Who are the other international stars involved in the SA20?

Among the six teams involved in the SA20 are a multitude of top-class players from across the world.

South Africa seamers Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje will play for MI Cape Town and Pretoria Capitals, while batters David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen will be at Paarl Royals and Durban's Super Giants. Current T20 captain Aiden Markram will play for Sunrisers Eastern Cape.

Other big names include distinguished batter Faf du Plessis who captains Joburg Super Kings and former Test wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock, who will play for Super Giants, but Test captain Temba Bavuma is not featuring in the tournament again.

Afghanistan players were popular with superstar leg-spinner Rashid Khan returning to captain MI Cape Town alongside all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz will join the Capitals, while fast bowler Naveen-ul Haq and left-arm spinner Noor Ahmed both head to Super Giants. Finally, Paarl Royals bagged off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

Former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will make his SA20 debut at Super Giants, while fellow Kiwis Devon Conway (Joburg Super Kings), Trent Boult (MI Cape Town) and Jimmy Neesham (Capitals) also feature.

West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph was snapped up by Super Giants, along with opening batter Brandon King, while Evin Lewis will play for Pretoria Capitals.

Other players include Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis (Super Giants), Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana and seamer Matheesha Pathirana (both Super Kings) and India's Dinesh Karthik (Royals).