SA20 League 2025: Joburg Super Kings vs Durban Super Giants Match Preview, SA20 League 2025

8th T20 • Kingsmead • Durban

Joburg Super Kings

169/7 (20)

Durban Super Giants

141 (18)

JSK won by 28 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

14 Jan, 09:00 PM IST

Venue

Kingsmead, Durban

Match

8th T20,

Umpires

Abdoellah Steenkamp (South Africa), Brad White (South Africa), Stephen Harris (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Laurence Matroos (South Africa)

Toss

Joburg Super Kings elected to bat

Pitch Report

Interestingly, both matches played between these two teams at this venue have been won by the side batting first. The Super Kings posted 190 in 2023 thanks to a Donovan Ferreira special before defending it by 16 runs. Last year, the Super Giants posted 145 on a sluggish deck - a score that proved to be 37 runs too many as JSK crumbled in their chase.

1st Innings

152Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

129.92Avg SR

2nd Innings

137Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

127.2Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

DSG

2- 3

JSK

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Durban Super Giants

Joburg Super Kings

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Wiaan Mulder

DSG . ALL

45 Runs

2 Matches

Matthew Breetzke

DSG . WK

33 Runs

2 Matches

Faf du Plessis

JSK . BAT

30 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Noor Ahmad

DSG . BOWL

2 Wkts

2 Matches

Chris Woakes

DSG . BOWL

2 Wkts

2 Matches

Naveen ul Haq

DSG . BOWL

1 Wkt

2 Matches

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Venue Details

Kingsmead, Durban

1st Innings

152Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

129.92Avg SR

2nd Innings

137Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

127.2Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

61%Bat First Bowl First38%

Team Batting First

50%Wins Losses50%

Recent Matches on venue

2nd Match • Jan 10 • SA20

DSG 209/4 (20)

PC 207/6 (20)

DSG won by 2 runs

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24th Match • Jan 30 • SA20

DSG 174/9 (20)

PC 166/9 (20)

DSG won by 8 runs

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22nd Match • Jan 28 • SA20

DSG 208/7 (20)

PR 83/10 (13.2)

DSG won by 125 runs

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12th Match • Jan 20 • SA20

DSG 159/7 (20)

SEC 163/5 (19.2)

SEC won by 5 wickets

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7th Match • Jan 15 • SA20

DSG 145/8 (20)

JSK 108/9 (20)

DSG won by 37 runs

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2nd Match • Jan 11 • SA20

DSG 177/6 (16.3)

MICT 207/5 (20)

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23rd Match • Feb 2 • SA20

DSG 169/5 (19.5)

MICT 165/5 (20)

DSG won by 5 wickets

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15th Match • Jan 20 • SA20

DSG 80/10 (18.1)

PC 84/2 (7.4)

PC won by 8 wickets

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8th Match • Jan 15 • SA20

DSG 216/4 (20)

PR 189/8 (20)

DSG won by 27 runs

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2nd Match • Jan 11 • SA20

DSG 174/5 (20)

JSK 190/6 (20)

JSK won by 16 runs

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Durban Super Giants

Joburg Super Kings

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

DSG

2- 3

JSK

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

173

Average Score

132

211/6

Highest Score

209/3

106/10

Lowest Score

78/10

Player of the Match Quinton de Kock

55(45)

JSK

DSG

Info

Joburg Super Kings

169/7 (20)

Batters

Faf du Plessis

(C)

33.33

c H Klaasen b P Subrayen

Devon Conway

115.79

c C Woakes b K Maharaj

Leus du Plooy

118.75

b P Subrayen

Jonny Bairstow

118.18

c Q Kock b C Woakes

Wihan Lubbe

130.77

c C Woakes b K Maharaj

Donovan Ferreira

136.84

c P Subrayen b C Woakes

David Wiese

110.00

c B A King b N Haq

Gerald Coetzee

433.33

Not out

Tabraiz Shamsi

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 5, LB: 3, NB: 2, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.45)

169/7

Did not Bat

Matheesha Pathirana, Imran Tahir

Bowlers

EXT

6.00

7.00

13.00

7.25

7.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Faf du Plessis

c H Klaasen b P Subrayen

1-2

0.6

Devon Conway

c C Woakes b K Maharaj

2-59

7.3

Leus du Plooy

b P Subrayen

3-74

10.1

Wihan Lubbe

c C Woakes b K Maharaj

4-106

13.3

Jonny Bairstow

c Q Kock b C Woakes

5-120

15.1

Donovan Ferreira

c P Subrayen b C Woakes

6-153

18.6

David Wiese

c B A King b N Haq

7-156

19.3

Durban Super Giants

141/10 (18)

Batters

Brandon King

121.43

b MI Tahir

Matthew Breetzke

175.00

c D Ferreira b D Wiese

Quinton de Kock

122.22

c D Wiese b G Coetzee

Wiaan Mulder

100.00

c MI Tahir b D Ferreira

Jason Smith

0.00

c J Bairstow b D Ferreira

Heinrich Klaasen

170.59

c J Bairstow b M Pathirana

Chris Woakes

80.00

b T Shamsi

Keshav Maharaj

(C)

0.00

lbw b T Shamsi

Prenelan Subrayen

50.00

runout (J Bairstow / T Shamsi)

Noor Ahmad *

233.33

Not out

Naveen ul Haq

25.00

c D Wiese b G Coetzee

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 10)

TOTAL

(18 Ov, RR: 7.83)

141/10

Bowlers

EXT

4.00

10.67

9.67

11.33

3.75

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Matthew Breetzke

c D Ferreira b D Wiese

1-21

2.4

Brandon King

b MI Tahir

2-25

3.2

Wiaan Mulder

c MI Tahir b D Ferreira

3-51

6.2

Jason Smith

c J Bairstow b D Ferreira

4-51

6.5

Heinrich Klaasen

c J Bairstow b M Pathirana

5-99

11.6

Chris Woakes

b T Shamsi

6-120

14.4

Keshav Maharaj

lbw b T Shamsi

7-120

14.6

Prenelan Subrayen

runout (J Bairstow / T Shamsi)

8-122

15.3

Quinton de Kock

c D Wiese b G Coetzee

9-135

17.1

Naveen ul Haq

c D Wiese b G Coetzee

10-141

17.6

Match Info

Date & Time

14 Jan, 09:00 PM IST

Venue

Kingsmead, Durban

Match

8th T20,

Umpires

Abdoellah Steenkamp (South Africa), Brad White (South Africa), Stephen Harris (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Laurence Matroos (South Africa)

Toss

Joburg Super Kings elected to bat

6 0 1 W 0 W

Over 15

Runs: 7

1 0 1W 1 0 1wd 1

Over 16

Runs: 5

1wd 4 0 0 1wd 1 1wd 1 1

Over 17

Runs: 10

W 1 5 0 0 W

Over 18

Runs: 6

All Overs

Player of the Match Quinton de Kock

55(45)

Commentary

That is it from this classy comeback by Faf du Plessis and co. to snatch the four points from Quinton de Kock, Durban's Super Giants' main aggressor in the second innings. With this win, Joburg Super Kings have moved to second place in the table and sit just a point below MI Cape Town, who have played a game more. For now, I, Keshav, on behalf of my colleague, Meeth, bid you a goodbye. Stay tuned to Sportskeeda for more thrilling games, as there is a lot of cricketing action to come your way.

Faf du Plessis (Joburg Super Kings): Last year when we came here the wicket was quite spin heavy. We did think that they would rely heavily on their spinners but I was surprised upfront as it was a little bit sticky. But, it looked little a pretty dry surface where the spinners were gonna play a big role. For us to be in the game, it looked like 160 would have been enough. Hopefully, there are overs towards the end where you get two boundaries or sixes and you are just back in the contest. That two sixes from Gerald towards the end was too huge just to get us over that score of 165 runs, which felt like par on this wicket. Donovan on the night looked just hard to hit. He is really good on that length, especially with a big boundary with the wind and his four crucial overs for us. And then the spinners came and bowled attacking to get wickets. That's what they do best. A good all-round performance from Donovan Ferreira. He has been working really hard on his bowling. You'll definitely see more of that. He can also come out as a proper all-rounder for the Proteas. It's always handy to have one or two bowlers out of your top five. It's a very difficult ground to come and win at, so I am very proud of our performance. Keshav has always been good on a wicket like that. What I feel we could change a little bit is that last year we were inconsistent with our away and home fixtures, so now I am looking at two or three different teams that we can roll out on different conditions.

Keshav Maharaj (Durban's Super Giants captain): I feel we bowled in the right areas but conceded 15 too many to be left out there. Nevertheless, full credit to the JSK. They bowled really well. Quinnie showed exceptional courage to stay there as deep as he could. And obviously Klaasy as well. We lost our way a little bit but these thing s happen and it's time to reassess and go back to the drawing board. It happens in T20 cricket. On another day, Naveen could have went straight away and been the champion bowler, that he showed in the previous game. In T20 cricket, it's better not to look at isolating balls but yeah we could be better in certain periods. It is unfortunate that we could not go the whole way. But, there are glimpses of lot of positives and if we keep on building on that, we can go a step further.

Quinton De Kock (Player of the Match): Quite difficult. As the innings progressed, it got harder and harder. The wicket got tacky. I have done it before, but on much flatter wickets. Went in deeper here but couldn't take on the bowlers. It kept getting difficult and became impossible.

9:03 PM Local time (12:33 PM IST): Joburg Super Kings win the game by 28 runs

Durban's Super Giants: 141/10 (18) | Joburg Super Kings: 169/7 (20)

Quinton de Kock: 55 (45) | Donovan Ferreira: 2/15 (4)
Leus Du Plooy: 38 (32) | Prenelan Subrayen: 2/24 (3)

The Joburg Super Kings climb to second position in the table with that comprehensive win away at Durban. Quinton de Kock stood between Joburg and the win but finally faltered in the 18th over after persisting for long and dragging the cause single-handedly in the last few overs with wickets falling at the other end.

At one point, Heinrich Klaasen and Quinton de Kock were well settled in the middle and kept the required run rate under control with consistent boundaries. Klaasen smacked three boundaries to Pathirana but it was the latter who had the last laugh with the wicket off the last delivery. That wicket creeped the way for the visitors to take a chance at getting back in the game and they indeed took with both hands.

Tabraiz Shamsi struck twice in the over, following the wicket of Klaasen to creep up the pressure on Quinton de Kock, who helplessly saw wickets falling at the other end. Soon after, Subrayen lost his wicket due to a call for two runs coupled with a poor dive at the striker's end. With 35 runs needed off 18 deliveries and with two wickets in hand, QDK succumbed to the pressure against Coetzee on a slower delivery wide outside the off stump. And that was the last nail in the coffin.

Early on Donovan Ferreira picked up two wickets in an over and then ended with impressive figures of 2/15 in four overs. He had also played a cameo of 26 runs off 19 deliveries in the first innings. Although, it was only the two sixes off Coetzee's bat in the final over that took JSK across the par total of 160-165. And it was him who wrapped the game as well with the wickets of Quinton de Kock and Naveen-ul-Haq in the 18th and final over of the game.

overs

141 /10 score

runs

Naveen ul Haq *

1 (4)

Noor Ahmad

7 (3)

Gerald Coetzee

2 /32

17.6 Gerald Coetzee to Naveen ul Haq, WICKET! Brilliant catch from Wiese and JSK win by 28 runs. Banged in short, a slower one, Naveen goes for a pull, gets a top edge as the ball goes too high in the skies. Wiese somehow got his eyes on the ball and grabs it at deep mid wicket. Umpires check for a no ball for second bouncer, looks well below shoulders and it is OUT!

Naveen-ul-Haq c David Wiese b Gerald Coetzee 1 (4b, 0x4, 0x6)

17.5 Gerald Coetzee to Naveen ul Haq, a wide yorker this time. Naveen tries to work it towards third man. Misses.

17.4 Gerald Coetzee to Naveen ul Haq, Short ball, Naveen tries to upper cut it but misses.

17.3 Gerald Coetzee to Noor Ahmad, 5 runs! Overthrow and a four. Banged in short, Noor tries to cut it, gets the inside towards keeper, Bairstow takes a hit on the non striker's end, misses and the ball races to boundary.

17.2 Gerald Coetzee to Naveen ul Haq, short ball on the stumps, Naveen moves away and pushes it to deep point for a single.

Naveen-ul-Haq, RHB, is the last man in

17.1 Gerald Coetzee to Quinton de Kock, WICKET!!! That could be the final nail in the coffin. Back of length outside off, De Kock throws his bat on it, gets the bottom part of the bat and hands an easy catch to Wiese at mid off.

Quinton de Kock c David Wiese b Gerald Coetzee 55 (44b, 5x4, 2x6)

Gerald Coetzee [2-0-26-0], back into the attack

Pathirana struggled with the line throughout the over or it is more rightly to say that he is finding it tough to bowl the right-left combination. Quinton de Kock will be on strike and DSG require 35 runs off 18 balls.

overs

135 /8 score

1wd

runs

Quinton de Kock *

55 (44)

Noor Ahmad

2 (2)

Matheesha Pathirana

1 /34

16.6 Matheesha Pathirana to Quinton de Kock, overpitched outside off, De Kock smartly taps it to cover for a single. Retains the strike for next over.

16.5 Matheesha Pathirana to Noor Ahmad, a yorker on the pads, Noor works it to deep square leg for a single.

16.5 Matheesha Pathirana to Noor Ahmad, ANOTHER WIDE! This time down the leg.

That was a close call as it fell just short off David Wiese, who came running all the way from long-off to the region just outside the 30-yard circle.

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