The CSA T20 Challenge is a domestic
Twenty20 Cricket
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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
2010–11 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
Titans
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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,
Zimbabwe
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took part as a seventh side. In April 2019,
Cricket South Africa
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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
Mzansi Super League
The Mzansi Super League (MSL) was a Twenty20 cricket (T20) franchise league held in South Africa. The competition was established in 2018 by Cricket South Africa (CSA) as a replacement for the failed T20 Global League, but only two editions wer ...
, which had its first edition in 2018.
The tournament was however played during February 2021, with all the matches taking place at the
Kingsmead Cricket Ground in
Durban
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Situated on the east coast of South ...
. It replaced the 2020 edition of the
Mzansi Super League
The Mzansi Super League (MSL) was a Twenty20 cricket (T20) franchise league held in South Africa. The competition was established in 2018 by Cricket South Africa (CSA) as a replacement for the failed T20 Global League, but only two editions wer ...
, which was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Teams
Former teams:
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Zimbabwe
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(2007–08 season)
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Impi
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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
Champions League Twenty20.
Ground
References
External links
Cricket South Africa
{{Champions League Twenty20
South African domestic cricket competitions
Twenty20 cricket competitions