Sunrisers Eastern Cape Vs MI Cape Town Highlights, SA20: MICT Crush SEC By 97 Runs In Season Opener

The Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs MI Cape Town, SA20 Match 1 will be telecaℱst live on Star Sports 2 andꦑ Star Sports 2 HD TV channels in India.

Theꩲ live streaming of the match will be available on the Disney+ Hotstar app and website.

MI Cape Town: Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Azmatullah Omarzai, Dewald Brevis, Ryan Rickelton, George Linde, Nuwan Thushara, Con♎nor Esterhuizen, Delano Potgieter, Rassie van der Dussen, Thomas Kaber, Chris Benjamin, Coꦗrbin Bosch, Colin Ingram, Reeza Hendricks, Dane Piedt, Tristan Luus

Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Ai𒅌den Markram, Zak Crawley, Roelof van der Merwe, Liam Dawson, Ottneil Baartman, Marco Jansen, Beyers Swanepoel, Caleb Seleka, Tristan Stubbs, Jordan Hermann, Patrick Kruger, Craig Overton, Tom Abell, Simon Harmer, Andile Simelane, David Bedingham, Okuhle Cele, Richard Gleeson, Daniel Smith

The Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs MI Cape Town, SA20 Match 1 will be played at St George's Park in Gqeberha on Thursday, 9 January 2025. The match will start at 9:ও00 pm IST.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape opt to bowl

Sunrisers Eastern Cape (Playing XI): Jordan Hermann, Zak Crawley, Tom Abell, Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs(w), David Bedingham, Beyers Swanepoel, Marco𓆏 Jansen, Liam Dawson, Simon Harmer, Richard Glees🎃on

MI Cape Town (Playing XI): Rꦦeeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Dewald Brevis, Colin Ingram, Connor Esterhuizen(w), Delano Potgieter, Azmatullah Omarzai, George Linde, Rashid Khan(c), Corbin Bosch, Trent Boult

Marco Jansen strikes early, removing Reeza Hendricks for a duck in the first over of the match.

At the crease now are van der Dussen and Connor Esterhuizen, with the score at 2/1 in 1 ove💯r af✨ter the early breakthrough.

MICT: 2/1 (1)

Marco Jansen and Beyers Swanepoel kept things tight in the first three overs, with MI Cape Town scoring 17/🦄1.

Sw𓃲anepoel gave away 8 runs, including a boundary by van der Dussen. At the end of the 3rd over, Esterhuizen was on 6 an🐻d van der Dussen on 8.

MICT: 19/1 (3.3)

MI Cape Town are struggling after two quick wicꩵkets in the 6th and 7th overs. Rassie van der Dussen was bowled out by Liam Dawson for 16, and shortly after, Connor Esterhuizen was caught behind off Richard Gleeson for 22. Now, Colin Ingram and Dewald Brevis at the crease.

MICT: 54/3 (8.1) 

MI Cౠape Town have lost fou💮r quick wickets in the span of a few overs.

After Dewald Brevis's stun🌳ning sixes, Colin Ingram was dismissed for 22, caught by Stubbs off Beyers Swanepoel in the 12th over.

Earlier, Ingram had hit a boundary and a six but couldn't carry on. MI Cape Town's score is 9🌄3/4 after 12.6 overs, with Brevis still at the crease on 29* from 17 balls.

Dewald Brevis, after sometime in great form with 57 off 29 balls, has been disཧmis⭕sed.

He was caught by Beyers Swanepoel off Marco Jansꦫen's bowling꧃ in a slower delivery and got the thick top-edge to the cover fielder.

MICT: 126/5 (15)

MI Cape Town have finished their innings with a t��otal of 174/7 inꦆ 20 overs.

Key 🥀contributions came from Dewald Brevis, who scored a blistering 57 off 29 balls, 🔯while George Linde (23) and Delano Potgieter (25) provided the finishing touches in the latter stages of the innings.

The Sunrisers Eastern Cape bowlers, led by Marco Jansen (2/38) and Richard Gleeson (2/22), were able to pick up crucial wicketsཧ in the middle overs, with the final overs s꧟eeing MI Cape Town's lower order scramble for runs.

The highꦅlight of MI Cape Town's innings was undoubtedly Dewald Brevis’ explosive display of power-hitting. His 57 off just 29 balls lit up th♌e field, with six towering sixes leaving the crowd in awe.

Now, the Sunﷺrisers will need 175 runs to win the match.

The Sunrise🐻rs Eastern Cape are off to a disastrous start in their chase of 175, redu🦹ced to 16/3 in just 3.2 overs.

Trent Boult starring with the ball, takes two quick wickets, including a sharp caught-and-bowled to dismiss Tom Abell for a golden duck and Zak Crawley for 12, while Jordan Hermann fell to Azm𝄹꧅atullah Omarzai, caught at deep square leg for 4.

With Aiden Markram and Tristan Stubbs now at the crease, the Sunrisers have a mountain to climb if they are to stay alive in this m൩atch.

SEC: 18/3 (4)

After 🏅a shaky start, the Sunrisers Eastern Cape have started to steady the ship. Aiden Markram (19* off 17) and Tristan Stubbs (13* off 16) have put together a crucial 32-run partnership off 33 balls to rebuild the innings.

Can Markram and Stubbs keep the Su🤡nrisers' hopes alive?

MI Cape Town's bowlers have dismantꦦled Sunrisers Eastern Cape, leaving them reeling at 50/7 in 10.5 overs.﷽

Delano Potgieter's stunning first over claimed three wickets, includi🤪ng Aiden Markram (19𝓀).

W🦹ith Marco Jansen and the tail remaining, Sunrisers face a near-impossible task of chasing 175, req🃏uiring over 13 runs per over.

Sunrꦅisers Eastern Cape crumbled to 76𓄧/9 in 14.3 overs, needing an improbable 99 runs off 33 balls.

Delano Potgieter starred with ♓4/9, w🧸hile Rashid Khan’s brilliance in the field, including a sensational run-out, further sealed Sunrisers' fate. Marco Jansen (14 off 9) showed some fight, but the target now looks beyond reach. Simon Harmer (5*) remains at the crease with Richard Gleeson yet to score.

So it's the end of the first match! The MI Cape Town seal victory in their ✅SA20 2025 campai🥂gn opener dismantling Sunrisers Eastern Cape by 97 runs.

꧋Defending 174/7, MI Cape Town's bowlers, led by Delan꧙o Potgieter’s stunning 5/10, dismantled the Sunrisers for just 77 in 15 overs.

R🐈ashid Khan's brilliance in the field, including a sensational direct hit to dismiss Ma💧rco Jansen, added to the Sunrisers’ misery.

Paarl Royals will face Sunrisers Eastern Cape on January 11 at Boland Park, Paarl while, the Joburg Super Kings will take on MI Cape Town on J❀anuary 11 at the Wanderers Stadium.