2026 SA20 season
| Dates | 26 December 2025 – 25 January 2026 |
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| Administrator | Cricket South Africa |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and Playoffs |
| Host | South Africa |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 34 |
| Official website | sa20 |
The 2026 SA20 season will be the fourth season of the SA20, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in South Africa.[1] The competition, organised by Cricket South Africa, will feature six teams.[2] The tournament is scheduled to take place from 26 December 2025 to 25 January 2026, with the final to be held in Cape Town.[3][4] SuperSport (Website, App) secured the official broadcasting rights for the SA20, 2025-26 in Sub Saharan Africa regions.[5] Star Sports Network retains the broadcasting rights for the 2026 SA20 Season in India & Subcontinent.[6]
MI Cape Town will enter the tournament as the defending champions, having won their maiden title in the previous season.[7]
Background
In January 2025, Cricket South Africa announced the windows of SA20 for the next three seasons.[8][9] The league is sponsored by Betway.
Squads
The player auction took place on 9 September 2025.[10][11]
| Durban's Super Giants Coach: Lance Klusener |
Joburg Super Kings Coach: Stephen Fleming |
MI Cape Town Coach: Robin Peterson |
Paarl Royals Coach: Trevor Penney |
Pretoria Capitals Coach: Sourav Ganguly |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape Coach: Adrian Birrell |
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Venues
| Cape Town | Centurion | Durban |
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| MI Cape Town | Pretoria Capitals | Durban's Super Giants |
| Newlands Cricket Ground | Centurion Park | Kingsmead Cricket Ground |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 25,000 |
| Gqeberha | Johannesburg | Paarl |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape | Joburg Super Kings | Paarl Royals |
| St George's Park Cricket Ground | Wanderers Stadium | Boland Park |
| Capacity: 19,000 | Capacity: 34,000 | Capacity: 10,000 |
Teams and standings
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Durban's Super Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Joburg Super Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | MI Cape Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Paarl Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Pretoria Capitals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
- Points – Win 4, No Result 2. One additional point is awarded for a win when the run rate difference is 1.25 greater than the opposing side's.
Win-loss table
Below is a summary of results for each team's ten regular season matches, plus finals where applicable, in chronological order. A team's opponent for any given match is listed above the margin of victory/defeat.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Q1 | E | Q2 | F | ||
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Sunrisers Eastern Cape
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| Team's results→ | Won | Lost | N/R |
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Match summary
- Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
- Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.
League stage
The full fixture list was released on 9 July 2025.[12]
Playoffs
Bracket
| Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 2 | Final | |||||||||||
| 21 January 2026 — Durban | 25 January 2026 — Cape Town | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1st placed team | Q1W | Winner of Qualifier 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 2nd placed team | 23 January 2026 — Johannesburg | Q2W | Winner of Qualifier 2 | |||||||||
| Q1L | Loser of Qualifier 1 | ||||||||||||
| Eliminator | EW | Winner of Eliminator | |||||||||||
| 22 January 2026 — Centurion | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 3rd placed team | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 4th placed team | ||||||||||||
Qualifier 1
Eliminator
Qualifier 2
Final
References
- ^ "Betway SA20 confirms competition window for the next three years". SA20.co.za. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "Next season's SA20 likely to begin on Boxing Day". ESPNcricinfo. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Cape Town to host SA20 final; playoffs in Durban, Centurion and Johannesburg". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ "SA20 confirms competition window for the next three years". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ "SA20 Live Streaming". crictimetv.com. 10 December 2025.
- ^ "Star Sports to broadcast SA20 2026 in India". touchcrictv.com. 23 November 2025.
- ^ "MI Cape Town crush Sunrisers to claim maiden SA20 title". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "SA20: Window for next three seasons revealed, next edition likely to begin on Boxing day". IndiaTV. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "Next season's SA20 likely to begin on Boxing Day". ESPN. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ Sagar Singh (@thesagar75). "How the SA20 squads stack up after the auction". ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Sagar Singh (@thesagar75). "Brevis, Markram earn record sums at SA20 2025-26 auction". Retrieved 10 September 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Betway SA20 to bring festive cheer as season 4 fixtures are announced". SA20. Retrieved 23 August 2025.