Proteas batter Reeza Hendricks has lit up the first half of the SA20 player auction as he fetched the highest bid of R4.3-million in Cape Town.
Hendricks, the current back-to-back CSA T20 Player of the Year, was released from the Joburg Super Kings at the end of Season 2. The Super Kings had purchased the stylish right-hander for R4.5 in the inaugural auction two years ago.
Hendricks recent good form for the Proteas, having scored two successive T20I half-centuries against Ireland last week in Abu Dhabi, would certainly have influenced proceedings today.
MI Cape Town faced stiff competition from Pretoria Capitals as the bidding war intensified between the southern and northern teams.
Capitals, however, went over the remaining auction purse when the bidding reached R4.2 million allowing MI Cape Town to win the race to sign Hendricks. The 33-year-old will join his Lions teammates Ryan Rickleton and Rassie van der Dussen at MI Cape Town.
