With rising enthusiasm, South Africa has just played the first match of the 5-match T20I series against India. The T20I, which was set at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, was played only a few hours after the BCCI revealed the final list of players for the IPL 2025 Mini Auction.
Therefore, the upcoming T20I series allows the players from both the teams to exhibit their skills on the platform.
The final list which has been pruned to the last 350 players has ten South Africans among them. Now let us see the players of South African T20I squad against India, who will be a part of the IPL auction on December 16 in Abu Dhabi.
David Miller, Base Price of ₹2 Crores
David Miller, the most sought after player in Delhi, is in the SA team for the T20I series. Miller has been released by the Lucknow Super Giants and has 3 games to prove his worth. However, his power-hitting has been the focal point of his appeal to the franchises looking for a lower-order batting option.
Miller has not completed his work at the T20 World Cup and is a wounded lion ahead of the next T20I. Thus, teams like CSK and KKR can take advantage of this hunger in him.
Anrich Nortje, Base Price of ₹2 Crores
Delhi Capitals signed Anrich Nortje as a replacement for Chris Woakes ahead of IPL 2020. In his first IPL season, the bowler took home Delhi Capitals’ heaviest wicket tally of 22. The right-arm fast bowler is once again looking to announce his arrival.
Lungi Ngidi, ₹2 crore base price
Lungisani Ngidi is not just a fast bowler but has also been able to outsmart the batsmen in the shorter formats due to his bowling variations.
The bowler from Durban took 11 wickets in 7 matches with an average of 14.18 during Chennai Super Kings’ title-winning campaign in 2018 and was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for TATA IPL 2025 at his base price of INR 1 Crore.
Quinton de Kock, ₹1 crore base price
One of the most unexpected players in the updated IPL 2026 auction players list, Quinton de Kock, made an eleventh-hour entry. Importantly, the wicket-keeper batsman was excluded from the previous list of 1355 names.
But, three days after his superb century in the third ODI against India, de Kock’s admission is likely to be a stratagem of one of the teams, wishing to pick an opener.
Reeza Hendricks and George Linde: ₹1 crore base price
The last two South African players on the list are Reeza Hendricks and George Linde, who are not that popular but can still make a lot of money if they grab the opportunity of the T20I series in India coming up.