MI Cape Town will go head-to-head against the Joburg Super Kings in the fifteenth match of the SA20. This article provides details about MI Cape Town’s Playing 11 vs Joburg Super Kings for the fifteenth match of the tournament.
MI Cape Town Playing XI vs Joburg Super Kings- SA20 2025-26, Match 15
Openers: Ryan Rickelton, Rassie van der Dussen
MI Cape Town, the only team that is yet to win a game in the ongoing season of the SA20, would aim to clinch it when they take on the Joburg Super Kings in their own backyard at a crucial juncture in the tournament.
It has been a mix of so near yet so far on a few occasions and a below-par effort with the bat in some games, including the last one, where the defending champions were bowled out for 88 runs against the Parl Royals.
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The Rashid Khan-led side would hope for a better performance from its players in their respective disciplines.
The onus will be on the opening pair of Ryan Rickelton and Rassie van der Dussen to get the team off to a good start and lay a platform for the incoming batters to capitalize on.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Reeza Hendricks, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Jason Smith, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Tom Moores, Rashid Khan (c)
Although MI Cape Town comprises batters who can take the game away from the opposition, they haven’t been able to do so, which is one of the reasons why the team hasn’t succeeded in winning a game till now.
The presence of names like Reeza Hendricks and Nicholas Pooran in the middle order makes MI Cape Town a strong team on paper, but the middle order hasn’t clicked as of now, which has cost the team the games that they should have won.
Having said that, all isn’t gloomy for the home team as the likes of Rashi Khan and George Linde have shown that they could get the team over the line if they are provided with a platform to do so in the final couple of overs.
However, the top five batters will have to take the responsibility against JSK and score the bulk of the runs for the team in order to create pressure on the opposition bowlers.
Bowlers: Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult
MICT’s bowling performance hasn’t been much promising either, with the bowlers going for 10-15 runs, then what could have been a chasable score in a few games, to not having enough runs to play in others.
The likes of experienced fast bowlers Trent Boult and Kagiso Rabada have been ineffective and haven’t been able to pick wickets in the first six overs, being on the expensive side as well.
The duo would hope to rectify the mistakes that they have made in the tournament and pick early wickets for the team to create pressure on the JSK batters.
If Boult and Rabada are able to strike with the new ball in the first six overs, it will make things easy for the spinners, who have found it difficult to control the flow of runs in the middle overs.
