SEC vs MICT Dream11 Prediction: SA20 2025 Fantasy Cricket Tips for Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs MI Cape Town

Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC) will face MI Cape Town (MICT) in the season opener of the SA20 2025 on Thursday, January 9, at St George's Park in Gqeberha. Both teams have played a total of four matches in SA20 so far against each other. SEC have won all these four games.

SEC are the defending champions and won the first season of the tournament as well. They defeated Durban Super Giants in the final last year by 89 runs after posting a total of 204 runs for the loss of three wickets on the board.

MICT won three out of 10 games last season and finished in the last place. They were in the last position during the first season as well and won the same number of matches. Rashid Khan has been appointed the captain of the team for this season. 

SEC vs MICT Probable XIs

Sunrisers Eastern Cape

Jordan Hermann, Zak Crawley, Tom Abell, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs (wk), Patrick Kruger, Marco Jansen, Liam Dawson, Simon Harmer, Richard Gleeson, Ottniel Baartman

MI Cape Town

Rassie van der Dussen, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Dewald Brevis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Corbin Bosch, George Linde, Rashid Khan (c), Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Nuwan Thushara

SEC vs MICT Pitch report

The average first innings score at St George's Park in Gqeberha in T20s has been just a little over 150 runs. The surface is likely to remain balanced during the entirety of the match. The team batting first have won the last three T20 matches at this venue. SEC have a 55% win record at this venue, while MICT are yet to win a game here.

SEC vs MICT Top Picks

Marco Jansen

Jansen was the leading wicket-taker in SA20 2024 and took 20 wickets in 10 matches at an average of 14.30. With the bat, he scored 105 runs in six outings at a strike rate of 177.96.

Tristan Stubbs

Stubbs was the leading run-scorer for SEC last season and finished with 301 runs in nine outings at an average of 60.20 and a strike rate of 168.15.

SEC vs MICT Captain picks

Aiden Markram

Markram has led the SEC side to victory in the first two seasons of the tournament. He made 261 runs in nine innings for the team last season at a strike rate of 138.09.

Ryan Rickelton

The wicketkeeper-batter finished SA20 2024 as the highest run-scorer and made 530 runs in 10 games at an average of 58.88 and a strike rate of 173.77. He made five half-centuries in 10 outings.

SEC vs MICT Head to Head Dream11 team

Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Aiden Markram (c), Tom Abell, Zak Crawley, Marco Jansen (vc), Azmatullah Omarzai, Nuwan Thushara, Rashid Khan, Ottneil Baartman, Liam Dawson

SEC vs MICT Grand League Dream11 team

Ryan Rickelton (c), Tristan Stubbs (vc), Aiden Markram, Tom Abell, Zak Crawley, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Nuwan Thushara, Trent Boult, Ottneil Baartman

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