Graeme smith league commissioner sa20

Graeme Smith League Commissioner SA20: As SA20, South Africa's franchise-based T20 league, gets ready to host its third season in January-February 2025, Graeme Smith, the League Commissioner is quite happy with its progress so far but says they are not keen on expanding and innovating as of now.

SA20 was launched in 2023 with six teams representing six cities of the country. All six teams are owned by entities owning Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises and thus the league has very close ties with Indian cricket, which they are trying to exploit further by appointing Dinesh Karthik as India Ambassador SA20.

And just like IPL did, Smith said he is not very keen on adding more franchises and implementing rules like Impact Player in the third edition of SA20.