(Cricket news) Tristan Stubbs drew the biggest bid in the first ever SA20 auction, with the Sunrisers Eastern Cape shelling out a massive 9.2 million for the 22-year old. Stubbs was at the centre of a bidding war with the MI Cape Town. It marked a whirlwind six-month period for Stubbs, who earned an IPL call-up as a replacement player, after that he turned heads at the CSA T20 Challenge in 2022 where he scored 293 runs at an unbelievable strike-rate of 183.82. Stubbs has gone on to make his South Africa debut and has been named in the Proteas squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup.

Sunrisers and the Pretoria Capitals began the day with the biggest purse and made a big splash on Marco Jansen for 6.1 million while the Capitals signed South African batter Rilee Rossouw with the second-highest bid of 6.9 million after an intense battle with Super Kings and MI Cape Town. The Capitals also signed Wayne Parnell for 5.6 million while Sisanda Magala went to the Sunrisers for R 5.4 million.

The surprise came when hard-hitting West Indian all-rounder Odean Smith, whose base price was 1.75 million, found no takers. Eoin Morgan and James Neesham were other big name players that earned no bids. The big shock came when South Africa's T20I captain Temba Bavuma and Test captain Dean Elgar went unsold as they found no buyers. However, in an accelerated auction, Smith was picked by MI Cape Town, Morgan went to the Royals and Neesham went to the Capitals.

Full Squads:

Durban SuperGiants: Quinton de Kock, Prenelan Subrayen, Jason Holder, Kyle Mayers, Reece Topley, Dwaine Pretorius, Heinrich Klaasen, Keemo Paul, Keshav Maharaj, Kyle Abbott, Junior Dala, Dilshan Madushanka, Johnson Charles, Matthew Breetzke, Christiaan Jonker, Wiaan Mulder, Simon Harmer

Jo'burg Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, Gerald Coetzee, Maheesh Theekshana, Romario Shepherd, Harry Brook, Janneman Malan, Reeza Hendricks, Kyle Verreynne, George Garton, Alzarri Joseph, Leus du Plooy, Lewis Gregory, Lizaad Williams, Donavon Ferreira, Nandre Burger, Malusi Siboto, Caleb Seleka

MI Cape Town: Kagiso Rabada, Dewald Brevis, Rashid Khan, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Rassie van der Dussen, Ryan Rickelton, George Linde, Beuran Hendricks, Duan Jansen, Delano Potgieter, Grant Roelofsen, Wesley Marshall, Olly Stone, Waqar Salamkheil, Ziyaad Abharams, Odean Smith

Paarl Royals: David Miller, Corbin Bosch, Jos Buttler, Obed McCoy, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Jason Roy, Dane Vilas, Bjorn Fortuin, Wihan Lubbe, Ferisco Adams, Imraan Manack, Evan Jones, Ramon Simmonds, Mitchell van Buuren, Eoin Morgan, Codi Yusuf

Pretoria Capitals: Anrich Nortje, Migael Pretorius, Rilee Rossouw, Phil Salt, Wayne Parnell, Josh Little, Shaun von Berg, Adil Rashid, Cameron Delport, Will Jacks, Theunis de Bruyn, Marco Marais, Phil Salt, Kusal Mendis, Daryn Dupavillon, Jimmy Neesham, Eathan Bosch, Shane Dadswell

Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Aiden Markram, Ottniel Baartman, Marco Jansen, Tristan Stubbs, Sisanda Magala, Junaid Dawood, Mason Crane, JJ Smuts, Jordan Cox, Adam Rossington, Roelof van der Merwe, Marques Ackerman, James Fuller, Tom Abell, Aya Gqamane, Sarel Erwee, Brydon Carse

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