MI Cape Town need to win this if they want to stay alive.
Preview
Pretoria Capitals (PC) will lock horns with MI Cape Town (MICT) in the 26th match of the SA20 2024 at SuperSport Park in Centurion on February 1. Pretoria Capitals and MI Cape Town have both been able to win just two of their eight games so far and occupy the bottom two positions in the points table.
Pretoria Capitals played against Durban’s Super Giants in their last game, where Durban’s Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat. They lost a wicket early in the innings but a stable second-wicket partnership set the tone for them. Although they kept losing wickets at regular intervals but kept scoring regular boundaries too. They posted a strong total of 174 runs on the board in reply to which, the Capitals did not start well. Will Jacks looked good on the crease but was not much assisted by other batters. The game got quite close towards the end but still, the Super Giants managed to clinch the victory by eight runs.
MI Cape Town had squared off against Joburg Super Kings in their last encounter, where the toss was won by Joburg Super Kings and they elected to field. Due to persistent rain, the match was reduced to eight overs a side. In a shorter version of the game, MI batters failed to put up a good total as they looked scratchy. Kieron Pollard looked like the lone batter who was in good swing as he struck 33 and took the team to a total of 80 runs. Super Kings, in reply, had no trouble going in full throttle right from the start as both openers smashed the bowlers around and took the team to victory by 10 wickets.
Also check: PC vs MICT Match Prediction: Who will win today’s match?
Match Information
Pretoria Capitals vs MI Cape Town, 26th Match
Probable PlayingXI
Pretoria Capitals
WG Jacks, RR Rossouw, Colin Ackermann, CA Ingram, S Muthusamy, WD Parnell(C), E Bosch, PD Salt, K Verreynne, AU Rashid, DM Dupavillon
Bench: S Dadswell, TB de Bruyn, PR Stirling, Matthew BoastMatthew Boast, C Bosch, M Pretorius, T van Vuuren, GC Viljoen, GJ Snyman, James Neesham, S Stolk, A Nortje
MI Cape Town
HE van der Dussen, Dewald Brevis, LS Livingstone, Kieron Pollard(C), SM Curran, GF Linde, TP Kaber, D Potgieter, RD Rickelton, N Thushara, K Rabada
Bench: T Banton, Chris Benjamin, Connor Esterhuizen, G Roelofsen, BE Hendricks, Rashid Khan, D Jansen, OP Stone, N van Heerden, Jofra Archer
Injury News
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Weather Report: Clear Sky
Win Prediction: MI Cape Town
Pitch Condition: Batting
Avg 1st Inning Score: 179
Pitch Report
Captains
Thomas has been doing a good job with the ball ever since his admission to this side this year. He has played six games where he managed to scalp seven wickets while being handy and scoring 27 runs.