CAPE TOWN: Bowlers led the way for MI Cape Town, who sealed a complete win by using seven wickets over Oberg Super Kings in the SA20, right here on Saturday.
George Linde and Kagiso Rabada ran thru the pinnacle order earlier than Rashid Khan and Odean Smith joined the birthday celebration to decrease Super Kings to 106/9 in the 20 overs after they have been put to bat.
The domestic side, however, sailed thru the goal in 16.2 overs with opener Dewald Brevis scoring forty two from 34 balls.
Faf du Plessis’s facet underwent an lousy begin when spinner Linde struck back-to-back wickets in the fifth over, pushing aside Jan Neman Malan and Kyle Verreynne, to plunge the site visitors to 31/3 after Rabada earned the first step forward in the third over, cleansing up Reeza Hendrick on 2.
With spinners dominating the sport proper from the start, introducing Rashid Khan (2-14) gave a similarly jolt to the Super Kings as none of their batters may want to make a stable standing on the crease.
While seven of JSK’s batters failed to go the double figures, Leus du Ploy scored the most run in the first innings with a jittery knock of 21 off 26.
Rabada was once named Player of the in shape for his sensational bowling figures of 2/14 while Linde, Rashid and Odean Smith additionally bagged two wickets each. Waqar Salamkheil, meanwhile, had a scalp to his credit.
With the win, Cape Town surged to the top, one factor clear of second-placed Pretoria Capitals.