The CSA T20 Challenge is a domestic

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competition in South Africa, first contested in the 2003–04 season. It was previously known as the Standard Bank Pro20 Series until the

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season, the MiWay T20 Challenge for the 2011–12 season and most recently as the RamSlam T20 Challenge. The current champions are the Imperial Lions, whilst the

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have been the most successful with 6 title wins. The tournament has been contested since its inception by the six franchise teams but for the 2007–08 season,

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took part as a seventh side. In April 2019,

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announced that the 2018–19 tournament would be the final edition of the T20 Challenge, due to austerity measures and a restructure of domestic cricket in the country. The competition was effectively replaced as a top cricket league with a franchise-based T20 tournament, the

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, which had its first edition in 2018. The tournament was however played during February 2021, with all the matches taking place at the

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. It replaced the 2020 edition of the

, which was cancelled due to the

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Teams

Former teams: *

(2007–08 season) *

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(2011–12 season) * Cape Cobra (season)

Tournament results

Notes *Starting with the 2008–09 season until the 2013–14 season, the winning and runner-up teams would qualify for the

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Ground

References

External links

Cricket South Africa
{{Champions League Twenty20 South African domestic cricket competitions Twenty20 cricket competitions