Overview
- The Boxing Day opener pits the defending champions against Durban's Super Giants at Newlands, where MI Cape Town won all five home games last season.
- MI Cape Town kept a strong core including Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada and Trent Boult, and brought in Nicholas Pooran to bolster the top order.
- Rising star Dewald Brevis left MI Cape Town for Pretoria Capitals in a record R16.5 million auction move, a gap the champions expect Pooran to fill.
- Durban arrive under new captain Aiden Markram after a roster overhaul, with stars such as Jos Buttler, Kane Williamson and Heinrich Klaasen, while Sunil Narine is currently unavailable and Simon Harmer provides spin cover.
- Season four follows a double round-robin through January with playoffs and a final on January 25.