Dewald Brevis becomes most expensive player in SA20 Auction, gets nearly 4 times his IPL contract with CSK

UPDATED: Sep 10, 2025 09:15 AM IST

Dewald Brevis becomes most expensive player in SA20 Auction, gets nearly 4 times his IPL contract with CSK

Dewald Brevis of Chennai Super Kings celebrates after takes the catch to dismiss Jacob Bethell of Royal Challengers Bengaluru during the 2025 IPL match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on May 3, 2025, in Bengaluru, India.

Story Highlights:

Two-time SA20 winner Aiden Markram will not play for Sunrisers Eastern Cape.

Jo'burg Super Kings and Pretoria Capitals engaged in a bidding war.

Matthew Breetzke became Eastern Cape's most expensive signing.

South Africa’s Dewald Brevis has come of age. He is not ‘Baby AB’ anymore and making a name for himself in international and franchise cricket alike. The AB flair is still there but now Brevis has belief which has made him realise his potential. On the back of performances in Australia, Brevis started a record-breaking bidding war in the SA20 Auction on September 9. Fighting for him were familiar foes, Sourav Ganguly at Pretoria Capitals and Stephen Fleming at Jo’burg Super Kings. In the end, Super Kings had to let go of their wonder boy as Brevis was roped in for a whopping R15.1 million (Rs 8.3 crore), nearly four times his price tag as a replacement player in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.

The second on the list is South Africa’s T20I captain. Won the SA20 League twice with Sunrisers Eastern Cape, Markram’s services were acquired by Durban Super Giants for R14 million (Rs 7.04 crore).

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Other big buys in SA20 Auction

South Africa’s Test triple centurion Wiian Mulder went for R9 Million (Rs 4.53 crore) to Super Kings. Pace-bowling all-rounder Gerald Coetzee will play for Super Giants for R7.4 million (Rs 3.72 crore). Left-arm pacer Nandre Burger started a mini-bidding war to before he went to Super Kings for R6.3 million (Rs 3.17 crore). Wicketkeeper-batter Matthew Breetzke who broke ODI records recently went to Sunrisers for R6.1 million (Rs 3.07 crore). Experienced batter Rassie van der Dussen went for R5.2 million (Rs 2.62 crore) to MI Cape Town. Pacers Ottneil Baartman will play for Paarl Royals for R5.1 million (Rs 2.57 crore) whereas Anrich Nortje got R5 million (Rs 2.51 crore) to play for Sunrisers.

Full list of squads for SA20 2026 -

MI Cape Town

Retentions and pre-signings: Ryan Rickelton, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada (Wildcard), Rashid Khan, Trent Boult, Nicholas Pooran.

Auction picks: Rassie van der Dussen (R5.2 million), Tian van Vuuren (R1 million), Karim Janat (R1 million), Dwaine Pretorius (R650,000), Tristan Luus (R650,000), Reeza Hendricks (R500,000), Jason Smith (R500,000), Tabraiz Shamsi (R500,000), Dan Lategan (R400,000), Tom Moores (R200,000), Dane Piedt (R200,000), Jacques Snyman (R200,000).

Sunrisers Eastern Cape

Retentions and pre-signings: Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen (Wildcard), AM Ghazanfar, Adam Milne, Jonny Bairstow.

Auction picks: Matthew Breetzke (R6.1 million), Anrich Nortje (R5 million), Quinton de Kock (R2.4 million), Senuran Muthusamy (R1.5 million), Jordan Hermann (R1.5 million), James Coles (R1 million), Lewis Gregory (R1 million), Lutho Sipamla (R600,000), Chris Wood (R500,000), Patrick Kruger (R450,000), Mitchell van Buuren (R200,000), Beyers Swanepoel (R200,000), Christopher King (R200,000), JP King (R200,000).

Joburg Super Kings

Retentions and pre-signings: Faf du Plessis, Donovan Ferreira (Wildcard), James Vince, Akeal Hosein, Richard Gleeson.

Auction picks: Wiaan Mulder (R9 million), Nandre Burger (R6.3 million), Prenalen Subrayen (R1 million), Imran Tahir (R600,000), Reece Topley (R600,000), Rilee Rossouw (R500,000), Rivaldo Moonsamy (R400,000), Dian Forrester (R200,000), Steve Stolk (R200,000), Janco Smit (R200,000), Neil Timmers (R200,000), Shubham Ranjane (R200,000), Brandon King (R200,000).

Paarl Royals

Retentions and pre-signings: David Miller, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Bjorn Fortuin, Rubin Hermann (Wildcard), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Sikandar Raza.

Auction picks: Ottneil Baartman (R5.1 million), Delano Potgieter (R2.6 million), Kyle Verreynne (R2.3 million), Eshan Malinga (R1 million), Keagan Lion Cachet (R950,000), Dan Lawrence (R500,000), Nqabayomzi Peter (R500,000), Gudakesh Motie (R375,000), Asa Tribe (R200,000), Hardus Viljoen (R200,000), Jacob Johannes Basson (R200,000), Nqobani Mokoena (R200,000), Vishen Halambage (R200,000).

Pretoria Capitals

Retentions and pre-signings: Will Jacks, Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell (Wildcard).

Auction picks: Dewald Brevis (R16.5 million), Connor Esterhuizen (R3.2 million), Lizaad Williams (R2.40 million), Lungi Ngidi (R2.3 million), Bryce Parsons (R1.9 million), Keshav Maharaj (R1.7 million), Saqib Mahmood (R1.5 million), Craig Overton (R1 million), Gideon Peters (R400,000), Codi Yusuf (R225,000), Junaid Dawood (R200,000), Will Smeed (R200,000), Meeka eel Prince (R200,000), Bayanda Majola (R200,000), Wihan Lubbe (R200,000), Sibonelo Makhanya (R200,000).

Durban Super Giants

Retentions and pre-signings: Heinrich Klaasen (Wildcard), Sunil Narine, Jos Buttler, Noor Ahmad.

Auction picks: Aiden Markram (R14 million), Gerald Coetzee (R7.4 million), Kwena Maphaka (R2.3 million), Eathan Bosch (R1.75 million), David Wiese (R1.3 million), Taijul Islam (R500,000), Devon Conway (R325,000), David Bedingham (R325,000), Marques Ackermann (R200,000), Andile Simelane (R200,000), Tony de Zorzi (R200,000), Dayyaan Galiem (R200,000), Evan Jones (R200,000), Gysbert Wege (R200,000), Daryn Dupavillon (R200,000).

Note: All figures in Indian currency are approximate.