SA20 Full schedule: List of all SA20 matches, venues and match timings in IST

The inaugural edition of Cricket South Africa's franchise-based league, the SA20 is set to kickstart on January 10, 2023, with a match between MI Cape Town and the Paarl Royals. The Western Cape Derby is scheduled to be played at MI Cape Town's home ground, Newlands Cricket Ground.

The Mumbai Indians (MI)-owned franchise have a star-studded squad that boasts the likes of Rashid Khan, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, and Sam Curran.

The Paarl Royals, the sister franchise of the IPL-based Rajasthan Royals (RR), also forged a formidable squad led by Englishmen Jos Buttler, Eoin Morgan, and Jason Roy with a strong home core as well.

A total of 33 matches are slated to be played among the six franchises. Each side will play five home and away matches in a round-robin format, with a week-long break to accommodate the ODI series between South Africa and England as part of the ODI World Cup Super League.

Expressing the delight of SA20 finally kicking off upon the completion of other formalities like the auction, League Commissioner Graeme Smith said in a statement:

"Releasing fixtures for the opening season is a milestone for us all at SA20. It’s all getting very real, we certainly can’t wait to watch the world’s best go head-to-head. Fans can look forward to the blockbuster schedule kicking off with the popular local derby between MI Cape Town and Paarl Royals on January 10."

The former South Africa captain continued:

“Fans will be able to watch the best local and international T20 stars live in action at prime viewing times for the afternoon and evening matches. This is also an ideal broadcasting slot ensuring viewers around the world can also keep up with the enthralling entertainment.”

It is to be noted that Durban's Super Giants will only play two home games post the one-week break since the Kingsmead Stadium in Durban will be in use for the ICC Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup.

As a result, from February 3, all of the remaining matches, including the final, will only take place across two venues in the form of Pretoria and Johannesburg.

The final of the inaugural SA20 will take place on Saturday, February 11, at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.

SA20 full schedule

The league recently announced the full fixture list for its inaugural edition. Here is a list of all the matches to be played among the six franchises to be crowned the first-ever SA20 champion. You can have a look at the full schedule in the spreadsheet form here.

Date	Day	SAST Time	Home	Away	Venue
10-Jan-23	Tuesday	17h30	MICT	PR	Cape Town
11-Jan-23	Wednesday	17h30	DSG	JSK	Durban
12-Jan-23	Thursday	17h30	SEC	PC	Gqeberha
13-Jan-23	Friday	13h30	PR	JSK	Paarl
13-Jan-23	Friday	17h30	MICT	DSG	Cape Town
14-Jan-23	Saturday	13h30	PC	SEC	Pretoria
14-Jan-23	Saturday	17h30	MICT	JSK	Cape Town
15-Jan-23	Sunday	13h30	DSG	PR	Durban
16-Jan-23	Monday	17h30	SEC	MICT	Gqeberha
17-Jan-23	Tuesday	13h30	PR	DSG	Paarl
17-Jan-23	Tuesday	17h30	JSK	PC	Johannesburg
18-Jan-23	Wednesday	13h30	MICT	SEC	Cape Town
18-Jan-23	Wednesday	17h30	PC	JSK	Pretoria
19-Jan-23	Thursday	17h30	PR	SEC	Paarl
20-Jan-23	Friday	17h30	DSG	PC	Durban
21-Jan-23	Saturday	13h30	PR	MICT	Paarl
21-Jan-23	Saturday	17h30	SEC	JSK	Gqeberha
22-Jan-23	Sunday	13h30	PR	PC	Paarl
22-Jan-23	Sunday	17h30	SEC	DSG	Gqeberha
23-Jan-23	Monday	17h30	MICT	PC	Cape Town
24-Jan-23	Tuesday	13h30	SEC	PR	Gqeberha
24-Jan-23	Tuesday	17h30	JSK	DSG	Johannesburg
25-Jan-23	Wednesday
26-Jan-23	Thursday
27-Jan-23	Friday
28-Jan-23	Saturday
29-Jan-23	Sunday
30-Jan-23	Monday
31-Jan-23	Tuesday
01-Feb-23	Wednesday
02-Feb-23	Thursday	17h30	DSG	MICT	Durban
03-Feb-23	Friday	13h30	JSK	PR	Johannesburg
03-Feb-23	Friday	17h30	DSG	SEC	Durban
04-Feb-23	Saturday	17h30	PC	MICT	Pretoria
05-Feb-23	Sunday	13h30	JSK	SEC	Johannesburg
05-Feb-23	Sunday	17h30	PC	DSG	Pretoria
06-Feb-23	Monday	17h30	JSK	MICT	Johannesburg
07-Feb-23	Tuesday	17h30	PC	PR	Pretoria
08-Feb-23	Wednesday	17h30	SF1	1 vs 4	Johannesburg
09-Feb-23	Thursday	17h30	SF2	2 vs 3	Pretoria
10-Feb-23	Friday	Reserve / Prep for FINAL
11-Feb-23	Saturday	16h30	FINAL		Johannesburg

SA20 venues list

The inaugural edition of the competition is slated to be played across six venues in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Gqeberha, Paarl, and Cape Town. Here is a list of all the venues to be used in the SA20 2023.

1. Newlands Stadium, Cape Town (MI Cape Town)
2. Centurion Park, Centurion (Pretoria Capitals)
3. Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban (Durban's Super Giants)
4. Wanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg (Jo'burg Super Kings)
5. Boland Park, Paarl (Paarl Royals)
6. St. George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqbehera (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)

SA20 match timings in IST

Since South Africa only follows a solitary uniform time zone, the South African Standard Time (SAST, +2:00 GMT) is three and a half hours behind India (IST; (+5:30 GMT).

The matches will take place in two different time slots. The evening matches will begin at 17:30 SAST, which translates to 21:00 IST (9 PM IST).

Whereas, the afternoon encounters, which come into play during double-headers in the weekend fixtures, will take place at 13:30 SAST, which is 16:00 IST (4 PM IST)

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