Match Details

MICT vs PC 28th Match, SA20 League 2024

167-619.4

Pretoria Capitals won by 4 wickets 🏆

MICT

20.0163-9

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Player of the Match

PC - 2nd Innings

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	54	43
10 Over	74	67
15 Over	108	111

MICT - 1st Innings

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	53	49
10 Over	83	75
15 Over	118	113
20 Over	173	163

Commentary

And that concludes the thrilling encounter! Stay tuned for more cricketing excitement in the future!

This is Hitesh Peddurwar, bidding you farewell alongside our diligent scorer and analyst, Chandan Kr Singh. Until next time, have a fantastic weekend, and see you at the next match!

Kagiso Rabada(Player of the Match): " I just got the line wrong, every run in that stage was crucial. Unfortunately today it didn't go our way. We didn't wanna think about the last year. No one is blaming but we played the patchy cricket. We couldn't put up consistent performances, will look to do it next year. At the moment according to me, DSG is the stronger side. It's amazing to play here. The local players are learning a lot."

Player of the Match: Kagiso Rabada

Wayne Parnell(Pretoria Capitals Skipper): " Great performance by the team. Really impressive from the bowlers and also the batters in the end. I had 175 in my mind but to keep them under this total was really good. 180-190 would have been a winning score. They have a quality bowling side that out us under pressure. Muthusamy just keeps finding ways to win us the game. He is a classy player who can hurt you in different ways. I'll keep an eye on the TV for the next game."

Kieron Pollard(MI Cape Town Skipper): " Yeah, well played Pretoria Capitals. We are very disappointed as we didn't get over the line. Need to pay attention to the details. A couple of things didn't work for us, like bowling in the death, bowling in tandem, and batting in the starting overs. Sometimes things work and sometimes it doesn't work. We were looking around 18- runs but we were short by 15-20 runs. We are going to come back harder next year. Hopefully next year is better for us!".

Time for the post-match presentation ceremony!

08:39 PM IST & 05:09 PM Local Time| That's it folks!!!!! Pretoria Capitals get over the line in the end! They have won this game by 4 wickets and have knocked out the MI Cape Town out of this tournament!

Earlier in the game, MI Cape Town chose to bat after winning the toss. Their innings got off to a blazing start, reaching 49 runs in the powerplay with no wickets lost. Ryan Rickelton shone with 35 runs, but Liam Livingstone managed only 6. The middle order struggled until Kieron Pollard's arrival, sparking a rapid 34-run partnership with Rassie van der Dussen.

Rassie's brilliant 60-run innings was the highlight, but wickets tumbled after his departure. MI Cape Town concluded at 163/9 in 20 overs. Pretoria Capitals' skipper, Wayne Parnell, led the bowling attack impressively, claiming 4 wickets, while Adil Rashid and Eathan Bosch took 2 wickets each.

Chasing a target of 164 runs, Pretoria Capitals faced an early setback, losing two wickets for just 11 runs. The responsibility then fell on Kyle Verreynne and Rilee Rossouw, who steadied the ship with a 34-run partnership for the 3rd wicket. However, Rilee departed after contributing 10 runs.

In the middle overs, Capitals faced a flurry of wickets, but Theunis de Bruyn and Senuran Muthusamy anchored the innings with a crucial 55-run partnership for the 6th wicket. Theunis de Bruyn's departure after scoring 42 runs added to the drama. Senuran Muthusamy took charge and played a blistering innings, scoring an unbeaten 38* off 18 balls, guiding his team to victory with 3 balls to spare.

On the bowling front, George Linden was effective for MI Cape Town, claiming two wickets. Nuwan Thusara, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, and Kagiso Rabada each picked up a wicket. Despite the bowling efforts, Senuran Muthusamy's outstanding performance secured the win for Pretoria Capitals.

19.4 N Thushara to W Parnell

4 FOUR!!! Parnell finishes off the things in style! Pretoria Capitals have won this game. Fuller length delivery on the leg stump line, Parnell stays back in his crease and whips it towards the square leg region, the fielder inside the circle dives towards his right to gert a hand on it but fails to and the ball goes for four runs.

Scores are level! Pretoria Capitals need 1 run from 3 balls.

19.3 N Thushara to S Muthusamy

1 Short delivery on the middle stump line, Muthusamy pulls it along the carpet towards deep square leg region.

19.2 N Thushara to W Parnell

1 Yorker on the middle stump line, Parnell works it down towards long-off.

19.1 N Thushara to W Parnell

4 FOUR!!!! Pretoria Capitals are just 3 runs away from the victory! Good length delivery on the leg stump line, Parnell hangs back and clips it towards the deep square leg region, there was no man in the deep and Parnell takes his team closer to the victory.

Pretoria Capitals need 7 runs in 6 balls!

OVER 19

Pretoria Capitals

157/6

Senuran Muthusamy

37(17)

Wayne Parnell

3(3)

Sam Curran

1-39(4.0)

18.6 S Curran to S Muthusamy

6 SIX! One more behind the square! Muthusamy is turning out to be a hero at the moment! Fuller length delivery on the middle stump line, Muthusamy gets down on one knee and reverse sweeps it fine over the third man region once again. He is playing a gem of an innings!

18.5 S Curran to W Parnell

1 Fuller length delivery angling into the pads, Wayne flicks it towards the deep backward square leg region.

18.4 S Curran to S Muthusamy

1 Fuller length delivery outside the off-stump line, Muthusamy nudges it towards long-on region.

18.3 S Curran to W Parnell

1 Pitched up on the off-stump line, Parnell drills it down towards long-on for a single!

18.2 S Curran to S Muthusamy

1 Fuller length delivery on the leg stump line, Muthusamy whips it down towards deep mid-wicket region.