Where did the T from T20 go first, please?
Well, it saves some room on the communication material and has a different tone and appearance. Not that important, is it? However, SA20 commissioner Graeme Smith was cited as adding that it "shows our goal to be distinct" if you're really interested.
What are the dates and how is the SA20 formatted?
MI Cape Town, Durban Super Giants, Johannesburg Super Kings, Paarl Royals, Pretoria Capitals, and Sunrisers Eastern Cape are the six teams competing in the tournament's inaugural season. The competition will take place in the six cities that the teams represent—Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Paarl, Pretoria, and Gqeberha—during a timeframe in January–February 2023.
Additionally, I was made aware of an auction. However, isn't that an IPL issue?
Okay, sure. Perhaps as a result of the owners' familiarity with the auction format from the IPL... September 19, which is a Monday, will see it at night. within Cape Town.
Details, please how many players there are, etc.
There are 533 players listed in all, however not all of them may have to be auctioned off. You see, there is a cap of 17 players per squad. However, through a pre-auction direct-acquisition method, they have already signed on a total of 22 players from a pool of 30 players. They could choose up to five players prior to the auction. Some of them simply selected two, while others chose all five. Those five players are limited to a maximum of three international (non-South African) players, one representative of South Africa, and one uncapped South African player.
The 22 players who have been chosen thus far are who?
Simply look at the diagram below; it has everything.
How about the schedule and the matchups?
The tournament will have 33 games in total. Following two home-and-away matches between each side, there will be two semifinal matches, and then the championship game. The CSA has not yet made the whole timetable public.
Finally, the UAE league isn't also in January and February.
Indeed. The SA20 will occur concurrently with the ILT20 and will partially conflict with the BBL in Australia and the BPL in Bangladesh. In rare circumstances, player availability could be a problem. For instance, Rashid Khan and Liam Livingstone will only be available for a portion of the BBL because they first signed with the SA20.
You see, CSA is working extremely hard to create this T20 league after two failed efforts. In order to guarantee that as many of their own top players participated in SA20 as possible, the board even decided to cancel the national team's three-match ODI series in Australia, which had points on the line for World Cup qualifying.
