The player auction for the inaugural edition of the SA20 League concluded on Monday (19th September). For some of the players, there was a bidding war between the six new franchises. Interestingly all six franchises are owned by the Indian T20 League teams.
MI Cape Town (Reliance), Pretoria Capitals (JSW), Paarl Royals (Royals Sports Group), Durban Super Giants (RPG-Sanjiv Goenka), Johannesburg Super Kings (India Cements), Sunrisers Eastern Cape (Sunrisers Hyderabad owner Kaviya Maran), participated in the auctions on Monday. Here are the top five most expensive players at the auction.
5. Sisanda Magala- Sunrisers Eastern Cape- R 5.4 M (INR 2.43 crores)
Sisanda Magala (Image source: Twitter)
The Sunriesers Eastern Cape Town had some of the most expensive bids in the auction. One of their most expensive bids was pacer Sisanda Magala, for whom they paid R 5.4M. Magala may not be well-known to many, but he has been among the continent’s most reliable death bowlers.
With his bowling prowess and power-hitting skills at the end of the innings, the veteran 31-year-old campaigner is a benefit to any team.
