DSG vs PC Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, SA20 League 2025

2nd T20 • Kingsmead • Durban

Durban Super Giants

209/4 (20)

Pretoria Capitals

207/6 (20)

DSG won by 2 runs

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Kingsmead, Durban

63m to one direction and 55m to the other. It's a 76m straight hit. The surface is good. The cracks are there, some dry grass too. It's even all the way across. Expectation is, it might play alright. 170 is where you want to be. Batting first is an advantage should they bat properly of course.

1st Innings

151Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

129.24Avg SR

2nd Innings

136Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

126.45Avg SR

1 0 1 0 4 0

Over 17

Runs: 6

1 1 1 1 W 0

Over 18

Runs: 4

1 0 1 W 0 1b

Over 19

Runs: 3

1lb 2 2 4 1 1lb

Over 20

Runs: 11

All Overs

Player of the Match Rahmanullah Gurbaz

89(43)

Commentary

That brings us to the end of our coverage for this game. It is time for the duo of Darpan Tikiya and Pradeep to sign off. Keep following Sportskeeda for more sporting action from around the globe. Sayonara!

Our jaws are still on the floor. What a thriller we just witnessed! The kind of game that brings the tournament to life. Durban Super Giants will take a lot of confidence from this win going ahead. Meanwhile, the Capitals might still be pinching themselves and questioning if that really happened. But that is the nature of sport and once again, it reminded us tonight that "it is never really over, until it is actually over".

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Keshav Maharaj [Durban Super Giants captain]: "The conditions kept us believing. We know at Kingsmead, it is never really over till it's over. You can loose wickets in clusters. Though we will like to take a few at the start at not leave it till the end. This win shows the character of the team. We started off shaky but pulled it back. The love and support we get from the fans both on and off the field is amazing. Hopefully we can bring the trophy back to Durban. Noor came in, took the wickets and the rest backed him well. The way Wiaan Mulder has grown has been heartening to see."

Rilee Rossouw [Pretoria Capitals captain]: Towards the end we lost track what we needed to chase. I don't think we were in the game in the first innings, it's a tough ask to chase 200 on this track. Credit to Jacks and Gurbaz for playing an unbelievable innings. If you looked at the wicket, we thought 160 or 170 would've been good, it's always tough in second innings in Durban. Needed to come in with all guns blazing, we did that. Boys needed to do this from long time, hopefully I can direct the boys into right direction.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz is the Player of the Match! Here's what he has to say: To be honest, happy with my performance but really disappointed with the result, hopefully we can come back next game and turn things around. Partnership was good, result was not in our favour. Hope we can continue to do the good things, should've finished the game. Always Noor gets me out, I try to him but he's one of the best bowlers in this format. Unfortunately he got me out today.

Time for the post match presentation.

Durban Super Giants win by 2 runs.

Kane Willamson 60* (40) | Noor Ahmad 2/34 (4)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 89 (43) | Senuran Muthusamy 3/21 (4)

Durban Super Giants have pulled off a hiest. About half an hour ago, Pretoria Capitals fans were calculating the possibility of winning with a bonus point. They were 154/0 and needed just 66 to win in 8 overs. And then, the game turned on its head.

Noor Ahmad was the protagonist. He got the better of his national team mate Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who until then had been slamming pretty much every other ball out of the park. Thus, began the choke. The Capitals went from looking like a racecar cruising to the finish line to an old broken down vehicle stuttering at every step of the way. In the end, they fell short by just two runs.

Earlier in the evening, the Super Giants had put up a big score on the board on the back of four commendable knocks. Kane Williamson top scored with a half century, while Wiaan Mulder's 19-ball-45 took them beyond 200. The other two cameos came off the bat of the two openers — Matthew Breetzke and Bryce Parsons. For the Capitals, Senuran Muthusamy returned 3/21 and was the pick of the bowlers, while Livingstone got the big wicket of Heinrich Klaasen.

Though, we all thought that the visitors were going to gun down the target with a few overs to spare when Will Jacks and Gurbaz stitched together that record breaking opening stand. But what do they say about sports? "It is never really over until it is over." Special mention to Chris Woakes who picked up two timely wickets to further shift the momentum and to Naveen ul Haq and Keshav Maharaj who held their nerves through the final overs.

DSG HAVE PULLED OFF A HIEST!

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207 /6 score

1lb

runs

Steve Stolk *

1 (4)

Kyle Verreynne

10 (7)

Naveen ul Haq

1 /36

19.6 Naveen ul Haq to Steve Stolk, NERVES OF STEEL FROM NAVEEN! Super Giants get out of the jail here! Absolute drama in the last 30 minutes or so, Super GIants have plucked the game out of the jaws of defeat, unreal stuff this is! Back of a length into the batter, Stolk needed to connect with a swipe but he doesn't, all they get is a leg-bye. Agony for Capitals as they lose this game from a winning position.

The debutant is now on strike. He needs to hit four to take his team over the line. WHO IS WRITING THE SCRIPT?

19.5 Naveen ul Haq to Kyle Verreynne, OH! Yorker length, tailed into off-stump. Verreynne swings, skews off the inside edge to short fine-leg for a quick single. Stolk need to hit a boundary to win it for Capitals of the last ball.

The man at deep square leg had come in a few yards. The ball flew over him. WHAT DRAMA! 5 to win off 2 balls.

19.4 Naveen ul Haq to Kyle Verreynne, FOUR! Just bounces inside the ropes for a boundary, that'll do and keeps Capitals in the game. Short into the batter, Verreynne pulled that one to long-leg for a boundary.

MORE DRAMA! The physio rushes on to the park with the magic spray. Naveen is in pain. But he will carry on.

He fails to connect the ball in the meat of the blade but has the urgency and the brains to steal a couple. 9 to win off 3. Still anyone's game.

19.3 Naveen ul Haq to Kyle Verreynne, OH! Slower one, short into the batter. Verreynne went for the pull but no power whatsoever on that, falls in no mans land at deep mid-wicket and they sprint back for a couple. You can cut the tension with a knife at Kingsmead! This is thrilling stuff already in the SA20!

Verreynne put the skates on and ran for his life. He wants to be on strike. He HAS to be on strike for the Capitals. 11 to win off 4 balls.

19.2 Naveen ul Haq to Kyle Verreynne, low full toss on the off-stump, Verreynne slices it to deep covers and they decide to get back for the second. Verreynne makes it with ease.

Naveen scampered across for the ball, he almost collided with Kyle Verryenne. 13 runs to win off 5 balls.

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