Overview
- The Boxing Day opener features MI Cape Town against Durban’s Super Giants at Newlands in Cape Town on Friday, 26 December.
- The final is scheduled for Sunday, 25 January 2026, though outlets differ on the venue, with some listing Newlands and another reporting it as undecided.
- The league has confirmed all updated squads, including Kane Williamson returning to DSG in place of Taijul Islam and MI Cape Town naming Thomas Kaber for Tabraiz Shamsi.
- Teams will field temporary cover and manage late arrivals, with Jordan Cox and Andre Russell joining Pretoria Capitals later and stand-ins named, and Sunrisers Eastern Cape using Tharindu Rathnayake while AM Ghazanfar is unavailable early.
- Coverage describes an IPL-style format with a double round-robin followed by Qualifier 1, an Eliminator, Qualifier 2 and a final, while reports diverge on the total matches at either 26 or 34.