Paarl Royals have retained Captain David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, and Andile Phehlukwayo among their ten retentions ahead of the SA20 2025. Before the auction, the Royals have also held onto rookie signings from the 2024 edition, Kwena Maphaka and Lhuan-dre Pretorius.
Dane Vilas, Evan Jones, Wihan Lubbe, and Ferisco Adams have been released from the squad that currently has 11 players. Royals squad also include Seam-bowling all-rounder Dayyaan Galiem who has been traded in from Joburg Super Kings with Tabraiz Shamsi going the other way.
The final roster—which will include players who have been released and the overseas signing —will be announced following the auction. In the previous SA20 tournament, the Royals qualified for the semifinals however they lost all five of their matches going further, including a crushing defeat against the Super Kings in the eliminator by nine wickets.
“We are delighted to go into the upcoming auction with a very formidable core of capped and uncapped South African players,” Kumar Sangakkara – Royals’ Director of Cricket – said in a press release. “After the disappointment of last season where we faltered towards the latter stages of the tournament, it was important to re-look at the squad and make certain changes.”
Paarl Royals squad
David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Bjorn Fortuin, Andile Phehlukwayo, Mitchell van Buuren, Codi Yusuf, Keith Dudgeon, Nqaba Peter, Kwena Maphaka, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dayyaan Galiem (Traded in)
