On Saturday afternoon at Newlands, MI Cape Town and Pretoria Capitals will square off in Match 28 of the SA20 2024. The clubs will play each other for the second time in three days, and on Thursday in Centurion, MI Cape Town prevailed by a score of 34 runs. Cape Town kicks off the match at 13:30 local time.
Before winning the high-scoring match on Thursday, MI Cape Town had been struggling, but the win put them in fourth place and into the play-off spots. To guarantee their spot in the knockout stage, they must put on yet another impressive performance in this game.
Despite scoring 214 runs during the game on Thursday, the Pretoria Capitals lost! Their bowlers’ confidence will therefore have suffered a little going into this match. Also, at the bottom of the table, they need to win this game to have any hope of qualifying for the playoffs.
MI Cape Town vs Pretoria Capitals Team Preview & Squads
MI Cape Town
In the previous match, Kieron Pollard’s team defeated the Pretoria Capitals by a score of 34 runs. The team has maintained their prospects of advancing to the next round with this victory. In their final league game, Pollard would want to win big to build momentum heading into the playoffs against the same opponents.
Rassie van der Dussen and Ryan Rickelton should get the team off to a solid start because of their recent good results. With Liam Livingstone and Sam Curran in the middle order, Dewald Brevis, who put on a show in the previous game, will try to add fast runs. Both George Linde and Pollard are strong hitters who provide firepower to the batting lineup.
They anticipate a strong performance from George Linde and Sam Curran with the new ball because the bowling attack has struggled in this competition. Having bowled well, Kagiso Rabada will try to limit the scoring rate when he faces Nealan van Heerden and Nuwan Thushara. Thomas and Pollard give this attack more nuance.
MI Cape Town Squads
MI Cape Town Squads
Kieron Pollard (c), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Liam Livingstone, Dewald Brevis, Sam Curran, George Linde, Nealan van Heerden, Thomas Kaber, Kagiso Rabada, and Nuwan Thushara.
Pretoria Capitals Giants
After losing the most recent match, Wayne Parnell’s team is eliminated from the running for the next round. The team’s season has been terrible because they haven’t presented much of a challenge in many games. Parnell wants to see his team battle valiantly and finish the season with a bang when they play their last game.
Will Jacks and Philip Salt must put on a great performance for the side to win this game because they haven’t been reliable. After his outstanding knock in the previous game, Kyle Verreyne will be full of confidence. However, he needs to perform well in the middle order with Colin Ingram and Rilee Rossouw. To give depth to the batting lineup, Theunis de Bruyn, Parnell, and Shane Dadswell need to perform well.
As they take on a potent batting order, the team will anticipate a great performance from Will Jacks and Eathan Bosch with the new ball. In the most recent game, Daryn Dupavillon and Parnell gave up runs, and they must improve. For the team to win, veteran spinner Adil Rashid needs to cause problems for the Cape Town hitters.
Pretoria Capitals Squads
Pretoria Capitals Squads
Wayne Parnell (c), Philip Salt (wk), Kyle Verreynne, Will Jacks, Rilee Rossouw, Theunis de Bruyn, Colin Ackermann, Shane Dadswell, Adil Rashid, Eathan Bosch, and Daryn Dupavillon.
Match Details
Match
MI Cape Town vs Pretoria Capitals, Match 28 | SA20, 2024
In every SA20 match played at Newlands, the captain who won the toss has chosen to field first except for one. If either captain wins the toss, we anticipate that they will choose to field first.
For this game, cloudy, warm, and humid weather is predicted in Cape Town. All day, the temperature will hover around the mid-to-high twenties.
A par score will be close to 200 even though the pitch is not quite as fast as it was at the beginning of the competition. The ball is still hitting the bat nicely.
MI Cape Town vs Pretoria Capitals Head-to-Head Stats of Last 5 Matches
In their last three matches, the Pretoria Capitals won two games and MI Cape Town won just one.
According to cricket analysts, MI Cape Town has a 53.8% chance of winning.
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