We are one more step closer to the end to SA20 as Paarl Royals (PR) will take on Joburg Super Kings (JSK) in the eliminator of SA20 2024 on Wednesday (February 7) at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. The Paarl Royals finished in third place with five wins and five losses in 10 matches. Super Kings won three out of 10 matches and were in fourth place.
Winner of today’s game will advance for Qualifier 2 against DSG and losing team will be knocked out of the tournament.
In Qualifier 1 Sunrisers Eastern Cape defeated Durban Super Giants by a margin of 51 runs. It was Marco Jansen and Ottniel Baartman brilliant bowling performance that helped SEC to reach back to back finals of SA20 League.
Baartman won the player of the match. He said that he tried to do the basics right. He continues that the starting bowls bowlers bowled pretty well and made his work easy. he also praised the way Aiden Markram because of his captaincy.
Pitch Report and Conditions
Out of the last five matches played at the venue in the season so far, four have been won by teams batting second. The average first innings score at the venue in the season so far has been 171 while the highest target chased is 204. The captain winning the toss is likely to bowl first keeping the recent records in mind.
Paarl Royals vs J Predicted Playing XI
Paarl Royals:
Jos Buttler (wk), Jason Roy, Wihan Lubbe, Mitchell Van Buuren, David Miller (c), Dane Vilas, Andile Phehlukwayo, Bjorn Fortuin, Codi Yusuf, Nqaba Peter, John Turner
Joburg Super Kings:
Leus du Plooy, Faf du Plessis (c), Reeza Hendricks, Wayne Madsen, Moeen Ali, Donovan Ferreira (wk), Doug Bracewell, Dayyaan Galiem, Lizaad Williams, Nandre Burger, Imran Tahir
Head-to-Head Record:
The met 4 times against each other where Paarl Royals won 3 times while Joburg Super Kings managed to win only 1 match against them.
Prediction:
Joburg Super Kings (JSK) looks all set to win the Eliminator under the leadership of the star skipper Faf du Plessis. Faf has been a leader who knows how to take the game deep down and will be eager to stamp his authority against PR. All in all, it promises to be an exciting thriller as both the teams are evenly matched but JSK looks all set to dethrone PR in the Eliminator clash.