SA20 2024 | JSK vs DSG, Match 29- Top Captain and Vice-captain Choices
Junior Dala will be an important choice as the captain or vice-captain of the match (Source: x.com)
We head towards the final double header of the second edition of SA20 with the second match set to feature Durban Super Giants and Joburg Super Kings in the Wanderers, Johannesburg. The action begins at 9:00 PM IST.
The Faf du Plessis-led unit will eye for a victory with bonus points to lock their chances for the playoffs. A loss would mean an elimination in the league stages whereas a win may keep in a net run rate tussle with Cape Town. The Super Kings have 13 points from nine matches with a couple of wins and five losses. Two games have been shared affairs. Meanwhile, the Durban Super Giants are way ahead in the race of the remaining teams. With 32 points from nine matches, they have won seven games and lost a couple. They have made it to Qualifier 1.
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SA20 2024 | JSK vs DSG, Match 29- Toss Factor
The surface at Wanderers assists spinners to a greater extent when compared to the other venues in South Africa. The pacers get decent help and run-scoring isn’t that easy for the batters on this surface.
Scenario: if Joburg Super Kings fields first
The Super Kings batting is more dominant on Faf du Plessis and Leus du Ploy and they will have to come good if the team chases. They have a good bowling unit but it needs to gel together to weave magic in the cricket field.
Scenario: if Durban Super Giants fields first
The Super Giants are one of the best teams in the mega-event. With a dominant batting and bowling unit, the Keshav Maharaj-led community can adapt to situations. With plethora of match winners in the ranks, they are one of the top teams.
Scenario: if Joburg Super Kings fields first
Junior Dala (DSG): The right-arm pacer has been in scintillating form with the cork in hand and has bagged seven wickets from his last couple of appearances that included a brilliant five-wicket haul against the Pretoria Capitals. He has good control when he is nice rhythm and can topple the opposition with pace and bounce.
Leus du Plooy (JSK): The middle-order batter has been one of the best thing for the Super Kings this season. Du Plooy has been consistent with the willow and racked up 242 runs from eight innings at an average of 34.41.
Scenario: if Durban Super Giants fields first
Heinrich Klaasen (DSG): The wicketkeeper-batter has been in astounding form with the bat for almost an year now. Klaasen has been a menace to the bowlers in the coveted competition and has smashed 310 runs from nine matches. He has an extraordinary strike rate of 202.61 including a highest individual score of 85.
Lizaad Williams (JSK): The right-arm pacer has the tendency to hit the right line and length and get the job done with the cork in hand. Williams is the leading wicket-taker for the Super Kings with 12 scalps from seven innings. He took the only wicket against the Eastern Capes in the last match.
SA20 2024 | JSK vs DSG, Match 29- High Risk, High Reward
Faf du Plessis (JSK): There should be no doubt that Faf is a big-occasion player and he proved his mettle by scoring a brilliant fifty against MI Cape Town in a rain-curtailed encounter a few days back. He is a great player against both pace and spin and would look to go all guns blazing to help his side reach the playoffs.
Keshav Maharaj (DSG): one of the under-rated cricketers of the ongoing tourney, Maharaj can be a real game-changer with both bat and ball. He has scalped eleven wickets from nine matches and can get good assistance in this turf.
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