Another batting performance from the Joburg Super Kings saw them receive their second successive thrashing, this time from Cape Town’s Mumbai Indians in the SA20 match at Newlands on Saturday night.
Super Kings limped to an uncompetitive 105/9 at the end of 20 overs after being put to bat by MI CT who won the toss, before rising star Dewald Brevis cracked a sparkling 42 off 34 balls (2×4; 3×6). ) to help set the team on course for a seven-wicket win with 22 balls to spare.
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But MI CT will be disappointed not to be able to take the bonus point to win in 16 overs, with pedestrian Rassie van der Dussen’s unbeaten 14 off 23 balls in play missing the extra point with just two balls to spare. .
MI CT’s chase got off to a perfect start as Brevis and Ryan Rickleton, 21 off 24 balls (2×4), shared a 65-run opening stand in the first nine overs.
Brevis was the aggressor in the partnership, beating Gerald Coetzee for a six over deep extra cover, while smashing a 102m six over long on off Aaron Phangiso, and then depositing him over long on as well.
Coetzee finally made a breakthrough when Rickleton skied to Alzarri Joseph, who took a good catch with the ball swirling in the wind, and had Brevis caught in the next pass by Phangiso at long on, reducing MI CT to 75/2.
Romario Shepherd has Grant Roelofsen (5) caught by Janneman Malan, 87/3 in 15 oversTh through, before Van Der Dussen and Sam Curran, 15no dead nine balls (1×4; 1×6) eased home.
Rabada is brilliant
At the start of the play an all-round bowling performance led by Proteas star Kagiso Rabada in the first game of the competition helped MI CT restrict the Super Kings to just over a hundred.
Rabada picked up brilliant figures of 2/12 in four overs, while he was well backed up by Rashid Khan, 2/18, Odean Smith, 2/10, and George Linde, 2/25.
Rabada beat opener Reeza Hendricks (2) with a superb ball that clipped the seam and took the top of the stumps, and took it twice at the end of the innings, again taking the ball to clip the seam and take an edge. off the bat of Gerald Coetzee (1).
Super Kings batting scorecard was a disaster, with Leus du Plooy (21) the top score, and the fact that the extras are the second highest in the round, together with Janneman Malan with two manage 16, tell the story.
It could have been worse for the Super Kings after they were reduced to 84/8, but George Garton (13no) and Phangiso (10no) bowled the last few overs to get their side over the hundred run mark, which they missed. challenge at all in the end.