MI Cape Town will face Joburg Super Kings in the fifteenth match of SA20. This article provides details about the playing 11 of MI Cape Town vs Joburg Super Kings for the fifteenth match of the tournament.
MI Cape Town Playing XI vs Joburg Super Kings- SA20 2025-26, Match 15
Openers: Ryan Rickelton, Rassie van der Dussen
MI Cape Town, the only team that has not won a game so far in the ongoing SA20 season, will be aiming to achieve the same when they take on Joburg Super Kings in their own backyard at a crucial juncture in the tournament.
It has been a mix of so close on a few occasions so far and below-par efforts with the bat in some matches, including the last match where the defending champions were bowled out for 88 against Paarl Royals.
The Rashid Khan-led team will expect better performances from its players in their respective fields.
The onus will be on the opening pair of Ryan Rickelton and Rassie van der Dussen to give the team a good start and set the stage for the upcoming batsmen to take advantage.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Reeza Hendricks, Nicholas Pooran (wicketkeeper), Jason Smith, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Tom Moores, Rashid Khan (captain).
Although MI Cape Town has batsmen who can take the game away from the opponent, they have not been able to do so, which is one of the reasons why the team has not been able to win a single game so far.
The presence of names like Reeza Hendricks and Nicholas Pooran in the middle order makes MI Cape Town a strong team on paper, but the middle order has not been able to perform well so far, which has led to the team losing games that they should have won.
Having said that, all is not bleak for the home team as players like Rashi Khan and George Linde have shown that they can lead the team to victory if they are provided the platform to do so in the final few overs.
However, the top five batsmen will have to take the responsibility against JSK and put pressure on the opposition bowlers to score a large number of runs for the team.
Bowlers: Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult
MICT’s bowling performance has also not been very promising, with the bowlers giving away 10-15 runs then what could have been a chaseable score in some matches, not enough runs to play for in others.
Bowlers like experienced fast bowlers Trent Boult and Kagiso Rabada have been ineffective and could not take wickets in the first six overs due to being expensive.
The pair will hope to correct the mistakes made in the tournament and take early wickets for the team to put pressure on the JSK batsmen.
If Boult and Rabada are able to strike with the new ball in the first six overs, it will make things easier for the spinners, who have found it difficult to control the flow of runs in the middle overs.
