Parsons, Meeka-eel Prince, Will Smeed, Daniel Smith (temporary replacement), Codi Yusuf
SA20 2025-26: Live Streaming Details
In India, Star Sports Network has the broadcasting rights of the tournament, while it will be streamed live on the Jio Hotstar app or website. Below you can see live streaming details for the SA20 2025-26 across the globe.
Star Sports and Jio Hotstar: India,
SuperSport: Sub-Saharan Africa
Fox Sports: Australia
Sky Sports: United Kingdom
Apex Sports (Geo Super, Myco & Tapmad): Pakistan
Jio Hotstar: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal & Bhutan
Sky Sports: United Kingdom
Triller: Continental Europe
Willow by Cricbuzz: North America, MENA and Southeast Asia
