Why SA 20 League Why None Indian made it to auctionTough The 2025-26 session of South Africa’s SA 20 League will be auctioned in Johannesburg on September 9, for which a total of 241 foreign and 308 local players have registered. The auction will now bid 25 foreigners and 59 South African players. There were 13 to 14 Indian players’ names in the long list of auctions, but no one could reach the final list. League Commissioner and former South Africa captain Graeme Smith said the status of Indian players is always unstable and that is why they had to be excluded from the list of foreign players. He said that the names of the Indian players were missing from the SA 20 auction of the next session due to the ambiguity of availability.
Indian players who registered for SA 20 auctions include Piyush Chawla, Siddharth Kaul, Ankit Rajput, Sarul Kanwar, Anurit Singh Kathuria, Ansari Meroff, Mahesh Ahir, Nikhil Jag, Mohammad Fed, KS Nov., Imran Khan, Venpeli and Venpeli. However, none of these could find a place on the final list of auctions.
BCCI policy
Indian cricketers active under the BCCI policy, whether they are playing internationally or cannot participate in the local, foreign league. The players will first have to retire from all the formats of Indian cricket and then get a certificate of objections ie NOC from the board. In this category, Ravichandran Ashwin, who has recently retired from the IPL, has come, who has now registered for the UAE’s ILT 20 League.
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Rules were arranged
Smith said of the auction process, “We send a list of more than 800 auctions to the franchise. They then send us their chosen names. Given these names, we prepare a small list that goes for auction. Three years after the tournament, we felt that the rules have come back.
Dinesh Karthik started it
In the absence of Indian players, Smith also added that very few players in India are found in T20 leagues around the world and this is not new. Smith believes that SA 20 has created a strong viewer in India. In the last session, Dinesh Karthik became the first Indian to play in this league in January 2025 to debut for Parl Royals after retiring from Indian cricket.
Grandpa Join will be beneficial for the team
At this time, former India captain Sourav Ganguly will play the role of the main coach of Pretoria Capitals in SA 20. Smith said, “The most skilled mind of our players will work with the most skilled mind,” the team may be successful.
Smith also emphasized the role of SA 20 to strengthen South Africa cricket. He said the title of the World Test Championship, reached the T20 World Cup final and won Odis against Australia Stralia and England, saying that the South African team has now become stronger four years ago.
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