Overview
- MI Cape Town enter as defending champions after an unbeaten five-match home run at Newlands last season.
- Kagiso Rabada and captain Rashid Khan headline a largely unchanged MI Cape Town squad, with Nicholas Pooran recruited to bolster the top order.
- Dewald Brevis moves to Pretoria Capitals for a record R16.5 million, where Keshav Maharaj takes over as captain.
- Aiden Markram leads a revamped Durban’s Super Giants featuring Jos Buttler, Kane Williamson and Heinrich Klaasen, with Sunil Narine not yet available and Simon Harmer in the spin mix.
- The tournament follows a double round-robin before three playoff fixtures and a final on January 25.