Home team and back-to-back reigning SA20 champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape will kickstart the new season when they welcome MI Cape Town to their Gqeberha backyard.
The Sunrisers Eastern Cape will be looking for a hat-trick of titles when the third season of the SA20 gets underway on Thursday with the defending champions taking on MI Cape Town in Gqeberha.
Proteas batter Reeza Hendricks will be playing for MI Cape Town in season three of next year's SA20 after attracting a bid of R4.3 million at the player auction held in Cape Town.
Defending champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape will host MI Cape Town at St George's Park in Gqberha to kick off the third season of the SA20 on 9 January.
SA20 league commissioner Graeme Smith has confirmed that the auction to buy players ahead of the third season will take place in Cape Town on 1 October.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape have signed England international Zak Crawley and added Roelof van der Merwe to their squad ahead of the third SA20 campaign.