Markram's Sunrisers Ask Rashid Khan-Led MI Cape Town To Bat First In SA20 2025 Season Opener
SA20 Toss - (Source:@Johns/X.com)
In the opening match of the 3rd season of SA20 2025, the defending champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape have won the toss and opted to field first against MI Cape Town at the St. George Park in Port Elizabeth. The Rashid Khan-led side would look to better their head to head ratio against the Eastern Cape in this match.
Talking about the two teams, both have named a strong XI filled with top quality international stars. Here are the playing XI of both teams.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs MI Cape Town: Playing XI
MI Cape Town Playing XI: Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Dewald Brevis, Colin Ingram, Connor Esterhuizen (wk), Delano Potgieter, Azmatullah Omarzai, George Linde, Rashid Khan (c), Corbin Bosch, Trent Boult
Sunrisers Eastern Cape Playing XI: Jordan Hermann, Zak Crawley, Tom Abell, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs (wk), David Bedingham, Beyers Swanepoel, Marco Jansen, Liam Dawson, Simon Harmer, Richard Gleeson
Captains' Thoughts
Rashid Khan (MI Cape Town Captain): "Yeah, quite happy to be back to SA20. Looking forward to the new season. It is a new season with some fresh faces and we are looking forward to having a good one. Hopefully, it will lead to a different result this season."
Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape Captain): "We are going to bowl first. It looks a pretty good wicket, slightly on the drier side and we are going to play 2 spinners in our XI and we feel like it is going to take some turn with the sun around.
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