The 36-year-old former India Nationwide Cricket Staff and Mumbai Indians (MI) leg-spinner Piyush Chawla has registered himself for the upcoming SA20 public sale.
Piyush Chawla is just not the one Indian to enter the SA20 public sale, as there are 12 extra Indian gamers who will likely be up for grabs through the occasion in South Africa.
Piyush Chawla retired from skilled cricket on June 6, 2025
On June 6, Piyush Chawla introduced his retirement from skilled cricket, ending his profession that spanned over 20 years. He performed three Exams, 25 ODIs, and 7 T20Is for India and 192 matches within the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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Chawla represented 4 groups within the Indian Premier League (IPL) – Mumbai Indians (MI), Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK), Punjab Kings (PBKS), and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – and had a profitable profession.
The leg-spinner, who was a part of India’s T20 World Cup-winning squad and ODI World Cup-winning squad, needed to play IPL 2025 however went unsold within the public sale and was just lately seen in motion within the World Championship of Legends.
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Piyush Chawla amongst 13 Indians in SA20 public sale
In his retirement publish, Piyush Chawla talked about that he’ll “step away from the crease”, however it looks like now he has made a U-turn and desires to play SA20 in South Africa.
Together with his retirement from Indian cricket, he turned eligible to play abroad leagues and is now aiming to get a deal in SA20, the place all of the groups are owned by IPL franchises.
Aside from Piyush Chawla, Mahesh Ahir (Gujarat), Sarul Kanwar (Punjab), Anureet Singh Kathuria (Delhi), Nikhil Jaga (Rajasthan), Mohamed Faidh (state not talked about), KS Naveen (Tamil Nadu), Ansari Marouf (state not talked about), Imran Khan (UPCA), Venkatesh Galipelly (state not talked about), Atul Yadav (UPCA), Siddarth Kaul (Punjab) and Ankit Rajpoot are a part of the checklist that will likely be trimmed, as per Cricbuzz.
Chawla has set his base value as 1,000,000 Rand, whereas the opposite Indians have a base value of 200,000 Rand, besides Imran Khan, who has a base value of 500,000 Rand.
Notably, the present Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) coach Dinesh Karthik is the one participant from India to have featured in SA20 to date.
40 Pakistani gamers register for SA20 public sale
The SA20 Season 4 Participant Public sale will likely be held in Johannesburg on Tuesday, September 9, and a complete of 784 gamers have signed up for the occasion.
Out of these, a complete of 40 Pakistani gamers have registered for the public sale, together with Azam Khan, Imam-ul-Haq, Abrar Ahmed, and Saim Ayub. 150 gamers from England have additionally registered for the occasion.
For the upcoming SA20 public sale, the groups have been given a wage cap of R41-million to spend on the gamers, and it’s the highest franchise T20 League wage cap outdoors of India. Additionally, every staff has 19 participant slots of their closing squad, together with a Wildcard.
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