In the 20th fixture of SA20, Sunrisers Eastern Cape will be hosting MI Cape Town on Saturday at St. Georgeβs Oval. Both teams are at a point differential of 6 points but they both need a win to strengthen their position in the point table.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape are currently at the 3rd spot in the point table with 3 wins and a net run rate of +1.279.
MI Cape Town are currently at the 4th spot in the point table with 2 wins and a net run rate of +0.164. The top bookmakers in India have great odds with them for this league.
Rickelton has scored 355 runs in 6 fixtures at an average of 71 and he is the highest scorer for MI Cape Town.
The betting tip is...
Ryan Rickelton to score above 50.5 runs
After starting their SA20 campaign with an abandoned match and a loss, Sunrisers Eastern Cape are currently on a winning streak and have a strong winning momentum going on.
The leadership of Aiden Markram is turning out to be good news for the team. Jordan Hermann is their highest scorer with 154 runs in 4 fixtures at an average of 77. Tristan Stubbs is following him with 132 runs in 4 fixtures at an average of 132.
On the bowling front, the team has done a good job as they have some of the best bowlers from the T20 circle. Ottniel Baartman is the teamβs highest wicket-taker and the third-highest in the tournament with 8 wickets in 4 matches at an economy of 8.25. Daniel Worrall is following him with 7 wickets in 4 fixtures at an economy of 9.21.
Ottniel Baartman, Daniel Worrall, and Jordan Hermann are the key players in the team.
Predicted Lineup: Jordan Hermann, Dawid Malan, Tom Abell, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs (wk), Patrick Kruger, Marco Jansen, Liam Dawson, Simon Harmer, Ottniel Baartman, Daniel Worrall
MI Cape Town is coming to play their next fixture after witnessing a loss against Durban Super Giants. It was a game where the Cape Town ballers were not in control of the match from the beginning of it.
They failed to make any damage to the oppositionβs top order. George Linde and Thomas Kaber picked up 2 wickets each at an economy of 3.75 & 5 respectively. Sam Curran and Olly Stone scalped a single wicket each.
Runs were expected from the batting unit as well but even the batters failed to make an impact and lost wickets at an early stage. The top order was dismissed for a score of 39 runs. Sam Curran, in the middle order, scored 38 off 27 at a strike rate of 140.74.
Dwald Bravis scored 21 off 19 at a strike rate of 110.53. The rest of the batters failed to help the team to complete the chase. In the top order, Ryan Rickelton is the key player for the team as he is the highest scorer.
Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, and Rassie van der Dussen need to step up and help the team to score a win.
Predicted Lineup: Connor Esterhuizen, Ryan Rickelton, Rassie van der Dussen, Dewald Brevis, Sam Curran, Thomas Kaber, George Linde, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, Olly Stone, Kieron Pollard
Sunrisers Eastern Cape is coming out as a dominating force in the league. It wonβt be an easy task to stop them. MI Cape Town are struggling with their below-average performance in the top order.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape bowlers are in good form and they will get the benefit of the weak batting lineup of Cape Town. We predict a win for Sunrisers Eastern Cape on Saturday.