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MI Cape Town (MICT) will take on Paarl Royals (PR) in the sixth match of SA20 2025 on Monday, January 13, at Newlands in Cape Town. MICT have won three out of the four games against PR.
It will be the third game of the season for MICT and they have won and lost one game each. They lost their last game against Joburg Super Kings by six runs (DLS method). PR defeated defending champions, Sunrisers Eastern Cape, in their first and only outing this season. They chased down the target of 176 runs in 18.4 overs with nine wickets in hand.
MICT vs PR Probable XIs
MI Cape Town
Rassie van der Dussen, Reeza Hendricks, Connor Esterhuizen (wk), Colin Ingram, Dewald Brevis, George Linde, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan (c), Delano Potgieter, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult
Paarl Royals
Joe Root, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Sam Hain, Mitchell Van Buuren, David Miller (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Dayyaan Galiem, Bjorn Fortuin, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi
MICT vs PR Pitch report
It will be the first game of the season at Newlands in Cape Town. The surface here is likely to remain balanced throughout the match. The average first innings score in the last six T20 matches here has been 175 runs. The teams bowling first have won 67% of matches here; hence, the team winning the toss might look to bowl.
MICT vs PR Top Picks
Kagiso Rabada
Rabada played his first game of the season against Joburg Super Kings and was the most successful bowler for MICT. He picked up two wickets for 10 runs in 2.3 overs.
Delano Potgieter
Potgieter is the leading wicket-taker this season and has five wickets to his name in two games at an average of five, an economy of 6.25, and a strike rate of 4.80.
MICT vs PR Captain picks
Joe Root
The former English captain opened the innings for PR in their first game. He added 132 runs for the first wicket along with Lhuan-dre Pretorius and remained unbeaten on 62 runs off 44 deliveries.
George Linde
Linde is the leading run-scorer for MICT and has made 71 runs in two outings at a strike rate of 136.53. With the ball, he has picked one wicket at an average of eight.
MICT vs PR Head to Head Dream11 team
Dinesh Karthik, Joe Root (c), Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Delano Potgieter (vc), George Linde, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Rashid Khan
MICT vs PR Grand League Dream11 team
Dinesh Karthik, Joe Root, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Sam Hain, George Linde (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Kagiso Rabada (vc), Trent Boult, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Rashid Khan
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