Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced a plethora of new regulations for SA20 2024. For the second season, franchises will have a bigger purse. CSA has increased salary purses ahead of the SA20 2024 Auction by R 5.1 million or to R39.1m. Furthermore, it has mandated franchises to sign a South African U22 player.
Furthermore, the official trading window for South African players is also open since June 1. It will give teams an opportunity to pre-sign, trade, buy out or retain players ahead of the auction.
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What are the new rules ahead of SA20 2024 Auction?
- Salary cap increase per team by R 5.1 m to R 39.1 m.
- Introduction of a rookie player per team. This is for South African players, 22 years of age or younger who have not featured in SA20 before.
- Player trading mechanism open for South African players so that teams can alter squads and make tactical trades to compile part of their squad before auction.
- Increase (by 1) of each team to pre-sign overseas players. This means that players who may have been unavailable previously can be contracted even before the auction.
- Wildcard still available to teams.
- Squad sizes have increased to 19 including a rookie and wildcard.
- Minimum of 11 SA players per squad.
SA20 League Commissioner, Graeme Smith, said that the new regulations would ensure a high standard of cricket.
“We have put these new regulations in place to build on the successful first season of SA20, which was underpinned by entertaining and quality cricket from some of the best players in the world. The teams have an opportunity to assemble the best of South African and international talent, which will no doubt produce competitive and a high standard of cricket for the fans in the second season,” Smith said.
However, despite the increase in squad size to 19, teams can only have 4 overseas players in their Playing XI and a maximum of 7 in the squad. Teams must have 7 South African players in their line-up. The squad also includes the rookie player and the wild card player.
“The addition of a rookie player to the squads shows our continued commitment and investment to giving young talent exposure on a global platform. We saw some special performances from the young players in our first season. SA20 remains aspirational for up-and-coming cricketers and this is another opportunity for them to showcase their skills,” Smith added.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the inaugural edition of SA20 league.
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