SA20 Cricket Match Prediction 2024 | Match 14 | Paarl Royals vs MI Cape Town – Can PR beat MICT and rise to the top spot in the points table? | Jan 21

Paarl Royals vs MI Cape Town Match Analysis

Match 14 of the 2024 SA20 takes place at Boland Park on Sunday afternoon and evening, pitting MI Cape Town against Paarl Royals. After Cape Town defeated the Royals by eight wickets with 19 balls left at Newlands on Friday, the teams have now faced each other twice in three days. In Paarl, the match starts at 15:30 local time.

Before their loss on Friday, Paarl Royals were playing at a high level. While their openers had a good start at bat, MI Cape Town dominated the game for over half of it. If the Royals want to regain their winnings, they must step it up. 

MI Cape Town will not be concerned when they return to Boland Park to play the Royals because they have won both of their tournament games by big scores. Because of Ryan Rickleton’s form, the team will have confidence going into every game.

Paarl Royals vs MI Cape Town Team Preview & Squads

Paarl Royals

It was expected that Paarl Royals would remain unaltered as they attempted to win the competition for the fourth time in a row on Friday. Despite their heavy defeat, they haven’t suddenly turned into a weak team, therefore we wouldn’t be shocked to see them alter their starting lineup for this game.

Jos Buttler, a 33-year-old keeper-battler, has led the Paarl Royals in scoring the past two games and is eager to get back to his peak. Although the right-handed Jason Roy, an all-format England international, was only able to last 14 balls in the previous head-to-head match, he will be eager to face the same bowlers having scored 38 runs in those innings.

Tabraiz Shamsi, a left-arm spinner, was unable to lead his team to victory on Friday, but he did take the key wickets of Rassie van der Dussen and Dewald Brevis. Lungi Ngidi, a 27-year-old right-arm fast-medium bowler who had taken seven wickets in his previous two encounters before going wicketless, had a reality check in the final match.

Paarl Royals Squads

Paarl Royals Squads

David Miller (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Jason Roy, Wihan Lubbe, Mitchell Van Buuren, Fabian Allen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Bjorn Fortuin, Obed McCoy, Lungi Ngidi, and Tabraiz Shamsi.

MI Cape Town

Following their narrow defeat by Sunrisers Eastern Cape in Encounter 8, MI Cape Town made one change in preparation for Match 11: Beuran Hendricks was replaced by Thomas Kaber. If there were any adjustments made to this match, it would be a huge surprise.

Ryan Rickleton, who opened the SA20 2024 match with seven fours and six sixes head-to-head, was expected to win Player of the Game in Cape Town. MI Cape Town’s other outstanding batsman at the top of the order is the right-hander Rassie van der Dussen. In his last two innings, he has scored 41 runs.

On Friday, wrist spinner Thomas Kaber demonstrated his variation to get David Miller’s crucial wicket with a wrong run. It will be fascinating to observe Paarl’s bowling strategy in action. Kagiso Rabada is a fast bowler with a right arm who bowls consistently and can dismiss any top batsman. In the previous match, he got rid of Jason Roy, who was a free hitter.

MI Cape Town Squads

MI Cape Town Squads

Kieron Pollard (c), Ryan Rickleton (wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Dewald Brevis, Sam Curran, Connor Esterhuizen, Liam Livingstone, George Linde, Thomas Kaber, Kagiso Rabada, and Olly Stone.

Paarl Royals vs MI Cape Town outfield report

Boland Park

In four consecutive SA20 matches, the captain who won the toss chose to bat first, until MI Cape Town chose to field first in their triumph over Paarl Royals on Friday. As a result, we anticipate that both sides in this game will want to take the field first.

There is no chance of rain delaying play on Sunday, and the temperature will not dip below 27 degrees throughout the contest.

On this pitch, fast bowlers will also be able to cause difficulties, but spinners will have the upper hand. It will be difficult to chase down any first-inning score of more than 185.

Paarl Royals vs MI Cape Town Head-to-Head Stats of Last 5 Matches

Pearl Royals and MI Cape Town have met three times so far, and MI Cape Town has won all the matches.

Paarl Royals vs MI Cape Town Prediction

Winning the toss

• Paarl Royals

Player of the Match

• Paarl Royals – Jos Buttler

Most runs

• Paarl Royals – Jos Buttler
• MI Cape Town – Rassie van der Dussen

Most wickets

• Paarl Royals – Lungi Ngidi
• MI Cape Town – Kagiso Rabada

Most sixes

• Paarl Royals – Jos Buttler
• MI Cape Town – Rassie van der Dussen

Team Scores Batting First

• Paarl Royals – 190+
• MI Cape Town – 180+

According to cricket analysts, Paarl Royals has a 55.6% chance of winning.

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