SA20 2023 Schedule, time, venues & more; Everything about South Africa's new T20 league

The SA20 2024 schedule has been officially announced, featuring an exciting opening match on January 10, 2024, at St George's Park, where the defending champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape will face off against Joburg Super Kings (JSK). The schedule was unveiled in Johannesburg on August 15 by the league's commissioner, Graeme Smith. The former South African cricketer expressed his enthusiasm for the upcoming second season following the remarkable success of the first.

3 things you need to know

• Six teams, each based in a different city, will be a part of this league
• 34 matches will be played over the course of four weeks
• A double round-robin format will be followed by playoffs

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SA20 2024: Fixtures, time, venues & more

The tournament format remains consistent, with all six teams playing each other twice. The top four teams will progress to the playoffs. Notably, the playoff structure has been revised from the previous season. Instead of the semi-finals, the SA20 has adopted a qualifier-eliminator format.

The top two teams will compete in the first qualifier, while the teams securing the third and fourth positions will participate in an eliminator match. The winner of the first qualifier will secure a direct spot in the final, while the second finalist will be determined in Qualifier 2, where the winner of the eliminator will face off against the loser of the first qualifier.

Alongside the playoffs modification, the schedule also features uniform timings for mid-week matches at 5:30 PM local time. This timing adjustment aims to attract post-work and post-school audiences to the stadiums.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the inaugural edition of the SA20 league. The IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad's sister franchise lifted the trophy after defeating Pretoria Capitals by 4 wickets in the final held in Johannesburg on February 11, 2023. Sunrisers' captain across all leagues, Aiden Markram was named the player of the series of SA20 2023 for scoring 366 runs and picking up 11 wickets throughout the season.

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