DSG vs MICT: Preview, Live Streaming, Playing XI, Prediction

MI Cape Town (Source: Twitter)

The battle resumes in the SA20 league as Durban's Super Giants take on MI Cape Town in the 23rd match to be played at Kingsmead, Durban as both these sides look to improve their table standings.

After having played seven matches each, the Cape Town-based side are fifth on the tally with 13 points as they have won three games and lost four. On the flip side, Durban have only won two while losing five of their encounters and are languishing at the bottom of the table with just eight points.

In their last encounters, Durban were hammered by Joburg Super Kings' Faf du Plessis, who knocked up a brilliant century. Whereas MI tasted defeat at the hands of table toppers Pretoria Capitals as they couldn't chase down 183. 

Talking about the teams, MI has got a big boost in the form of big hitter Tim David who has joined them in place of Liam Livingstone.

Match Details

Date and Time: February 2, 9:00 PM IST
Venue: Kingsmead, Durban
Live Telecast & Streaming: Sports18 and JioCinema

Pitch Report: Expect the pitch to favour the batters in this game as has been the case so far. Teams winning the toss would like to bowl first as chasing is relatively easy here. The average first innings score of 162 suggests that scoring big won't be a problem here.

Probable Playing XI

Durban's Super Giants: Kyle Mayers, Matthew Breetzke, Quinton de Kock (c & wk), Wiaan Mulder, Heinrich Klaasen, Jason Holder, Keemo Paul, Simon Harmer, Hardus Viljoen, Keshav Maharaj and Reece Topley

MI Cape Town: Ryan Rickelton, Dewald Brevis, Grant Roelofsen (wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Sam Curran, Tim David, George Linde, Rashid Khan (c), Odean Smith, Duan Jansen and Kagiso Rabada

Prediction

Looking slightly better than their counterparts, MI Cape Town are having more advantages and should dominate in this battle.

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