The player auction for SA20 2027, the fifth edition of the tournament, will witness a tussle between four franchises for the 156 shortlisted players, with Paarl Royals and Durban's Super Giants already fulfilling their squad requirements.

Each team has a total purse of R42 million to assemble their squad for the next season, which begins on January 17.

How the teams stack up ahead of the SA20 2027 auction

Each team can have a maximum of 19 players in their squad, including a Wildcard and two mandatory U23 players. Joburg Super Kings and MI Cape Town have six slots to fill, while Pretoria Capitals and Sunrisers Eastern Cape have five and two remaining slots, respectively.

Aiden Markram, Andile Simelane, Daryn Dupavillon, David Bedingham, Devon Conway, Eathan Bosch, Evan Jones, Gerald Coetzee, Heinrich Klaasen (Wildcard), Jos Buttler*, Kane Williamson*, Kwena Maphaka, Kyle Simmonds, Liam Livingstone*, Marques Ackerman, Sam Curran*, Simon Harmer, Sunil Narine*, Tony de Zorzi.

Akeal Hosein*, Dian Forrester, Donovan Ferreira, Duan Jansen, James Vince*, Janco Smit, Jarren Bacher, Jason Holder*, Leus du Plooy*, Matthew de Villiers, Prenelan Subrayen, Rilee Rossouw.

Corbin Bosch, Dane Piedt, George Linde, Jason Smith, Kagiso Rabada (Wildcard), Nicholas Pooran*, Rashid Khan*, Reeza Hendricks, Ryan Rickelton, Thomas Kaber, Tiaan van Vuuren, Tristan Luus, Will Jacks*.

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Asa Tribe*, Azmatullah Omarzai*, Bjorn Fortuin, Daniel Lawrence*, David Miller, Delano Potgieter, Gudakesh Motie*, Hardus Viljoen, JJ Basson, Joe Root* (Wildcard), Keagan Lion-Cachet, Kyle Verreynne, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Mujeeb Ur Rahman*, Nqobani Mokoena, Ottneil Baartman, Rubin Hermann, Sikandar Raza*, Thomas Rew*.

Andre Russell* (Wildcard), Bayanda Majola, Bryce Parsons, Codi Yusuf, Connor Esterhuizen, Dewald Brevis, Gideon Peters, Keshav Maharaj, Lizaad Williams, Lungi Ngidi, Matthew Short*, Phil Salt*, Sherfane Rutherford*, Wihan Lubbe.

Adam Milne*, Anrich Nortje, CJ King, James Coles*, Jordan Hermann, JP King, Lewis Gregory*, Lutho Sipamla, Marco Jansen (Wildcard), Matthew Breetzke, Mitchell Marsh*, Mitchell van Buuren, Patrick Kruger, Quinton de Kock, Rishad Hossain*, Senuran Muthusamy, Tristan Stubbs.

Also read: Where to watch live and start time for SA20 2027 auction

Remaining purse for each team

Joburg Super Kings, who are also the only team to yet to sign their Wildcard, have the highest remaining purse heading into the auction.

- R20.6 million

- R9.35 million

- R1.475 million

- R3.6 million

Live updates will follow soon.

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