MICT Players during SA20 match
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SA20, Qualifier 1, 2025: MICT vs PR: Match Highlights| Scorecard| Award Winners| POTM

MICT vs PR: MI Cape Town reached the finals of the SA20 league after defeating Paarl Royals in the Qualifier 1 of the tournament.

Paarl Royals won the toss and decided to bowl first. MI Cape Town started with Ryan Rickelton and Rassie van der Dussen. Both batters gave a solid start to their team and scored 66 runs in the powerplay. In the 10th over of the game, Paarl Royals got the first breakthrough as Rassie van der Dussen got out on the score of 40 runs, and in the next over, Ryan Rickelton departed after scoring 44 runs. Dewald Brevis got the opportunity, and the right-handed batter utilized it to take his team’s score to a big one. He got the support of Delano Potgieter, who scored 32 runs to take the team’s total to the score of 199 runs in 20 overs.

Chasing the target of 200 runs, Paarl Royals started with Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Mitchell Owen, and they were off to an explosive start as both batters put 21 runs on the board in the first over. Kagiso Rabada made a comeback and picked Pretorius’ wicket. In the 3rd over, Mitchell Owen got out as PR lost their openers in the powerplay. Soon, they lost 4 wickets inside 50 runs. Skipper David Miller and Dinesh Karthik boosted the scoreboard but couldn’t end it well and got out before reaching the target. MICT bowled out Paarl Royals in 19.4 overs with a score of 160 to win the match by 39 runs.

SA20, Qualifier 1, 2025: MICT vs PR: Batting Scorecard

Batting(MICT) RB4s6s
Ryan Rickelton c Owen b Wellalage442742
Rassie van der Dussen c Miller b Galiem403232
Dewald Brevis not out443004
Sediqullah Atal c †Karthik b Wellalage0200
George Linde c & b Fortuin261403
Delano Potgieter not out321741
Extras(lb 1, nb 2, w 10)13
Total20 Ov (RR: 9.95)199/4
Batting(Paarl Royals) RB4s6s
Lhuan-dre Pretorius c Rickelton b Rabada15621
Mitchell Owen c Hendricks b Boult7301
Rubin Hermann c Boult b Bosch2700
Dayyaan Galiem run out (Bosch/Rickelton)121610
Dunith Wellalage b Rashid Khan151330
David Miller (c)c Brevis b Linde452643
Dinesh Karthik †c Brevis b Rashid Khan312850
Andile Phehlukwayo c †Rickelton b Rabada5600
Mujeeb Ur Rahman c sub (CA Ingram) b Boult7510
Bjorn Fortuin c Rashid Khan b Bosch10720
Kwena Maphaka not out0400
Extras(lb 3, nb 3, w 5)11
Total19.4 Ov (RR: 8.13)160

SA20, Qualifier 1, 2025: MICT vs PR: Bowling Scorecard

Bowling(Paarl Royals)OMRW0s4s6s
Bjorn Fortuin40441815
Kwena Maphaka40490741
Mujeeb Ur Rahman402501121
Dunith Wellalage402321101
Mitchell Owen1.50290232
Dayyaan Galiem2.10281312
Bowling(MICT)OMRW0s4s6s
Trent Boult403821042
Kagiso Rabada401821410
Corbin Bosch3.403421060
George Linde403411022
Rashid Khan403321151

SA20, Qualifier 1, 2025: MICT vs PR: Award Winners| Stats

Player Of The Match(MICT vs PR): Delano Potgieter(MICT), 32 runs off 17 balls

Best Bowling Figures(MICT vs PR): Kagiso Rabada(MICT), 2/18 in Overs

Best Batting Figures(MICT vs PR): Dewald Brevis(MICT), 44 runs off 30 balls

SA20, Qualifier 1, 2025: MICT vs PR: Captains’ Corner

A great feeling, especially after finishing at the bottom in the first two seasons. The way we played in the group stage was brilliant and then the first qualifier. Everyone’s taking the responsibility, which impresses me so much, that under pressure everyone’s performing so well. In this format, you need a good start. The way Rassie and Rickelton started allowed us to build on that start. They have been outstanding in the last couple of years but we were missing somewhere. With the ball, we have been doing a great job.

Rashid Khan(MICT Captain) said post-match

We started a little bit on the back foot. Ricks and Rassie came out batting very well in the powerplay. A couple of extras cost us – two fives wides and a couple of no-balls. It’s never nice a bowler coming off but we have plenty of bowlers to cover up. We need to regroup. We have had three losses but it takes one game to turn it around. [On Royals’ batting order] There are a few methods behind everything. We have got a database and we run it through that. But we lost a few wickets tonight but that happens when you are chasing 200. 

David Miller(Paarl Royals’ Captain) said post-match

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