South Africa T20 League

11th Match: JSK vs PC

Match Preview

Joburg will host Pretoria in the 11th match of the South Africa T20 league at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, on 17th January 2023 at 09:00 PM IST. The capitals are yet to lose a game this season, and JSK would like to break its winning momentum in front of the home crowd on Tuesday. 

Pretoria has played 2 matches and won both of them to be in the 2nd place in the points table with 8 points in the ongoing SA T20 League. On the other side, Joburg lost 2 games out of the 3 matches played and stands in the 5th place in the points table with 4 points. 

Pretoria's batters are in good touch as the team has scored 190 plus runs in the last 2 matches. Kings’ batting unit is still struggling to score runs as they got restricted below 110 in the last 2 consecutive games. The upcoming match will be a big treat for fans as both teams have power-packed batting units. 

After winning the first game against Durban, JSK lost the 2 back to back games against Paarl and MI. Now to get back on a winning track again, they will face Pretoria in the 11th match of the league as a first home game in front of Johannesburg’s crowd. 

While playing the last game against MI, JSK’s batting unit failed 2nd time in a row to put a decent score on the board. Leus du Plooy scored 21 runs from 26 balls and was the highest run scorer of JSK’s innings in front of MICT’s pacers. They just managed to put in 105 runs in 20 overs. 

Defending 106 runs against MICT’s power-hitting batting unit was tough for them in the previous encounter. Despite Coetzee, who picked up 2 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs, other bowlers failed to put pressure on the opponents’ batting unit, and as a result, they got defeated by 7 wickets. 

Though the team looks well-balanced on paper, they have not utilized their strength properly so far this season. The teams’ batting unit needs to put up a batting display in front of the home crowd if they want to claim a win against Pretoria.

Will Jacks is a key batter for the Capitals, scoring 98 runs in the last 2 innings at a strike rate of 196. Ferreira is averaging 47.50 over the last 3 matches played for JSK in the South Africa T20 league. The fast bowlers Anrich Nortje and Wayne Parnell are leading the pace attack of Pretoria, and both have taken 3 wickets each so far this league.

The Capitals have played both games against Sunriser and registered comfortable wins by 23 runs and 37 runs, respectively, in the last 2 matches. After scoring 193 runs in the first match, PC’s batters scored 216 runs in 20 overs. 

The overall team looks balanced, with good depth in the batting and bowling department. The team’s bowling unit is delivering superbly this season, and they would like to maintain that good form against JSK in the upcoming game.

Will Jacks smashed opponents’ bowlers to score 92 runs from 46 balls. Theunis de Bruyn also played a cameo of 42 runs from 23 balls in the middle order. 

The team’s bowling unit delivered brilliant spells to restrict opponents while chasing  217 runs. Wayne Parnell and Adil Rashid both picked 2 wickets each in the spell of 4 overs, whereas Anrich Nortje and James Neesham claimed 1 wicket each. These superb bowling and batting efforts led them to secure 2nd win of the season by 37 runs.

Match Details

Match: JSK vs PC, 11th Match, South Africa T20 League

Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Time: 9:00 PM

Venue: The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa

Pitch & Weather Report

The Wanderers Stadium has conducted 31 T20I games so far. The general trend is the winning captain chooses to bowl first as the pitch favours batters in the 2nd innings at this venue. In the last 10 T20Is played at Wanderers Stadium, the team which preferred to chase the target won 6 times. The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg will host match 11 of the South Africa T20 League on Tuesday. The Wanderers Stadium can accommodate 28,000 spectators and has conducted a few domestic games, T20is, and one ODI game.

The weather will be cloudy on the match day on Tuesday, 17th January. The maximum and minimum temperatures will be between 29°C - 17°C. The pitch has seen a high-scoring game here and has added advantages to batters at this venue.

JSK vs PC Squads

JSK: Faf du Plessis, Gerald Coetzee, Romario Sheppard, Mahesh Theekshana, Harry Brook, Janneman Malan, Reeza Hendricks, Kyle Verreynne, George Garton, Alzarri Joseph, Leus du Plooy, Lewis Gregory, Lizaad Williams, Nandre Burger, Donavon Ferreira, Malusi Siboto, Caleb Seleka

PC: Anrich Nortje, Migael Pretorius, Rilee Rossouw, Phil Salt, Wayne Parnell, Josh Little, Shaun von Berg, Adil Rashid, Cameron Delport, Will Jacks, Theunis de Bruyn, Marco Marais, Jimmy Neesham, Kusal Mendis, Daryn Dupavillon, Shane Dadswell, Eathan Bosch

Probable XIs

JSK: Reeza Hendricks, Janneman Malan, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Faf du Plessis (c), Donovan Ferreira, Leus du Plooy, Romario Shepherd, Alzarri Joseph, Gerald Coetzee, George Garton, Aaron Phangiso.

PC: Phil Salt (wk), Will Jacks, Rilee Rossouw, Theunis de Bruyn, James Neesham, Wayne Parnell (c), Shane Dadswell, Migael Pretorius, Eathan Bosch, Adil Rashid, Anrich Nortje.

Match Prediction

By looking at the team lineup and the current form of both teams, The Capitals have an advantage over JSK in the upcoming match on Tuesday. JSK’s batters are also struggling to score runs and might get into trouble in front of PC’s pace unit. We predict that Pretoria to defeat Joburg in this match.

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