Betway SA20 2023: Why has the league been postponed? Checkout the reason here
After non-stop Cricketing action for the past 15 days, the SA20 2023 league will take a week long break, and will resume from February 2 onwards, with the match between Durban Super Giants (DSG) and MI Cape Town (MICT).
The reason for the break is that England is scheduled to tour South Africa for a three-match ODI series, with the first match set to take place on January 27, at the Manguang Oval in Bloemfontein.
The 16-man Proteas squad will assemble in the city from January 24-25, with the last ODI scheduled to take place on February 1, at the Diamond Oval in Kimberley.
Apart from skipper Temba Bavuma, all the 15 players in the South Africa squad are part of the SA20 league.
Take a look at the SA20 2023 time-table
Also take a look at the most recent Points Table
| Team | Match | Win | Loss | NRR |
| Pretoria Capitals | 7 | 5 | 2 | +2.027 |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 8 | 4 | 4 | +0.508 |
| Paarl Royals | 8 | 4 | 4 | +0.050 |
| Joburg Super Kings | 7 | 4 | 3 | -0.923 |
| MI Cape Town | 7 | 3 | 4 | -0.111 |
| Durban’s Super Giants | 7 | 2 | 5 | -1.602 |
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Usually, when you take into account any franchise-based T20 league, there is no long break during the competition. Of course, when there was COVID, even big leagues such as the IPL had to discontinue. However, it is surprising that a new tournament like SA20 will be on a week-long break, despite its popularity hitting its peak.
England and South Africa will be involved in a three-match ODI series between Jan 27th and Feb 1st. This is a series that must happen given the ODI World Cup is not too far away. For South Africa, especially, this series will be very important. This was scheduled in advance and hence, SA20 will not happen during this week since most of the popular Proteas cricketers will play in this ODI assignment.
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