Its Wednesday 31st, Joburg Super Kings (JSK) to take on SA20 2023 defending champion Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC) in the 25th game of the SA20 2024 at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.
JSK in their previous encounter emerged victorious against MI Cape Town defeating them by 10 wickets. Due to rain, the game was reduced to eight overs, where batting first, MI posted 80-3. Super Kings openers Leus du Plooy 41 off 14 balls and Faf du Plessis 50 off 20 balls chased the target in just 5.4 overs. Jsk captain Faf du Plessis was being awarded player of the match for his stunning fifty in a winning cause. JSK are positioned 4th at a points table with 13 points, one position below Aiden’s Markram leads Sunrisers Eastern Cape.
Whereas, SEC with 19 points played 7 matches out of which they won 4 games. In their previous encounter SEC register a victory over MI Cape Town by 4 runs. English batsman Tom Abell and SEC captain Aiden Markram scored a brilliant 60 off 44 and 54 off 32 balls respectively posting a fighting total of 175/6 in 20 overs. Nuwan Thushara and Kagiso Rabada picked 2 wickets each for MICT. Chasing the target, MICT fell short by 4 runs resulting in 3 consecutive defeats in a row. For Sunrisers Eastern Cape, Ottniel Baartman took 2 crucial wickets of Livingstone and Dewald Brevis. Now; We are at the last phase of the league stage and For JSK, It’s a crucial game, and they cannot afford to suffer a loss at this point. They would like to carry on their winning momentum.
PITCH CONDITION AND WEATHER FORECAST:
The forecast is for high humidity, which should be good news for the swing bowlers and a high of 21 degrees at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on Wednesday night. There is no chance of drizzle sky will be clear. The Wanderers Stadium has always been a batting friendly and surface will provide fine pace and bounce. 180 will be a par total for the match number 25.
HEAD TO HEAD:
Sunrisers and Super Kings have faced 4 times against each others in SA20 and it will be their second encounter this year. Super kings came out victorious in two out of their four matches while Sunrisers has only won one game and one match was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain.
PLAYING 11 AND DREAM FANTASY CRICKET:
Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Aiden Markram (c), Temba Bavuma, Tristan Stubbs, Jordan Hermann, Sarel Erwee, Adam Rossington, Tom Abell, Dawid Malan, Ottniel Baartman, Marco Jansen, Sisanda Magala, Brydon Carse, Liam Dawson, Simon Harmer, Craig Overton, Ayabulela Gqamane, Caleb Seleka, Beyers Swanepoel, Andile Simelane.
Joburg Super Kings
Faf du Plessis (c), Reeza Hendricks, Donovan Ferreira, Leus Du Plooy, Gerald Coetzee, Nandre Burger, Moeen Ali, David Wiese, Zahir Khan, Sam Cook, Wayne Madsen, Lizaad Williams, Romario Shepherd, Imran Tahir, Aaron Phangiso, Sibonelo Makhanya, Kyle Simmonds, Dayyaan Galiem, Ronan Hermann.
Dream11 Prediction
R Hendricks, Faf du Plessis, D Malan, T Stubbs, M Ali, A Markram, R Shepherd, M Jansen, L Williams, S Magala, N Burger.
Dream11 Prediction
R Hendricks, Faf du Plessis, D Malan, T Stubbs, M Ali, A Markram, R Shepherd, M Jansen, L Williams, S Magala, N Burger.
Captain: Aiden Markram
Vice Captain: M Jansen
Wicket-Keeper: T Stubbs