MATCH NO – 26th MATCH
SERIES – SA T20 Leagues – 2024
DATE – 01st February, 2024
TIME – 09:00 PM IST
VENUE – SuperSport Park, Centurion
INTRODUCTION
South Africa league is one of the most popular & fastest growing T20 leagues in Men’s cricket. In this league many big stars like Kieron pollard, Rashid Khan, Liam Livingstone, Faf du Plessis, Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada, Sam Curran, Keshav Maharaj, Rassie van der Dussen, etc play for many frenchies.
This t20 format started from 2023 by cricket South AFrica, This is a South Africa professional t20 league and fastest growing T20 league.
South Africa T20 league 2024 has started from 10th January.26th match of South Africa T20 league will be played between Pretoria Capitals & MI Cape Town. MI Cape Town are the frenchies of Mumbai Indian, whereas Pretoria Capitals are the frenchies of Delhi Capitals.
MATCH PREVIEW
The 26th match played between Pretoria Capitals (PC) and MI Cape Town (MICT) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In this season MI Cape Town won only 2 matches and 6 matches out of 8 matches they have played yet and last position in point table, Whereas Pretoria Capitals failed to perform very poorly and won only 2 matches and lost 4 matches out of 7 matches and fifth position in point table.
Last time when both teams Pretoria Capitals and MI Cape Town played between each other MI Cape Town scored 159 runs and Pretoria Capitals chased it and won the match 1 wicket.
Pretoria Capitals as a home team have the advantage of more experience of this pitch as well. Pretoria Capitals is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. They have not proven themselves in this season yet and lost 4 matches out of 7 matches and second last position in point table.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Colin Ingram, Rilee Rossouw, Philip Salt, Will Jack, Corbin Bosch, James Neesham. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Migael Pretorius, Eathan Bosch, Adil Rashid, Daryn Dupavillion, adding depth and experience to their bowling line-up.
On the other hand MI Cape Town is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players.They have not proven themselves in this season and won only 2 matches out of 8 matches and last position in point table.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Ryan Rickelton, Rassie Van der Dussen, Dewald brevis, Liam Livingstone, Kieron Pollard, Tom Banton. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Kagiso Rabada, Samm Curran, Olly Stone, Nuwan Thushara, Beuran Hendricks, Duan Jansen adding depth and experience to their bowling line-up
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between Pretoria Capitals and MI Cape Town.
PITCH REPORT
SuperSport Park is an International cricket stadium located in Centurion, South Africa. It is owned and operated by the South Africa Cricket Board. It serves as the home ground for the Pretoria Capitals team. The stadium is in Second Capital of South Africa Centurion.First test matches was played between South Africa & England Team in 1995.First ODI match was played on this ground in 1992 between South Africa men’s team & India men’s team.First t20 match was played on this ground in 2009 between South Africa men’s Team & Australian Men’s Team.
SuperSport Park is one of the most popular grounds in the cricket world which is operated by the South Africa Cricket Board. It has a seating capacity of 25000 and has hosted various international mens’ cricket matches, including Test matches and One Day Internationals.
Overall, SuperSport Park holds a significant place in cricket history & South Africa T20 League history and continues to be a prominent venue for domestic and international cricket matches in Centurion.
This pitch has served 9 matches of South Africa T20 League and in 9 matches 7 times the first batting team won the match and 2 times second batting won the match. So toss is an important role for this match and who will win the match choose batting first.
SuperSport Park’s pitch is balanced for both departments. But this pitch is more favourable for the Batsmen.The last match witnessed the batting first side scored 125 and the second batting team failed to chase a normal score of 125 and lost the match by 3 runs.In 9 matches played 6 times the team scored 200+ runs on board.That’s shown how much this pitch favours for Batsmen.
In the initial overs, the bowling side needs to maintain a tight line and length, aiming to secure early breakthroughs to restrict the opponent to a low score. The role of pacers becomes crucial in the African conditions.But this pitch is more favourable for batsmen and Due to the small boundaries, we will see many boundaries in this match.Talking about the Par score, the team batting first should aim to score at least 200+ to be considered a competitive total.
GROUND STATS (SAT20)
| TOTAL MATCH | 10 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 185+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 07 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 02 |
| NO RESULT | 01 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 150 | 02 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 01 |
| BETWEEN 170 TO 189 | 00 |
| ABOVE SCORE 190 | 06 |
BOWLERS STATS ON SUPERSPORTS PARK (SAT20)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 09
PACER WICKETS – 90
SPINNER WICKETS – 19.
PC TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Pretoria Capital team performed very poorly in this season and won only matches out of 7 matches and second last position in the points table.
- Last match played between Pretoria Capitals & MI Cape Town, Pretoria team successfully chased 159 and won the match by 1 wicket.
- In the last match Daryn Dupavillion has taken 3 wickets & Senuran Muthusamy taken 3 wickets against Durban Supergiants
- Rilee Rossouw scored 136 runs in 6 innings in this SA T20 leagues season and second highest run scorer for Pretoria Capitals.
- Philip Salt scored 104 runs in 7 innings in this SAT20 season.
- Will Jacks has scored 177 runs and taken 6 wickets in 6 innings in this South Africa T20 season and is the highest run scorer for Pretoria Capitals.
- Daryn Dupavilion has taken 5 wickets in 3 innings in this South Africa T20 league.
- Senuran Muthusamy has taken 3 wickets in 2 innings in this South Africa T20 league season.
- Both teams played 2 matches and Pretoria Capitals won both matches against MI Cape Town.
SQUADS
Batting – Shane Daddswell, Colin Ingram, Rilee Rossouw, Matthew Boast, Steve Stolk, Philip Salt (wk), Kyle Verreynne.
Bowling – Eathan Bosch, Daryn Dupavillon, Wayne Pernell, Hardus Viljoen, Adil Rashid.
All Rounder – James Neesham ©, Will Jacks, Theunis de Bruyn, Senuran Muthusamy, Paul Stirling, Corbin Bosch, Migael Pretorius.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Philip Salt (wk), Will Jack, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Rilee Rossouw, Colin Ingram, Colin Ackerman, Senuran Muthusamy, Eathan Bosch, Adil Rashid, Wayne Parnell ©, Daryn Dupavillon.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
NOTE-: PC PLYERS RECENT INNINGS WILL BE UPDATE AFTER 24TH MATCH.
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Philip Salt | 0r, 20r, 10r, 12r, 23r. |
| Will Jack | 1W, 0r, 12+2W, 1r, 101+2W. |
| Colin Ackerman | 35+0W, 0W, 29+0W, 15+1W, 10+0W. |
| Rilee Rossouw | 13r, 1r, 0r, 11r, 82r. |
| Colin Ingram | 4r, 1r, 0r, 43r, 1r. |
| Kyle Verreynne | 17r, 9r, 8r, 72r, 15r. |
| Senuran Muthusamy | 3W, 1r, 25+0W, 0W, 15+1W. |
| Wayne Parnell | 1W, 3W, 1W, 0W, 2W. |
| Eathan Bosch | 0W, 2W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Adil Rashid | 1W, 3W, 1W, 0W, 1W. |
| Daryn Dupavillon | 3W, 0W, 2W, 0W, 1W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON SUPERSPORT PARK (SAT20)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Philip Salt | 8 INNINGS – 145 RUNS. |
| Will Jack | 5 INNINGS – 285 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Colin Ackerman | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Rilee Rossouw | 8 INNINGS – 208 RUNS. |
| Colin Ingram | 5 INNINGS – 93 RUNS. |
| Kyle Verreynne | 2 INNINGS – 12 RUNS. |
| Senuran Muthusamy | 3 INNINGS – 34 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Wayne Parnell | 5 INNINGS – 8 WICKETS. |
| Eathan Bosch | 9 INNINGS – 8 WICKETS. |
| Adil Rashid | 6 INNINGS – 10 WICKETS. |
| Daryn Dupavillon | 4 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS MICT (SAT20)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS MICT |
| Philip Salt | 9r. |
| Will Jack | 62+1W. |
| Colin Ackerman | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Rilee Rossouw | 40r, 1r. |
| Colin Ingram | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Kyle Verreynne | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Senuran Muthusamy | 25+0W, 0W. |
| Wayne Parnell | 1W, 3W. |
| Eathan Bosch | 2W, 1W. |
| Adil Rashid | 2W. |
| Daryn Dupavillon | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS MICT (SAT20)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS MICT |
| Philip Salt | 1 INNING – 9 RUNS. |
| Will Jack | 1 INNING – 62 RUNS – 1 WICKET. |
| Colin Ackerman | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Rilee Rossouw | 2 INNINGS – 41 RUNS. |
| Colin Ingram | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Kyle Verreynne | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Senuran Muthusamy | 2 INNINGS – 28 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Wayne Parnell | 2 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Eathan Bosch | 2 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Adil Rashid | 1 INNING – 2 WICKETS. |
| Daryn Dupavillon | NOT PLAYED YET. |
MICT TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- MI CapeTown team performed very poorly in this season and won only 2 matches out of 8 and last position in the points table.
- Last match played between MI Cape Town & Pretoria Capital, MI Cape Town team failed to defend a score of 159 runs and the lost the match by 1 wicket.
- In the last match against the Joburg Super Kings, MI Cape Town team scored 80 runs in 8- overs but Joburg team scored 98 runs in just 5.4 overs and MI Cape team lost the match by 10 wickets.
- In the last match only Pollard scored 33 runs in just 10 balls & Ryan Rickelton scored 23 runs in 16 balls.
- Ryan Rickelton has scored 405 runs in 8 innings with 57+average in this South Africa T20 season and is the highest run scorer in this season.
- Rassie van der Dussen has scored 247 runs in 8 innings with 30+average in this South Africa T20 season.
- Kieron Pollard scored 127 runs in 7 innings in this season.
- Kagiso Rabada has taken 6 wickets in 8 innings in this South Africa T20 league.
- Thomas Kuber has taken 7 wickets in 6 innings in this South Africa T20 league season.
- Both teams played 2 matches and MI Cape Town have lost all 2 matches against Pretoria Capitals.
SQUADS
Batting – Rassie van der Dussen, Dewald Brevis, Tom Banton (wk), Chris Benjamin(wk), Connor Esterhuizen(wk), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Grant Roelofsen(wk).
Bowling – Beuran Hendricks, Duan Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Olly Stone, Nealan van Heerden, Nuwan Thusara.
All Rounder – Delano Potgieter, Thomas Kuber, George Linde, Liam Livingstone, Kieron Pollard ©, Sam Curran.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Ryan Rickelton (wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Dewald Brevis, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Kieron pollard ©, Delano Potgieter, George Linde, Kagiso Rabada, Thomas Kuber, Nuwan Thusara.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Ryan Rickelton | 23r, 27r, 13r, 5r, 94r. |
| Rassie van der Dussen | 16r, 2r, 19r, 0r, 41r. |
| Dewald Brevis | 26r, 21r, 0r, 10r, 8r. |
| Liam Livingstone | 3r, 0W, 26+0W, 1+1W, 22r. |
| Kieron Pollard | 33r, 30+1W, 0r, 24r, 9+2W. |
| Sam Curran | 0W, 30+0W, 38+1W, 18+0W, 1W. |
| Delano Potgieter | 4r, 0r, 9r, 5r, 0r. |
| George Linde | 0W, 0W, 2W, 0W, 1W. |
| Kagiso Rabada | 0W, 2W, 0W, 0W, 1W. |
| Thomas Kaber | 1W, 2W, 1W, 3W, 0W. |
| Nuwan Thushara | 0W, 2W, 2W, 0W, 1W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON SUPERSPORTS PARK (SAT20)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Ryan Rickelton | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Rassie van der Dussen | 1 INNING – 51 RUNS. |
| Dewald Brevis | 1 INNING – 14 RUNS. |
| Liam Livingstone | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Kieron Pollard | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Sam Curran | 1 INNING – 5 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Delano Potgieter | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| George Linde | 1 INNING – 14 RUNS – NOT BOWL. |
| Kagiso Rabada | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
| Thomas Kaber | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Nuwan Thushara | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS PC (SAT20)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS PC |
| Ryan Rickelton | 11r. |
| Rassie van der Dussen | 51r, 24r. |
| Dewald Brevis | 14r, 46r. |
| Liam Livingstone | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Kieron Pollard | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Sam Curran | 5+3W, 22+0W. |
| Delano Potgieter | 1r. |
| George Linde | 14r, 6+0W. |
| Kagiso Rabada | 1W, 0W. |
| Thomas Kaber | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Nuwan Thushara | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS PC (SAT20)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS PC |
| Ryan Rickelton | 1 INNING – 11 RUNS. |
| Rassie van der Dussen | 2 INNINGS – 75 RUNS. |
| Dewald Brevis | 2 INNINGS – 60 RUNS. |
| Liam Livingstone | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Kieron Pollard | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Sam Curran | 2 INNINGS – 27 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Delano Potgieter | 1 INNING – 1 RUN. |
| George Linde | 2 INNINGS – 20 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Kagiso Rabada | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
| Thomas Kaber | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Nuwan Thushara | NOT PLAYED YET. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 02
- PC WIN – 02
- MICT WIN – 00
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – R. Rickelton, P. Salt.
BATSMEN – R. Rossouw, K. Pollard, R. van der Dussen.
ALL-ROUNDERS – L. Livingstone, G. Linde, S. Curran, W. Jacks.
BOWLERS – W. Parnell, K. Rabada.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – R. Ricketon.
BATSMEN – R. Rossouw, K. Pollard, R. van der Dussen.
ALL-ROUNDERS – L. Livingstone, G. Linde, S. Curran, W. Jacks..
BOWLERS – D. Dupavillon, E. Bosch, T. Kaber.
BACK-UPS – A. Rashid, D. Brevis, S. Muthusamy.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – W. Jacks, R. Rickelton.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – R. van der Dussen, S. Curran.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
PRETORIA CAPITALS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.