On Tuesday, January 30, at Kingsmead in Durban, the Durban Super Giants defeated the Pretoria Capitals by eight runs, securing their spot in the SA20 2024 Qualifier 1.
A confident Durban side won the toss and elected to bat first, coming off the back of three straight victories. For the loss of two wickets, they scored 76 runs in the first seven overs. Matthew Breetzke smacked 10 fours and three sixes during his incredible 73 runs off 46 balls. Heinrich Klaasen continued his purple streak in the tournament with another 30 from just 18 balls.
With seven wickets gained in the final 10 overs and just 67 runs conceded, Pretoria turned things around quite impressively in the latter part of the innings. Durban’s 20 overs resulted in 174/9. Senuran Muthusamy and Daryn Dupavillon each took three wickets to aid Pretoria in mounting a comeback in the match.
The Capitals enjoyed two respectable partnerships for the second and third wickets of 40 and 35 runs, respectively, after Phil Salt left for a duck in the second inning. Will Jacks scored a brilliant 41 off of 26 balls. But Rilee Rossouw’s unusually plodding innings of 10 runs off 27 balls made it extremely challenging for the batsmen to follow the equation.
Durban gave all of their bowlers a green light for the crucial playoffs by skillfully rotating their bowling options. Ultimately, the visitors lost by eight runs, with 20 coming off of Keemo Paul’s final over. The bowler of choice for Keshav Maharaj’s team was Junior Dala. In his four overs, he concluded with fantastic figures of 5/26. Pretoria has put itself in a tight situation by dropping this match; in order to advance to the next round of the competition, they will need to rely on other outcomes. On Saturday, February 3, Durban will play their final round-robin match against the Johannesburg Super Kings.
Here are the reactions of ‘X’ users to Durban’s victory:
Another home victory as DSG have made their home ground a fortress🏟 Breetzke superb with the bat yet again, peaking at the right time of the tournament..& Dala with a fifer taking career best figures 5-26 🔥 Comfirmed top spot, now for the Qualifier at Newlands 🏟 #DSGvPC 🏏 pic.twitter.com/CmuOb7JViP
— Suleman Modan (@Figjamfan) January 30, 2024
Chill Kar Dala 🥶
Naam Hai Junior Dala 😎#DSGvPC #Betway #SA20 #JuniorDala pic.twitter.com/f2Fpy2PlCE— The Cricket TV (@thecrickettvX) January 30, 2024
@DurbansSG won by 8 Runs. Fabulous Knock M Breetzke 73(46). Magnificent spell @JDala3 5/26. 4 Wins in a Row and 7th Win for @DurbansSG in #SA20 2024.#DSGvPC @JontyRhodes8 @mornemorkel65
— JaayShaan (VaidhyaJayaShankar) (@JaayShaan) January 30, 2024
WWWWE WON – 4th win in a row for Durban’s SuperGiants.
With this we extend our lead(10 pts) w/second spot team Paarl Royals. In TOTAL 3️⃣2️⃣ points.#SA20 | #DSGvPC | #SuperChargeD
— SuperGiantsArmy™ — LSG FC (@LucknowIPLCover) January 30, 2024
Keshav Maharaj’s Durban’s Super Giants win by 8 runs against Pretoria Capitals.
Top of the table by some distance & clearly look like the team to beat this season!#SA20 #DSGvPC
— Dadan FSC (@dadanfsc) January 30, 2024
Gonna need @PretoriaCapsSA to pay for my therapy after this season… 😭💔#SA20 #DSGvPC
— Mish ✌🏽(she / her) (@Mish_Sattar) January 30, 2024
Gonna need @PretoriaCapsSA to pay for my therapy after this season… 😭💔#SA20 #DSGvPC
— Mish ✌🏽(she / her) (@Mish_Sattar) January 30, 2024
Just checked the scorecard of dsg vs PC what is rossow doing is he thinking it’s test do him really know it’s do or die match for them #SA20 #DSGvPC
— ArjunSai (@ThalaAArjun) January 30, 2024
@JDala3 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
What a Spell. Career Best T20 Bowling figures for Junior Dala 5/26.
Overs ➡️ 4
Runs ➡️ 26
Wickets ➡️ 5@DurbansSG #SA20 #DSGvPC @Titans_Cricket— JaayShaan (VaidhyaJayaShankar) (@JaayShaan) January 30, 2024
Another Good Knock By Will Jacks. He’s a Complete Allrounder.#SA20 #willjacks #DSGvPC pic.twitter.com/fwkTNIdLa6
— InsideRCB (@InsideRcb) January 30, 2024
From 110/2(11 overs) to 174/9(20 overs),A moment of salute 🫡 for PC’s bowlers especially Muthusamy and Dupavillon.But the 10 runs scored by Naveen may cost them…#SA20 #DSGvPC #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/ENGj0sT9jl
— FAFoulous🌕 (@Cricker917) January 30, 2024
Junior Dala 5/26 pic.twitter.com/ytT24oVOzR
— Trent’s Simp (@KiaraNandkumar) January 30, 2024
Junior Dala picks up his maiden five-wicket haul in his comeback game in SA20 against Pretoria Capitals👏#SA20 #darbeoldu pic.twitter.com/rrn3cGi3fi
— @i zain Official (@zainOff21365732) January 31, 2024
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