Proteas speedster Kagiso Rabada in IPL action.
IPL: The South African stars to look out for as T20 extravaganza begins!
The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League begins on Saturday, and here’s a reminder of the South African stars to look out for.
Proteas speedster Kagiso Rabada in IPL action.
With the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) starting on 26 March, several Proteas players are set to be involved in the money-making T20 event, which gets underway with a clash between title holders Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders.
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The world cricket’s most valuable tournament, returns home from 26 March, but its league phase will be restricted to two cities due to the coronavirus pandemic, reports have suggested recently.
Mumbai and Pune will host the 15th edition of the lucrative Twenty20 tournament that began in India last year but midway moved out to the United Arab Emirates.
From a South African perspective it’s already been confirmed that the likes of Rassie van der Dussen, Kagiso Rabada, Marco Jansen and Lungi Ngidi are all set for IPL action and will not be involved in the upcoming two-Test series against Bangladesh.
Below you can see the full list of South African stars who will be involved at the IPL this season, and what price tag they fetched. You can also check out the full squad lists and team information by clicking here
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The 11 South Africans who will be in IPL action are:
Kagiso Rabada: $1.233 million (R18.75 million)
Faf du Plessis: $933 000 (R14.2 million)
Quinton de Kock: $900 000 (R13.7 million)
Anrich Nortje: $866 000 (R13.2 million)*
Marco Jansen: $560 000 (R8.5 million)
David Miller: $400 000 (R6.1 million)
Dewald Brevis: $400 000 (R6.1 million)
Aiden Markram: $346 000 (R5.3 million)
Rassie van der Dussen: $133 000 (R2 million)
Dewaine Pretorius: $66 000 (R1 million)
Lungi Ngidi: $66 000 (R1 million)
Calculated at current exchange rate of $1/R15.21
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Notable South Africa players who went under the hammer but failed to sell, included:
Imran Tahir
Tabraiz Shamsi
Janneman Malan
Rilee Rossouw
Heinrich Klaasen
Duan Jansen
Gerald Coetzee
The remainder of the South Africans below didn’t go under the hammer.
