Twenty-year-old Matthew Boast and Dayyaan Galiem fetched the highest bids of R1.6 million at the Betway SA20 Season 2 auction in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
Defending champions, Sunrisers Eastern Cape, will kick off the second season of the SA20 when they host Joburg Super Kings (JSK) at St George's Park on 10 January.
The six Betway SA20 teams have announced a competitive set of preliminary squads ahead of the Season 2 auction taking place on September 27th.
CSA and SA20 umpire, Lubabalo 'Babs' Gcuma, is the first recipient of the newly launched Umpire Exchange Programme between the League and the ECB's The Hundred.
Jon-Jon Smuts and Simon Harmer are the first players to be traded ahead of season two of the SA20 League, as teams look to finalise their squads ahead of the 31 July trading deadline.
Durban's Super Giants have appointed Keshav Maharaj as the team's new captain ahead of the second season of the SA20.