CAPE TOWN – Bran­don King and Gu­dakesh Motie were the on­ly two West In­dies play­ers picked up in the 2025/26 SA20 auc­tion, which took place in South Africa on Tues­day.

While 28 West In­di­ans sub­mit­ted their names for the auc­tion, with Sea­son 4 of the T20 tour­na­ment set to bowl off on De­cem­ber 26, 2025, on­ly Motie and King were draft­ed.

Motie, a left-arm spin­ner, was picked up by the Paarl Roy­als for R375,000 (US$21,437.41), while King, an ex­plo­sive bats­man, was bought by the Joburg Su­per Kings for R200,000 (US$11,435.62).

They will be joined by sev­er­al oth­er West In­di­ans, who were picked up pri­or to the auc­tion.

Nicholas Pooran was a pre-sign­ing for MI Cape Town, while the Su­per Kings and Pre­to­ria Cap­i­tals se­cured the ser­vices of Akeal Ho­sein and Sher­fane Ruther­ford, re­spec­tive­ly, via pre-sign­ings.

Sunil Nar­ine was al­so a pre-sign­ing for Dur­ban’s Su­per Gi­ants, while An­dre Rus­sell was picked up by the Cap­i­tals as a wild card.

CMC