Sourav ganguly won victory in his stint in SA20. Before heading to the Pretoria Capitals field, their head coach had a victory to enjoy when franchise won the bid battle for the first player in the mega auction SA20, which took place in Johannesburg on Tuesday, September 9.
They headed for the auction with the largest handbag, Pretoria Capitals secured the spinner of the left shoulder Keshav Maharaj for R1.7 million (approximately 85 lakh). They fought from hard competition from Sunrisers Eastern Cape, whose owner Kavya Maran was particularly active in the early stages of the auction.
Capitals also strong pressure on Aiden Markram, who became the first player in the history of the SA20, which exceeded the R10 million brand. At first, however, they were Sunrisers Eastern Cape and then Durban Super Giants. Gangules seemed to decide to bring aboard former South Africa captain, but Pretoria eventually withdrew to 122.4 million R. Durban set him on a record R14 million.
Gangules, however Ensuring Dewald Brevis for R16.5 million – The most expensive signature in SA20 history. Capitals joined the Wild Offer War with Johannesburg Super Kings, but the ganguly pushed hard and landed one of the brightest emerging talents in the world cricket.
Brevis has already lit up the stage for Chennai Super Kings after being signed as a substitute player in IPL 2025. Super Kings were determined to invest significantly in the SA20 auction, but Pretoria Capitals withdrew the biggest coup. The gangules were jubilant after signing, while the depressed expressions in the Super Kings camp, led by coach Stephen Fleming, told their own story.
Pretoria also secured the fast bowler Lungi Ngidi for R2.3 million and added another awning player to their lineup.
Gangules explains the signature of the brevisu
Gangules explained the decision of Pretoria to spend big on Brevis, said:
“I have never combined the performance with the money. I leave aside R16.5 million, I believe it is a fantastic talent. It is played very well, which is extremely important and takes into account everything, so it went for this price.”
Dewald Brevis, last season Betway Sa20 Rising Star, was helpful in the master’s master triumph Mi Cape Town, scored 291 runs in an impressive 48.5 and scintillation blow 184.18.
That means Ganguly’s first trip as a head coach. After the last few seasons IPL served as a mentor with the capitals of Delhi, the former captain of India will now join with Shaun Pollock, who was appointed coach of Bowling’s capital.
After completing the bottom of the six -duty league last season, Pretoria decided to overhaul, which retained only three players – Will Jacks, Sherfane Rutherford and Andre Russell – before the auction.
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Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
September 9, 2025
