SA20 League 2025: MI Cape Town vs Paarl Royals Match Preview, SA20 League 2025

9th T20 • Boland Park • Paarl

MI Cape Town

158/4 (20)

Paarl Royals

159/4 (19)

PR won by 6 wickets

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Date & Time

15 Jan, 09:00 PM IST

Venue

Boland Park, Paarl

Match

9th T20,

Umpires

Allahuddien Paleker (South Africa), Thomas Mokorosi (South Africa), Arno Jacobs (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Shandre Fritz (South Africa)

Toss

Paarl Royals elected to bowl

Pitch Report

You have got to mentally prepare yourself for spinners on this track. The spinners have managed to bowl dot balls at the 4.5 to 5.5-meter length while also picking up wickets. There are some really good spinners across both teams. The wind is blowing from one side to the other, and the batters will hit the ball with the wind

1st Innings

152Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

127.43Avg SR

2nd Innings

141Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

129.87Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

1- 3

MICT

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Paarl Royals

MI Cape Town

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Lhuan-dre Pretorius

PR . WK

97 Runs

1 Match

Dewald Brevis

MICT . BAT

71 Runs

2 Matches

George Linde

MICT . ALL

71 Runs

2 Matches

Top Bowlers

Delano Potgieter

MICT . ALL

5 Wkts

2 Matches

Trent Boult

MICT . BOWL

3 Wkts

2 Matches

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

PR . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

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Venue Details

Boland Park, Paarl

1st Innings

152Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

127.43Avg SR

2nd Innings

141Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

129.87Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

52%Bat First Bowl First48%

Team Batting First

40%Wins Losses60%

Recent Matches on venue

3rd Match • Jan 11 • SA20

PR 176/1 (18.4)

SEC 175/5 (20)

PR won by 9 wickets

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27th Match • Feb 2 • SA20

PR 164/7 (20)

SEC 208/4 (20)

SEC won by 44 runs

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19th Match • Jan 26 • SA20

PR 133/10 (19.3)

DSG 190/3 (20)

DSG won by 57 runs

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14th Match • Jan 21 • SA20

PR 162/3 (20)

MICT 103/10 (18.2)

PR won by 59 runs

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9th Match • Jan 17 • SA20

PR 135/3 (14.1)

JSK 134/10 (19.5)

PR won by 7 wickets

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3rd Match • Jan 12 • SA20

PR 160/7 (20)

PC 133/7 (20)

PR won by 27 runs

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18th Match • Jan 22 • SA20

PR 162/4 (19.4)

PC 158/6 (20)

PR won by 6 wickets

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16th Match • Jan 21 • SA20

PR 129/6 (20)

MICT 142/9 (20)

MICT won by 13 runs

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14th Match • Jan 19 • SA20

PR 127/7 (20)

SEC 131/5 (18.2)

SEC won by 5 wickets

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10th Match • Jan 17 • SA20

PR 169/6 (20)

DSG 159/8 (20)

PR won by 10 runs

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Paarl Royals

MI Cape Town

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

1- 3

MICT

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

149

Average Score

157

176/1

Highest Score

248/4

83/10

Lowest Score

80/3

0 4 0 1 6 6

Over 16

Runs: 17

1 4 0 1 2 1W

Over 17

Runs: 9

1 1 0 2 4 2

Over 18

Runs: 10

2b 4 1 1W 1 4

Over 19

Runs: 13

All Overs

Player of the Match Lhuan-dre Pretorius

83(52)

Commentary

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Rashid Khan (captain, MI Cape Town): It was a pretty close game. We dropped a few catches early, which cost us. It was brilliant to see Rassie bat till the end but I still feel we were 10 to 15 runs short. 170-175 would have been a good total to defend. We had some chances in the field but we let ourselves down looking to hold onto it.

David Miller (captain, Paarl Royals): Great performance from the team as a whole. The spinners did a great job and credit to Wellalage, bowled well and kept us in the game. He plays all around the ground and plays spin well. Very talented young man and great to have him on our team. He found his lengths well and restricted them. Great to have him in our team. He is our death bowler now, it was a good option and we will look at the tactics of the team. You have got to finish the game and have got to be very critical to finish the game. Just about finishing the game and being patient, the boundary balls will come. It was a big game for us, 2 wins in 2 matches. Great support from the fans

Lhuan Dre Pretorius (Player of the Match): Bat just got stuck on the ground. It would have been nice to finish off the game. Nice that we got over the line. Buzzing inside the dressing room, having some drinks. Conditions were bit different under light, skidding on under lights, but I adapted quite well. I am just speaking to coach to have clarity in my game and having options.

8:52 pm local time, 12:22 am IST: Paarl Royal beat MI Cape Town by six wickets

Paarl Royals: 159/4 in 19 overs
Lhuan Dre Pretorius: 83(52b) | Rashid Khan: 1/22 (4 overs)
David Miller: 24(20b)* | Trent Boult: 1/26 (4 overs)

David Miller won his first toss as a skipper today and things went to plan for him. He mentioned at the toss to the presenter that the pitch would get better as the day progressed and he made good use of the conditions on offer. Paarl Royals register a convincing win and now move into the upper half of the table.

Paarl Royals did really well and started off with a bang. Joe Root and the latest Protea sensation Lhuan dre Pretorius did a fine job with the bat in hand opening the innings. The duo put together 50 runs for the first wicket before Trent Boult managed to prize the wicket of Root to send the English star batter back into the hut.

Lhuan dre Pretorius was then joined by Mitchell van Buuren with the duo adding another 50 runs for the second wicket. van Buuren was dismissed soon after but Pretorius did a fine job, with the 18-year-old going along like a car along the highway. Miller joined the free-flowing southpaw and the pair looked as if they are racing home until a direct hit from Rashid Khan ended Pretorius' stay in the middle. In the end, Dinesh Karthik and David Miller - the experienced men - took the Royals over the line for the second time this season.

MICT will be annoyed with their bowling performance. Trent Boult bowled really well with the new ball and in the death as well, picking up a wicket while Rashid Khan kept the lid on the scoring rate. George Linde, Azmatullah Omarzai and Kagiso Rabada were expensive and will have to look into their plans when they play their next game of the tournament.

Let's now go down to hear what the captains and the Player of the Match have to say

overs

159 /4 score

runs

David Miller *

24 (20)

Andile Phehlukwayo

1 (1)

Kagiso Rabada

0 /37

18.6 Kagiso Rabada to David Miller, FOUR! DONE AND DUSTED! Short ball and Miller pulls it hard over square leg to finish off the chase in style. Paarl Royals win by 6 wickets and take their revenge over MICT.

18.5 Kagiso Rabada to Andile Phehlukwayo, fuller on the stumps, pushed to long on.

Andile Phehlukwayo, LHB, walks out to the middle and will be on strike

18.4 Kagiso Rabada to Dinesh Karthik, DIRECT HIT AND KARTHIK IS GONE! Back of length on the stumps, Karthik nudges it to square leg. There was never a double there and there comes a direct hit from the keeper Esterhuizen, hitting just the one stump. Karthik was not even in the frame.

Dinesh Karthik run out (Connor Esterhuizen) 10 (6b, 1x4, 0x6)

18.3 Kagiso Rabada to David Miller, fuller on the stumps, Millers drives it to long off.

Paarl Royals now only need seven runs in 10 balls. Both Miller and DK will be looking to end it soon

18.2 Kagiso Rabada to David Miller, FOUR! That should be the game here for the Royals. Poor delivery on the pads, Miller works it across nicely to fine leg for a boundary.

18.1 Kagiso Rabada to David Miller, off cutter that goes past the inside edge of Miller, beats the keeper as well, and it's two byes. The Royals will take it.

Paarl Royals need 13 runs in 12 balls. This chase has gotten really close and the two T20 veterans in the middle will have to be wary of the threat the potent MICT bowling attack possesses

overs

146 /3 score

runs

Dinesh Karthik *

9 (5)

David Miller

15 (16)

Trent Boult

1 /26

17.6 Trent Boult to Dinesh Karthik, smart cricket from DK. Smacks a slower short ball outside off to extra covers. The mid off fielder races and stops it but the batters get a couple.

17.5 Trent Boult to Dinesh Karthik, FOUR!!! Brilliant from DK here to pick a fuller ball on the pads and work it away easily to mid wicket for a boundary.

17.4 Trent Boult to Dinesh Karthik, yorker on the off stump, DK works it nicely to deep point for a quick double.

17.3 Trent Boult to Dinesh Karthik, off cutter outside off, nudged towards point. No run.