Park cricket ground

The Sunrisers Eastern Cape: The third edition of South Africa's premier T20 competition, the SA20, will commence on Thursday, with two-time champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape and MI Cape Town locking horns at St. George's Park Cricket Ground. The Sunrisers Eastern Cape defeated Durban's Super Giants by 89 runs in the 2024 finals, to secure their second successive title.

The SA20 roster features South Africa's best talent alongside a generation of upcoming domestic stars and popular international players, many of whom will also participate in the TATA IPL 2025, March onwards. T20 stars such as last year's Player of the Tournament, Heinrich Klaasen (Durban's Super Giants), and leading run-scorer Ryan Rickelton (MI Cape Town) will return to the competition.

Other prominent players include Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Rashid Khan (MI Cape Town), David Miller (Paarl Royals), Keshav Maharaj (Durban's Super Giants), Rilee Rossouw (Pretoria Capitals), and Faf du Plessis (Joburg Super Kings), among others.