SA20 2025 Qualifier 1: MICT vs PR, Key Players To Watch, Playing 11, Streaming Details: The 2025 season of SA20 has moved to playoffs that will thrill every nerve, where MI Cape Town shall take on the Paarl Royals in Qualifier 1. Scheduled for February 4, 2025, the game will kick off at the St George’s Park Gqeberha at 17:30 local.
MI Cape Town has been the best team in the tournament. In the league stage, they had only one 7 and 3 losses in 10 matches and, crucially, a -2.446 net run. Their recent form is a good spot with 4 successive wins. The last was between the Pretoria Capitals when they walked off as victors having won by 95 runs on February 2.
Paarl Royals performed well in the league stage to finish in 2nd place with a showcase of 7 wins and 3 losses at 28 points. However, that net run rate is at -0.125, hence some inconsistencies in the performance. Recent outings have not seen rays of hope as they have lost the last two. One was to Sunrisers Eastern Cape by 48 runs on February 1.
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Key Players to Watch in SA20 2025 Qualifier 1
MI Cape Town
Rassie van der Dussen: Van der Dussen is the mainstay of their batting order. He has scored 330 runs from nine matches with an average of 55 and a strike rate of 134.14.
Ryan Rickelton: The other edition sees Rickelton with nine matches to his name, scoring more than 259 runs with an average of 51.8 and a strike rate of 177.39.
Rashid Khan (Captain): He is captain and a bowler with nine wickets from eight matches with a 7.14 economy.
Paarl Royals
Lhuan-dre Pretorius: Another consistent performer, Bengaluru went on to make a score of 323 runs in ten matches, averaging 169.1.
Rubin Hermann: In seven matches, he scored 250 runs at an average of 35.71.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman: As a key bowling asset for his team, Mujeeb took 14 wickets in ten matches at an economy of 6.53.
Head-to-Head MI Cape Town vs Paarl Royals in SA20 2025
They have played each other two times this season. MI Cape Town having won the first leg on January 13 by 33 runs. Paarl Royals lifting themselves to a six-wicket victory with six balls remaining in the second leg on January 15.
Probable XI of MI Cape Town and Paarl Royals
MI Cape Town: Connor Esterhuizen, Sediqullah Atal, Rashid Khan (c), Dewald Brevis, Delano Potgieter, Chris Benjamin, George Linde, Thomas Kaber, Dane Piedt, Tristan Luus, Matthew Potts.
Paarl Royals: Mitchell Owen, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Rubin Hermann, David Miller (c), Mitchell Van Buuren, Dewan Marais, Andile Phehlukwayo, Bjorn Fortuin, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Eshan Malinga, Lungi Ngidi.
The victor of Qualifier 1 sails through the final, while the loser gets a second chance in Qualifier 2 to enter the final, getting a second shot with the winner of the Eliminator.
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Broadcasting and Streaming Details
Local fans, can catch every live moment of Qualifier 1 on SuperSport in South Africa. Fans from around the world should catch the action on various streaming platforms depending on their respective national broadcasting rights.
With MI Cape Town and Paarl Royals set to clash for the all-important place in the final of SA20 2025, it’s expected to be an electrifying contest with top-notch players on display and smart cricketing logic fleshed out.
