The 36-year-old former India National Cricket Team and Mumbai Indians (Mi) leg-spinner Piyush Chawla have registered themselves for the upcoming SA20 auction.
Piyush Chawla is not the only Indian to enter the SA20 auction, as there are 12 more Indian players who will be ready for graves during the incident in South Africa.
Piyush Chawla retired from professional cricket on 6 June 2025
On 6 June, Piyush Chawla announced his retirement from professional cricket, ending his career in two decades. He played three Tests for India, 25 Odis and seven T20s and 192 matches in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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Chawla represented four teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL) – Mumbai Indians (MI), Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Punjab Kings (PBK), and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and was a successful career.
Leg-spinner, which was part of the India’s T20 World Cup winning team and the ODI World Cup winning squad, wanted to play IPL 2025, but was unsold in the auction and recently seen in action in the legend’s World Championship.
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Piyush Chawla among 13 Indians in SA20 auction
In his retirement post, Piyush Chawla mentioned that he would “step away from the crease”, but it seems that he has now made a U-turn and wants to play SA20 in South Africa.
With his retirement from Indian cricket, he became eligible to play foreign leagues and is now aiming to get a deal in SA20, where all teams owe IPL franchisees.
Piyush Chawla, Mahesh Ahir (Gujarat), Sarul Kanwar (Punjab), Enerurt Singh Kathuria (Delhi), Nikhil Jaga (Rajasthan), Mohammad Fid (State not mentioned), KS Neven (Tamil Nadu), IMANSHAT (), Iman Mirof (sub), Atul Yadav (UPSI), Siddharth Kaul (Punjab) and Siddharth Kaul (Punjab) and Ankit Rajput. Are, which will be trimmed according to the cricbuzz.
Chawla has determined its base price as 1,000,000 rands, while other Indians have the base value of 200,000 rands, except Imran Khan, who has the base value of 500,000 rands.
In particular, the current Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) coach Dinesh Karthik is the only player from India who has painted in SA20 so far.
40 Pakistani player register for sa20 auction
The SA20 season 4 player auction will be held on Tuesday, 9 September in Johannesburg, and a total of 784 players have signed up for the event.
Among them, a total of 40 Pakistani players have registered for auction, including Azam Khan, Imam-ul-Haq, Abrar Ahmed and Sam Ayub. 150 players from England have also registered for the event.
For the upcoming SA20 auction, the teams have been given a salary cap of R41 million to spend on players, and it is the most franchise T20 league salary cap outside India. In addition, each team has 19 player slots in their final squad, including a wildcard.
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