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As Cape Town steps into the festive Christmas season and builds excitement for&nbsp;SA20 2026 season, reigning champions MI Cape Town are taking the coveted silverware to the people with a vibrant Trophy Tour across Cape Town’s most iconic and high-footfall destinations including Cape&nbsp;Gate Shopping Centre, Canal Walk Shopping Centre and Kenilworth Centre starting 6th&nbsp;December 2025.&nbsp;Inspired by MI’s global #OneFamily spirit, the tour brings the championship silverware closer to the fans who fuelled the team’s remarkable 2025 title run.The Trophy Tour aims to spark excitement among the fans ahead of the new season and strengthen the emotional bond between the team and the community. Fans can expect an immersive experience featuring a secure trophy display, a selfie zone with live photo printing, interactive trivia sessions, and high-energy engagement running crowd games, giveaways, and a Cape Town-inspired playlist.With fan quizzes, exclusive prizes like signed merchandise, and appearances at major shopping destinations, the Trophy Tour promises to be a citywide celebration of&nbsp;festive spirit, passion, and championship glory, adding Christmas cheer to the build-up for the new season.MI Cape Town Trophy Tour Schedule:<figure class="table"><table><tbody><tr><td style="border:1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:134.3pt;">Day/ Date</td><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:windowtext;border-left-style:none;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:solid;border-width:1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:70.85pt;">Time</td><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:windowtext;border-left-style:none;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:solid;border-width:1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:4.0cm;">Venue</td></tr><tr><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:windowtext;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:134.3pt;">Saturday, 6th Dec 2025</td><td style="border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left-style:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-top-style:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:70.85pt;" rowspan="3">2-4 PM</td><td style="border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left-style:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-top-style:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:4.0cm;">Cape Gate</td></tr><tr><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:windowtext;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:134.3pt;">Saturday, 13th Dec 2025</td><td style="border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left-style:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-top-style:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:4.0cm;">Canal Walk</td></tr><tr><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:windowtext;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:134.3pt;">Monday, 15th Dec 2025</td><td style="border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-left-style:none;border-right:1.0pt solid windowtext;border-top-style:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:4.0cm;">Kenilworth</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>

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Reigning champs MI Cape Town bring Christmas cheer with festive Trophy Tour

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Thomas Kaber, the South African all-rounder, returns to MI Cape Town as a replacement for Tabraiz Shamsi, who is unavailable for the season due to personal reasons.He's a hugely experienced Protean lad, having made his domestic debut for the Northerns way back in 2009. An aggressive middle-order bat, a left-arm wrist-spinner, he's the complete package!&nbsp;He's no stranger to the #OneFamily, having been part of the MI Cape Town squad for the last two seasons, including the season three title win. We're super excited to have you back, TK!&nbsp;

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Thomas Kaber signs with MI Cape Town for SA20 Season 4

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Few growth trajectories are this sharp. Fewer are as heartwarming. Tristan Luus is 20. He can already boast of two major Franchise cricket title wins in his CV. He can also boast of triggering a bidding war in the express round at the SA20 Auction.&nbsp;To think it was only a year ago when he was drafted into the South African under-19 World Cup squad as an injury replacement.The Blue and Gold weren’t letting go of him. What began as a Rookie Draft pick in season 3 turned into a full blown hard Auction fight to ensure Luus’ homecoming in season 4. How were his nerves when the paddles kept going up?“It’s actually a funny story,” he tells micapetown.co.za in an exclusive chat. “I was on the field when the Auction was going on. I was playing for South Africa A versus New Zealand A. It was the third day of the four day match. We were fielding at the time of the Auction, so everyone was quite nervous. We could get our phones only after the day’s play, and that is when I saw all the messages. So I kind of realized a few hours after everyone else.”“When I realized I was back with MI Cape Town, I was absolutely stoked. It is unbelievable to be back. It’s the franchise I want to play for. It’s the team I want to be involved with. I’m super grateful, super happy to be back. Last year was simply one of the best tours of my life. It was unbelievable.”Rashid Khan, Trent Boult, Rassie van der Dussen, Reeza Hendricks, Hashim Amla, Robin Peterson, Mitchell McClenaghan. It’s an impressive list of men for Tristan to have rubbed shoulders with and picked brains of. Equally intimidating.&nbsp;“The whole month was unbelievable. My first impression, I’m not going to lie, I was very nervous getting into the camp. I was a young player coming in and then you see all these players you’ve watched and then suddenly you’re in a team with them. My nerves were through the roof,” he said.&nbsp;Meanwhile MI Cape Town were on a winning roll. It felt different in Newlands given the disappointments of the first two seasons. But the story of season 3 was that of domination. Domination turned into a winning juggernaut that just wouldn’t stop.&nbsp;“I backed the team from day one. We went on a winning streak in the middle after we lost one game at the start. It would take a really good team to beat us. We played good cricket in and out. We never stopped. We had the will to win this thing. I am just grateful to be part of a team that won this thing. I was also pretty nervous throughout the competition because it is a very big step in a lot of cricketers’ careers,” Tristan said.&nbsp;You can’t not fall in love with Luus’ bowling action. There’s a nice throwback feel to it. Nostalgic for an entire generation.&nbsp;“Dale Steyn is my cricketing hero. He is the guy I look up to. I’m not going to lie, I hadn’t noticed I bowl a lot like Dale Steyn until people showed me and told me my action and my run-up were quite similar. Only then it came into my mind and I thought, ‘Jeez, I’m actually bowling a little bit like him’. I think he’s one of the best bowlers&nbsp; to ever live in my opinion and I am taking the small things away into my game, like his aggression, and slowly make my action and game as smooth as he had. But there are a lot of similarities. I also watched a lot of videos of him. I’m just trying to do the small things what he did right.”&nbsp;They might be small things, but it’s leading Tristan Luus to making big strides. As he comes back home, we cannot wait for the strides to turn into a soar!

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Interview | “Absolutely stoked to be back, MICT is the franchise I want to play for”: Tristan Luus on his homecoming

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The old, the new, the tried and proven, the young and exciting.&nbsp;MI Cape Town’s squad of 19 at the end of a marathon mega Auction for the SA20 season 4 is here and we have the perfect mix for you. Let’s dive right in and say hello to the men who are all set to give it their all for the Mother City and defend our crown.&nbsp;<figure class="table"><table><tbody><tr><td>1.</td><td>Rassie van der Dussen</td><td>R5.2 million</td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td>Reeza Hendricks</td><td>R500,000</td></tr><tr><td>3.&nbsp;</td><td>Dwaine Pretorius&nbsp;</td><td>R650,000</td></tr><tr><td>4.&nbsp;</td><td>Tristan Luus</td><td>R650,000</td></tr><tr><td>5.&nbsp;</td><td>Jason Smith</td><td>R500,000</td></tr><tr><td>6.&nbsp;</td><td>Tom Moores</td><td>R200,000</td></tr><tr><td>7.</td><td>Dane Piedt&nbsp;</td><td>R200,000</td></tr><tr><td>8.</td><td>Tian van Vuuren</td><td>R1 million</td></tr><tr><td>9.</td><td>Dan Lategan</td><td>R400,000</td></tr><tr><td>10.</td><td>Tabraiz Shamsi</td><td>R500,000</td></tr><tr><td>11.</td><td>Karim Janat</td><td>R1 million</td></tr><tr><td>12.</td><td>Jacques Snyman</td><td>R200,000</td></tr><tr><td>13.</td><td>Trent Boult</td><td>Retained</td></tr><tr><td>14.</td><td>Rashid Khan</td><td>Retained</td></tr><tr><td>15.</td><td>Ryan Rickleton</td><td>Retained</td></tr><tr><td>16.</td><td>George Linde</td><td>Retained</td></tr><tr><td>17.</td><td>Corbin Bosch</td><td>Retained</td></tr><tr><td>18.</td><td>Kagiso Rabada</td><td>Wild Card</td></tr><tr><td>19.</td><td>Nicholas Pooran</td><td>Pre-signing</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>&nbsp;

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Welkom to MI Cape Town, #SquadOfSeason4

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Of all the talking points in the mega Auction ahead of the fourth season of SA20 where most teams had a bit of a revamp, the most prominent from an MI Cape Town perspective was the return of the three Rs who played a major role in the team’s title march last season – Rassie van der Dussen, Ryan Rickelton and Reeza Hendricks - at the top of the order.&nbsp;MICT Head Coach, Robin Peterson, was equally excited. “Very happy. A lot of things we planned for, we managed to pull off today. We didn’t get one or two players from last year that we wanted, but that’s okay. We are pretty happy with the team we have going into the fourth season. Exciting times,” he said in a post-auction chat with the broadcaster.&nbsp;“Rassie and Ricks (Rickelton) at the top of the order set the tone. They have been formidable for the last two years. We feel they are just getting better and better as a partnership, so we just wanted to keep that continuity. It’s so important in South Africa to play the new ball, we felt that was a very important piece in what we wanted to do today.”With a mix of old faces coming back and some new faces waiting to explode in the Blue and Gold, we should be for another cracking season of the SA20 where we go all out to defend our crown!

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“Very happy, pulled off a lot of what we had planned for”: Head Coach, Robin Peterson

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And that would be that! MI Cape Town's #BatchOfSeason4 is here, ready to defend our title and paint the Rainbow Nation in our Blue and Gold! We had retained our core from last year, brought back a number of familiar faces and have spruced it up with some new ones. Oh, could we be more excited?! Bring on December already, please!&nbsp;<hr>Karim Janat, the wily Afghan all-rounder with the experience of playing around the world, is now set to conquer Cape Town. He comes at his base price of 1million Rand. Jacques Snyman, the Pretoria all-rounder will have his first taste of the SA20 and the #OneFamily, getting snapped up in the second express round for 200K Rand.&nbsp;7:45pm local time: The mystery man with some magic in his celebrations. The Artist. The Entertainer. The Bamboozler. Tabraiz Shamsi, the crafty left-arm wrist-spinner is how set to give it a rip at Newlands and fox batters left, right and center. 500K Rand.&nbsp;7:15pm local time: Tiaan van Vuuren causes the first bidding war in the Express set, so much so that his price jumps from 200,000 Rand to a whopping 1 million Rand. This 24-year-old all-rounder is all set to laugh his way to the bank with an MI Cape Town Blue and Gold around his chest. Yep, we've snapped him after a tough fight with JSK. And the immediate next pick, Dan Lategan - the Western Cape born, Worcestershire bred lad - is also ours, at 400K Rand, a war we win against the Paarl Royals.&nbsp;Here's a recap of how our #BatchOfSeason4 looks like:&nbsp;Retained: Trent Boult, Rashid Khan, Ryan Rickleton, George Linde, Corbin Bosch Wild Card: Kagiso Rabada Pre-signing: Nicholas Pooran At the auction: Rassie van der Dussen (R5.2 million), Reeza Hendricks (R500,000), Dwaine Pretorius (R650,000), Tristan Luus (R650,000), Jason Smith (R500,000), Tom Moores (R200,000), Dane Piedt (R200,000)<hr>6:30pm local time: It's Accelerated Auction time! Brace up for some quick picks and last minute shopping. We still have slots for five players (one of whom needs to be an under-23 player) with 3.6M Rand left in the bank. All franchises have been asked to give a list of up to ten players who they'd like to see re-appear in the Auction.&nbsp;6:25pm local time: Well, well, well. From Rassie to Reeza to Tristan to Dane Piedt. The veteran, the man with the golden arm, with the Midas touch, will stay put for 200,000 Rand. We aren't letting him go anywhere! The #OneFamily is growing!Things are moving rather quickly here. The Moores are a popular cricketing family in England, and we have one of them joining the MICT ranks. Tom Moores, a ‘keeper-batter from Nottingham and also son of former England croach Peter Moores, comes over at 200K Rand. He’s going to love working in tandem with fellow southpaw-keeper, Ryan Rickelton.&nbsp;<hr>Slots remaining: 7 | Purse remaining: 4M Rand6:00pm local time: Born in Cape Town, will play for Cape Town! Jason Smith, fresh from his recent promotion to the Proteas senior squad, is all set to play for the Mother City, his city, our city. A homecoming, literally! He joins for his base price of 500K Rand.&nbsp;5:40pm local time: From the Rookie Draft in season 3 to the Auction in season 4 - Tristan Luus, the young promising quick, stays in MI Cape Town for 650K Rand. Oh we're loving' it. Newlands, excited already!!A gun batter, a gun bowler, a gun fielder, a gun guy! Dwaine Pretorius, the South African pro, is all set to come to Cape Town at 650K Rand. He's all set to add some muscle to our middle-order. Fun fact: He holds the record for the best bowling figures by a South African in international T20s - 5/17.&nbsp;4:30pm local time: Oh, some further 2025 deja vu! Reeza Hendricks, another familiar face from our championship winning season, is back. The three Rs are intact: Rassie, Ryan, Reeza. 500k Rand, his base price, he comes home uncontested.&nbsp;<hr>RASSIE IS BACK!!!! The Rassie-Ryan combo at the top of the order that kept notching up big stands is all set to do the same in season 4. Rassie van der Dussen, welcome back to the Blue and Gold. He did attract a fair bidding war, but we weren't letting him go. He's ours at 5.2 million Rand.&nbsp;2:30pm local time: Some breakneck action out there in the middle. Big names have come, big money has been splurged. MI Cape Town have been rather watchful. It's coming, it's coming..2pm local time: Threeee, twoooo, oneee, WE ARE LIVE. Tell us your dream list, Kaapstad!&nbsp;<hr>And for everything MICT, <a href="https://micapetown.co.za/news/rules-slots-reserve-price-all-your-faqs-for-the-sa20-season-4-auction-answered">here’s your cheat sheet</a> with all your FAQs answered:&nbsp;So here’s the run-order for the day:<ul><li>The Auction begins at 2pm local time &nbsp;</li><li>A total of 546 players have registered themselves for the 84 slots available across teams &nbsp;</li><li>There are three Marquee sets comprising of seven players each, followed by two sets of batters, fast bowlers, spin bowlers, wicket-keepers and all-rounders &nbsp;</li><li>Once done, we would move into an express auction round where the players unsold in the first round could re-enter potentially as well &nbsp;</li><li>The players have selected reserve (base) prices for themselves as follows: 200000 Rand, 500000 Rand, 1000000 Rand and 1500000 Rand.&nbsp;</li></ul><hr>1:30pm local time: IT’S AUCTION DAY.&nbsp;Selling once, selling twice, AND SOLD. We have a crown to defend, the crown of champions, and it all starts here. Tonight. With 11.5million Rand in our kitty and 12 players to purchase, we are in for a shopping spree. We’ve retained our core from the winning 2024 squad, and we could potentially be getting a few of them back from the auction. Oh, we are in for a rollercoaster of an evening. And this is your space for all the buys, the misses, the oh-so-there, steals and all that happens around the gavel in Jo’burg from an MI Cape Town lens, with some fun hopefully along the way. Stay tuned, live action isn’t far away .. &nbsp;

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MICT @ SA20 Season 4 Auction: Rassie, Reeza BACK in the Blue and Gold - As it happened

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Can I smell an Auction?Indeed, and that’s precisely why we’re here. Season 4 of the SA20 is here and we are set for a bit of a rejig. This is a mega auction, and as the defending champions, we are super excited about building our team of superstars that will help us bring back our crown to the Mother City.&nbsp;Okay, I’m excited already! When and where is it happening?September 9, 2025 in Johannesburg, starting at 13:30 SAST. Richard Madley, the GOAT auctioneer would be conducting proceedings with his gavel.&nbsp;Who have MI Cape Town retained and how many slots remain?A total of seven players have been retained/pre-signed. Ryan Rickelton (retained), George Linde (retained), Corbin Bosch (retained), Rashid Khan (retained), Trent Boult (retained), Nicholas Pooran (pre-signed), Kagiso Rabada (wildcard).&nbsp;This leaves us with a maximum of 12 slots remaining to be filled, with a maximum of four overseas players and two under-23 players.So what do we need and how much money do we have in the purse?MI Cape Town have retained a large chunk of the core players from the winning squad of season 3. With 11.5million Rand still left in the purse, we need to fill up a large chunk of our batting order.What’s the under-23 rule?Each team would need to have at least two under-23 players within their ranks. We won’t be having the Rookie Draft this year.&nbsp;Got it! What’s going to be the day’s run-order?A total of 550 players have registered for the Auction. There are three Marquee sets comprising of seven players each, followed by two sets of batters, fast bowlers, spin bowlers, wicket-keepers and all-rounders. Once done, we would move into an express auction round where the players unsold in the first round could re-enter potentially as well. The players have selected reserve (base) prices for themselves as follows: 200000 Rand, 500000 Rand, 1000000 Rand and 1500000 Rand.&nbsp;

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Rules, slots, reserve price…All your FAQs for the SA20 Season 4 Auction answered

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Here’s our chance to defend our title at home! The iconic Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town, the home of MI Cape Town, is all set to the host the Final of the fourth season of the SA20 on January 25, 2026.&nbsp;Durban would play host to the first Qualifier, with the two Highveld grounds playing host to the other two playoff games – Centurion with the Eliminator and Jo’burg with the second Qualifier. Mark your calendars:&nbsp;Qualifier 1 (Durban) – January 21, 2026 | 17:30 local timeEliminator (Centurion) – January 22, 2026 | 17:30 local timeQualifier 2 (Johannesburg) – January 23, 2026 | 17:30 local timeFinal (Cape Town) – January 25 2026 | 15:30 local time&nbsp;Oh, we simply cannot wait to get back on the field. The season comes early this year, with things kicking off on Boxing Day (December 26, 2025). What better than getting the chance to defend our crown with our loyal Fam right behind us!&nbsp;

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Woohoo! Newlands set to host the SA20 Season 4 Final

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Fresh off a historic maiden SA20 championship title in 2025,&nbsp;MI Cape Town has announced its list of retained players keeping a strong core of local and international talent as they gear up to defend their crown in the upcoming 2026 season.A total of six players — four domestic and two international — have been retained, all of whom played a pivotal role in the team’s success in 2025, not only in SA20 but also across the broader Mumbai Indians global system.Among the South African contingent, Ryan Rickelton and George Linde continue their journey with MI Cape Town into a fourth successive season, while Corbin Bosch, who joined the squad last season, also returns. Kagiso Rabada has been signed as the franchise’s wildcard player, adding further firepower to the local lineup.Leading the international roster is Rashid Khan, captain of MI Cape Town’s title-winning squad in SA20 2025, who will be back alongside Trent Boult. The duo played an instrumental role in securing the team’s maiden championship. Joining them will be pre-signed Nicholas Pooran, who is set to make his debut for MI Cape Town in 2026.This retained core reflects the franchise’s belief in continuity, performance, and its mission to nurture a winning culture both on and off the field.MI Cape Town would like to thank the players for their commitment and dedication to the journey and the title winning run last year and wish them the best.

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ANNOUNCED for SA20 season 4: MICT's retentions, wild card, pre-signing

Yayyyyy!!! The dates, your dates for MI Cape Town’s fixtures in the fourth edition of the SA20 are here. Quick, grab you pen and paper, think of the excuses you’ll be pulling off to be at the grounds in your Blue and Gold, and save the dates.&nbsp;The season will be off to a bumper opening on Boxing Day – 26th December 2025 – with defending champions MI Cape Town hosting Durban’s Super Giants at our home, Newlands. We are set to face DSG, the Paarl Royals, Joburg Super Kings and the Sunrisers Eastern Cape in back-to-back home and away fixtures, making it for some serious viewing.&nbsp;The Final of the competition will take place on 25 January 2026, with Qualifier 1 scheduled for 21 January, the Eliminator on 22 January and Qualifier 2 on 23 January. Venues for the Final and the Playoffs will be confirmed on a later date.Okay, here’s our full schedule:&nbsp;26 December 2025 | 17:30 SAST: MI Cape Town vs Durban’s Super Giants&nbsp;28 December 2025 | 15:30 SAST: Durban’s Super Giants vs MI Cape Town&nbsp;31 December 2025 | 17:30 SAST: MI Cape Town vs Pretoria Capitals2 January 2026 | 17:30 SAST: Paarl Royals vs MI Cape Town&nbsp;4 January 2026 | 15:30 SAST: MI Cape Town vs Paarl Royals6 January 2026 | 17:30 SAST: MI Cape Town vs Joburg Super Kings&nbsp;10 January 2026 | 17:30 SAST: Joburg Super Kings vs MI Cape Town12 January 2026 | 17:30 SAST: Pretoria Capitals vs MI Cape Town16 January 2026 | 17:30 SAST: MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape&nbsp;18 January 2026 | 15:30 SAST: Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs MI Cape Town&nbsp;

The SCHEDULE for SA20 season 4 is here!! Boxing Day, here we come

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The cape of Champions. The threads of passion. The iconic Blue and Gold. MI city and its stars … woven in MI Cape Town’s colours. The Christmas present has come early!&nbsp;With just over a week to go for season 4 of the SA20 kicking off on Boxing Day, the excitement is only set to go up a notch with this jersey being unveiled. On a beautiful Newlands evening, the rays of the setting sun against the Table mountain will get the Gold dazzling on our Samurai Cloak as the Blue shines bright!Kaapstad, see you at the Cricket!&nbsp;

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Interview | “Absolutely stoked to be back, MICT is the franchise I want to play for”: Tristan Luus on his homecoming