Overview
- Defending champions MI Cape Town face Aiden Markram’s revamped Durban’s Super Giants in the Boxing Day opener at Newlands.
- Rashid Khan’s side retained a strong core including Kagiso Rabada and Trent Boult after an unbeaten five-match home run at Newlands last season.
- Dewald Brevis left MI Cape Town for Pretoria Capitals in a record R16.5 million auction move that set the tone for this season’s player market.
- MI Cape Town brought in West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran to bolster the top order, with teammates backing him to offset Brevis’s departure.
- Full 18-player squads for all six franchises are confirmed, Sunil Narine is not yet available for DSG, and the double round-robin leads to a January 25 final.