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Paarl Royals (PR) will face MI Cape Town (MICT) in the first qualifier of SA20 2025 on Tuesday, February 4, at St George’s Park in Gqeberha. MICT finished in first place with seven wins in 10 games. PR also won seven matches and were in second position.
MICT faced Pretoria Capitals in their last game and defeated the Capitals by 95 runs after posting a total of 201 runs for the loss of five wickets. In their latest league stage game against the Sunrisers Eastern Cape, the Royals were bundled out for just 100 runs while chasing a target of 149 runs and lost the match by 48 runs.
PR vs MICT, SA20 Qualifier 1 Details
Match: Paarl Royals vs MI Cape Town, Qualifier 1
Time & Date: 9:00 PM IST, Tuesday, February 4
Venue: St George's Park, Gqeberha
PR vs MICT, SA20 Qualifier 1 Pitch Report
The surface at St George's Park in Gqeberha is likely to provide a decent amount of support to both batters and bowlers. The average first innings score in the last eight matches at this venue has been 142 runs. The teams batting first have won 88% of matches here; hence, the team winning the toss might look to bat.
PR vs MICT, SA20 Qualifier 1 Probable XIs
Paarl Royals
Mitchell Owen, Lhuan-dre Pretorius (wk), Rubin Hermann, Dunith Wellalage, Mitchell Van Buuren, Dewan Marais, Andile Phehlukwayo, Bjorn Fortuin (c), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Eshan Malinga, Lungi Ngidi
MI Cape Town
Rassie van der Dussen, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Colin Ingram, Dewald Brevis, Corbin Bosch, Delano Potgieter, Rashid Khan (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Trent Boult, Matthew Potts
PR vs MICT, SA20 Match Winner Prediction
Match Winner: MI Cape Town
Both teams won the same number of matches during the league phase of the tournament. MICT have won all their last four matches, while the Royals have won and lost two matches each. Both teams have won one out of the three matches that they have played at St George's Park in Gqeberha. MICT’s average score has been 167 runs, while the Royals have a mere average of 130 runs.
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