These players have been pre-signed or retained ahead of 9 September 2025’s player auction for the fourth edition of the SA20, which will start on 26 December.
This list also included each team’s remaining salary cap and wildcard signing.
SA20 retentions and pre-auction signings
MI Cape Town
Remaining salary cap: R11.5 million
Pre-auction signings
- Nicholas Pooran
Retained
- Trent Boult
- Rashid Khan
- Ryan Rickleton
- George Linde
- Corbin Bosch
Wildcard
- Kagiso Rabada
Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Remaining salary cap: R21.5 million
Pre-auction signings
- Jonny Bairstow
- AM Ghazanfar
- Adam Milne
Retained
- Tristan Stubbs
Wildcard
- Marco Jansen
Joburg Super Kings
Remaining salary cap: R21.5 million
Pre-auction signings
- James Vince
- Akeal Hosein
Retained
- Faf du Plessis
- Richard Gleeson
Wildcard
- Donovan Ferreira
Pretoria Capitals
Remaining salary cap: R32.5 million
Pre-auction signings
- Will Jacks
- Sherfane Rutherford
Wildcard
- Andre Russell
Paarl Royals
Remaining salary cap: R14.5 million
Pre-auction signings
- Sikandar Raza
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Retained
- Lhuan-de-Pretorius
- David Miller
- Bjorn Fortuin
Wildcard
- Rubin Hermann
Durban’s Super Giants
Remaining salary cap: R29.5 million
Pre-auction signings
- Sunil Narine
- Jos Buttler
Retained
- Noor Ahmed
Wildcard
- Heinrich Klaasen