Piyush Chawla enters SA20 public sale after retirement from skilled cricket

The 36-year-old former India Nationwide Cricket Crew and Mumbai Indians (MI) leg-spinner Piyush Chawla has registered himself for the upcoming SA20 public sale.

Piyush Chawla just isn’t the one Indian to enter the SA20 public sale, as there are 12 extra Indian gamers who can be up for grabs in the course of the occasion in South Africa.

Piyush Chawla retired from skilled cricket on June 6, 2025

On June 6, Piyush Chawla introduced his retirement from skilled cricket, ending his profession that spanned over 20 years. He performed three Checks, 25 ODIs, and 7 T20Is for India and 192 matches within the Indian Premier League (IPL).

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Chawla represented 4 groups within the Indian Premier League (IPL) – Mumbai Indians (MI), Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK), Punjab Kings (PBKS), and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – and had a profitable profession.

The leg-spinner, who was a part of India’s T20 World Cup-winning squad and ODI World Cup-winning squad, wished to play IPL 2025 however went unsold within the public sale and was lately seen in motion within the World Championship of Legends.

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Piyush Chawla amongst 13 Indians in SA20 public sale

In his retirement put up, Piyush Chawla talked about that he’ll “step away from the crease”, however it looks like now he has made a U-turn and needs to play SA20 in South Africa.

Along with his retirement from Indian cricket, he turned eligible to play abroad leagues and is now aiming to get a deal in SA20, the place all of the groups are owned by IPL franchises.

Apart from Piyush Chawla, Mahesh Ahir (Gujarat), Sarul Kanwar (Punjab), Anureet Singh Kathuria (Delhi), Nikhil Jaga (Rajasthan), Mohamed Faidh (state not talked about), KS Naveen (Tamil Nadu), Ansari Marouf (state not talked about), Imran Khan (UPCA), Venkatesh Galipelly (state not talked about), Atul Yadav (UPCA), Siddarth Kaul (Punjab) and Ankit Rajpoot are a part of the listing that can be trimmed, as per Cricbuzz.

Chawla has set his base worth as 1,000,000 Rand, whereas the opposite Indians have a base worth of 200,000 Rand, besides Imran Khan, who has a base worth of 500,000 Rand.

Notably, the present Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) coach Dinesh Karthik is the one participant from India to have featured in SA20 thus far.

40 Pakistani gamers register for SA20 public sale

The SA20 Season 4 Participant Public sale can be held in Johannesburg on Tuesday, September 9, and a complete of 784 gamers have signed up for the occasion.

Out of these, a complete of 40 Pakistani gamers have registered for the public sale, together with Azam Khan, Imam-ul-Haq, Abrar Ahmed, and Saim Ayub. 150 gamers from England have additionally registered for the occasion.

For the upcoming SA20 public sale, the groups have been given a wage cap of R41-million to spend on the gamers, and it’s the highest franchise T20 League wage cap outdoors of India. Additionally, every group has 19 participant slots of their ultimate squad, together with a Wildcard.

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