Who must not be aware of the South African 20 League. With its strong and entertaining game play it has become widely popular among the audience in recent times. Two of the main teams that are MI Cape Town and Paarl Royals have also gained recognition. Both the teams have faced each other multiple times in the SA20 league and have been involved in an exciting match. In this article we have provided the timeline of the recent match and their past encounter in 2024. Here’s a summary of their recent matches of MI cape town vs Paarl Royals timeline:
MI Cape Town Innings: The MI Cape Town set a target of 200 runs, finishing the match at a score of 199 runs with 4 wickets in 20 overs. Dewald Brevis became the Top Scorer with 44 runs. A significant moment was when Brevis was remitted due to a controversial no-ball call, which led him to continue his innings.
Paarl Royals Innings: The Paarl Royals could not chase the runs scored by MI Cape Town and were bowled out for 160 runs in 19.4 overs, falling short by 39 runs. MI Cape Town’s bowlers, including Rashid Khan and Corbin Bosch, played key roles in refraining the Royals to compete with them.
MI Cape Town Batting Stats
Player
Runs
Balls played
4s
6s
SR
Ryan Rickelton
44
27
4
2
162.96
Rassie Van Der Dussen
40
32
3
2
125.00
Dewald Brevis
44
30
0
4
146.66
Sediqullah Atal
0
2
0
0
0.00
George Linde
26
14
0
3
185.71
Delano Potgieter
32
17
4
1
188.23
MI Cape Town Bowling stats
Bowling
O
M
R
Wicket
Eco
Wide
No ball
Bjorn Fortuin
4
0
44
1
11.00
0
0
Kwena Maphaka
4
0
49
0
12.25
2
0
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
4
0
25
0
6.25
0
0
Dunith Wellalage
4
0
23
2
5.75
0
0
Mitchell Owen
1.5
0
29
0
15.81
0
0
Dayyaan Galiem
2.1
0
28
1
12.92
0
2
Paarl Royals Batting Stats
Batting
Runs
Balls played
4s
6s
SR.
Lhuan-dre Pretorius
15
6
2
1
250.00
Mitchell Owen
7
3
0
1
233.33
Rubin Hermann
2
7
0
0
28.57
Dayyaan Galiem
12
16
1
0
75.00
Dunith Wellalage
15
13
3
0
115.38
David Miller
45
26
4
3
173.07
Dinesh Karthik
31
28
5
0
110.71
Andile Phehlukwayo
5
6
0
0
83.33
Mujeeb Ul Rahman
7
5
1
0
140.00
Bjorn Fortuin
10
7
2
0
142.85
Kwena Maphaka
0
4
0
0
0.00
Paarl Royals Bowling Stats
Bowling
O
M
R
Wickets
Econ
WD
NB
Trent Boult
4
0
38
2
9.50
0
0
Kagiso Rabada
4
0
18
2
4.50
2
2
Corbin Bosch
3.4
0
34
2
9.27
3
0
George Linde
4
0
34
1
8.50
0
1
Rashid Khan
4
0
33
2
8.25
0
0
January 13, 2025 – 6th Match at Newlands, Cape Town
Winner- MI Cape Town :
MI Cape Town Innings: The MI Cape Town were the second to bat and got a target of 172 runs, Fortunately they chased down a target of 173 runs, reaching 175/2 in 16.5 overs. Ryan Rickelton was the Player of the match and star performer with an unbeaten 94 runs off 52 balls.
Paarl Royals Innings: The Paarl Royals set a target of 172/8 in 20 overs. MI Cape Town’s bowlers, like Thomas Kaber became prominent players in refraining the Paarl to give a high target. He also took 3 wickets for 20 runs.
MI Cape Town Batting Stats
Batting
Runs
Balls played
4s
6s
SR.
Ryan Rickelton
8
8
1
0
100.00
Rassie Van Der Dussen
43
33
3
2
130.30
Reeza Hendricks
59
37
8
1
159.45
Colin Ingram
7
9
1
0
77.77
George Linde
1
4
0
0
25.00
Delano Potgieter
29
18
2
2
161.11
Dewald Brevis
14
9
0
1
155.55
Azmatullah Omarzai
2
2
0
0
100.00
MI Cape Town Bowling stats
Bowling
O
M
R
Wickets
Econ
WD
NB
Bjorn Fortuin
4
0
24
1
6.00
1
0
Kwena Maphaka
4
0
40
1
10.00
4
0
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
4
0
40
1
10.00
1
0
Lungi Ngidi
4
0
43
1
10.75
1
0
Dayyaan Galiem
4
0
24
3
6.00
1
0
Paarl Royals Batting Stats
Batting
Runs
Balls played
4s
6s
SR.
Lhuan-dre Pretorius
26
12
4
1
216.66
Joe Root
26
14
3
1
185.71
Sam Hain
20
23
1
0
86.95
mitchell Van Buuren
0
7
0
0
0.00
David Miller
1
4
0
0
25.00
Dayyan Galiem
3
6
0
0
50.00
Dinesh Karthik
2
7
0
0
28.57
Bjorn Fortuin
0
2
0
0
0.00
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
34
21
1
3
161.90
Kwena Maphaka
22
19
1
2
115.78
Lungi Ngidi
4
5
0
0
80.00
Paarl Royals Bowling Stats
Bowling
O
M
R
Wicket
Econ
WD
NB
Trent Boult
4
0
29
0
7.25
1
0
Azmatullah Omarzai
3
0
32
1
10.66
0
0
Kagiso Rabada
4
2
22
2
5.50
0
0
Rashid Khan
4
0
28
2
5.50
0
0
George Linde
4
0
15
3
3.75
0
0
Delano Potgieter
1
0
13
0
13.00
0
0
January 19, 2024 – 11th Match at Boland Park, Paarl:
MI Cape Town Innings: They scored 175/2 in 16.5 overs, with Ryan Rickelton again leading the charge with 94 runs off 52 balls.
Paarl Royals Innings: They managed 172/8 in 20 overs. MI Cape Town’s bowlers, including Thomas Kaber, who took 3 wickets for 20 runs, were instrumental in restricting the Royals.
MI Cape Town Batting Stats
Batting
Runs
Balls played
4s
6s
SR.
Rassie Van Der Dussen
41
28
4
2
146.42
Ryan Rickelton
94
52
7
6
180.76
Dewald Brevis
10
7
1
0
142.85
Connor Esterhuizen
17
14
1
0
121.42
MI Cape Town Bowling Stats
Bowling
O
M
R
Wicket
Econ
WD
NB
Lungi Ngidi
3.5
0
43
0
11.21
2
0
Bjorn Fortuin
4
0
34
0
8.50
1
0
Obed McCoy
3
0
31
0
10.33
1
0
Tabraiz Shamsi
4
0
35
2
8.75
1
0
Andile Phehlukwayo
2
0
25
0
12.50
1
0
Paarl Royals Batting Stats
Batting
Runs
Balls played
4s
6s
SR.
Jason Roy
38
14
1
5
271.42
Jos Buttler
46
31
6
2
148.38
Wihan Lubbe
1
4
0
0
25.00
David Miller
20
21
2
0
95.23
Mitchell Van Buuren
28
24
2
1
116.66
Andile Phehlukwayo
9
8
0
1
112.50
Fabian Allen
4
4
1
0
100.00
Bjorn Fortuin
12
11
1
0
109.09
Lungi Ngidi
2
4
0
0
50.00
Obed McCoy
0
0
0
0
–
Paarl Royals Bowling Stats
Bowling
O
M
R
Wicket
Econ
WD
NB
Olly Stone
4
0
34
1
8.50
0
0
George Linde
4
0
33
1
8.25
0
0
Kagiso Rabada
3
0
42
1
14.00
0
0
Sam Curran
4
0
25
1
6.25
1
1
Thomas Kaber
4
0
20
3
5.00
1
0
Kieron Pollard
1
0
9
0
9.00
0
0
Conclusion
MI cape town vs Paarl Royals timeline Match Overall, MI Cape Town has had a strong record against Paarl Royals, winning 3 out of their last 5 encounters. The matches were very exciting and gained large audience involvement.