Pretoria Capitals vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape in SA20 final today:Winning team to receive ₹18.49 crore, second-highest prize money after IPL

The final match of the fourth season of South Africa’s T20 league SA20 will be played today at Newlands ground between Pretoria Capitals and Sunrisers Eastern Cape. Defending champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape have reached the final in every season so far and the team has won the title twice consecutively. Meanwhile, Pretoria Capitals have reached the final for the second consecutive time and will take to the field on Sunday with the aim of winning their first title. The SA20 final is set to start at 7:00 PM IST. The prize money on offer is R32.5 million, which in Indian rupees amounts to about ₹18.49 crore. The prize money of the SA20 league is the second-largest prize money in the world after the IPL. Sunrisers Eastern Cape performed brilliantly in the league stage and secured the first position in the points table, while Pretoria Capitals finished second. However, in the first qualifier, Pretoria Capitals defeated Sunrisers Eastern Cape to directly enter the final. The Tristan Stubbs-led Sunrisers secured their spot in the final by defeating Paarl Royals in the second qualifier. Sunrisers Eastern Cape wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock is the highest run-scorer this season. He has scored 372 runs in 10 innings. Meanwhile, Sherfane Rutherford has been the most successful batsman for Pretoria Capitals, scoring 317 runs in 9 innings. Talking about bowling, Pretoria Capitals captain Keshav Maharaj is the highest wicket-taker for his team in SA20 2026. He has taken 11 wickets in 11 matches. On the other hand, Anrich Nortje of Sunrisers Eastern Cape is the team’s top wicket-taker with 17 wickets. Sunrisers have a chance for a title hat-trick Led by captain Tristan Stubbs, Sunrisers Eastern Cape has reached the final for the fourth consecutive time. The team has a golden opportunity to defend the title as well as achieve a historic hat-trick. Before the final, Stubbs said, ‘The final is always exciting. We will stick to our old strategy and play according to the conditions. Our aim will be to continuously put pressure on the opposing team.’ Keshav Maharaj has a chance to settle scores For Pretoria Capitals captain Keshav Maharaj, this match is also very special personally. In the final of the second season of SA20, when he was the captain of Durban Super Giants, he had to face defeat against the same Sunrisers team. Maharaj said, ‘Sunrisers have played the final four times, we will have to match their experience and energy. With the arrival of players like Dewald Brevis and Sherfane Rutherford, our team now looks quite balanced.’ Winning team to get ₹18.49 crore The winning team of the SA20 league will receive a prize money of 32.5 million Rand (approximately ₹18.49 crore). This is the second-largest prize money offered in any franchise cricket league in the world after the IPL. In addition, a total of 70 million Rand (approximately ?70 crore) will be distributed among the remaining teams. Pretoria Capitals Squad Andre Russell, Keshav Maharaj (Captain), Lizaad Williams, Roston Chase, Tymal Mills, Wihan Lubbe, Shai Hope (Wicketkeeper), Lungi Ngidi, Senuran Muthusamy, Keith Dudgeon, Junaid Dawood, Sherfane Rutherford, Gideon Peters, Corbin Bosch, Jordan Cox (Wicketkeeper), Will Smeed, Bryce Parsons, Dewald Brevis, Conor Esterhuizen, Mika-eel Prince. Sunrisers Eastern Cape Squad Adam Milne, Lewis Gregory, Jonny Bairstow (wicketkeeper), Chris Wood, Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Patrick Kruger, Anrich Nortje, Senuran Muthusamy, Chris Green, Lutho Sipamla, Matthew Breetzke, Tharindu Ratnayake, Mitchell van Buuren, Beyers Swanepoel, Marco Jansen, Tristan Stubbs (captain, wicketkeeper), Jordan Hermann, James Coles, Allah Ghazanfar, J.P. King, Christopher King.