The league’s commissioner, former South Africa captain Graeme Smith, said teams would be allowed to field a maximum of four foreigners per match when the competition resumes next year.
The competition is scheduled to start from January 23 and will last for a span of one month. South Africa is offering to create an increasingly attractive T20 environment.
Six franchises, located in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Paarl, Port Elizabeth and Pretoria, were bought by Indian Premier League owners and Graeme Smith said they would be able to choose their teams from a “quality list” when a player auction Held on 19 September.
Smith said, “We have an extensive list of international players that we are shortlisting for auction. We are still finalizing some of the auction details and due to the large number of players we are sorting out player registrations. Huh.” Told.
“There’s been an element of pre-signatures that’s happening and teams have $2 million wallets that already contain pre-signed players.”
“A lot of work has gone into this and we’re very excited about what we’ve done and what we can do going forward,” he said.
England internationals Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone have already been signed along with West Indies’ Jason Holder and Kyle Meyers.
The start of the SA20 struggles with the later stages of Australia’s Big Bash League, but Smith said there are agreements for BBL players who have signed for the SA20 to move to and play in South Africa.
“They have a different structure this season, so players who sign up for our league will be there until early January to be available,” Smith said in a virtual news conference.