Lhuan-dre Pretorius announced himself to the SA20 with a blistering innings of 97 off 51 balls to help the Paarl Royals kick of their campaign with a 9-wicket win against the Sunrisers Eastern Cape.
Delano Potgieter starred with bat and ball while Dewald Brevis struck a fifty to help MI Cape Town thrash defending champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape by 97 runs in the SA20 opener in Gqeberha.
Home team and back-to-back reigning SA20 champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape will kickstart the new season when they welcome MI Cape Town to their Gqeberha backyard.
The Sunrisers Eastern Cape will be looking for a hat-trick of titles when the third season of the SA20 gets underway on Thursday with the defending champions taking on MI Cape Town in Gqeberha.
Proteas batter Reeza Hendricks will be playing for MI Cape Town in season three of next year's SA20 after attracting a bid of R4.3 million at the player auction held in Cape Town.
Defending champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape will host MI Cape Town at St George's Park in Gqberha to kick off the third season of the SA20 on 9 January.