By Razeen Gutta
England’s Jos Buttler, Will Jacks, and Jonny Bairstow have been retained by SA20 franchises ahead of the new season draft.Buttler joins the Durban Super Giants, Jacks is with the Pretoria Capitals and Bairstow has been retained by Sunrisers Eastern Cape.
Other retained internationals include James Vince and Richard Gleeson with Joburg Super Kings.
Veteran players like Sunil Narine, Rashid Khan, and Andre Russell have also been signed by various franchises.
South African stars Heinrich Klaasen, Kagiso Rabada, and Marco Jansen are retained, while players like Aiden Markram and Lungi Ngidi have been released.
The SA20 auction is set for 9 September 9 and the tournament is set to take centre stage this summer, from boxing day to 25 January.
MI Cape Town is the only franchise to use all six retention slots, impacting their auction budget.
Retained players
Durban’s Super Giants
Sunil Narine, Noor Ahmad, Jos Buttler, Heinrich Klaasen (Wildcard)
Joburg Super Kings
Faf Du Plessis, James Vince, Akeal Hosein, Richard Gleeson, Donovan Ferreira (Wildcard)
MI Cape Town
Ryan Rickelton, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Rashid Khan, Trent Boult, Nicholas Pooran, Kagiso Rabada (Wildcard)
Paarl Royals
Lhuan-dre Pretorius, David Miller, Bjorn Fortuin, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Sikandar Raza, Rubin Hermann (Wildcard)
Pretoria Capitals
Will Jacks, Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell (Wildcard)
Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Tristan Stubbs, Allah Ghazanfar, Adam Milne, Jonny Bairstow, Marco Jansen
Pictured above: Jos Buttler
Source: @t20tracker
