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MI Cape Town to face Durban Supergiants during the first match of SA20. This article provides details of Durban Super Giants’ Game 11 against MI Cape Town for the first match of the tournament.
Durban Super Giants Playing XI vs MI Cape Town – SA20 2025-26, Match 1
Openers: Aiden Markram (c), Jos Buttler (week)
The away team for the tournament opener, the Durban Super Giants, will look to do their best to challenge MI Cape Town and secure a victory to get their campaign off to a good start.
The Aiden Markram-led side will be hoping to put in a strong performance in all three departments in the match against the defending champions.
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The onus will be on the opponents when it comes to DSG’s batting to get the team off to a good start in the first six overs.
The opening pair of captain Aiden Markram and Jos Buttler would be supported to fulfill their partnership and individual batting roles.
If the openers are able to lay down a platform for the middle-order hitters to capitalize on, it will give DSG a chance to take full advantage of the good batting conditions that are expected to be on offer.
Medle order bats and all-rounders: Tony le Zorzi, Heinrich Class, David Bingham, Wie Mulder, David Wise
As for DSG’s middle order, it includes names like Tony de Zorzi and Heinrich Klaasen, both of whom have the ability to get the better of the opposition, and the team will hope that they have a good outing.
Zorzi’s Tony, who has a reputation for being vulnerable at first, can be very destructive if he sets his sights on it.
Heinrich Klaasen, on the other hand, is known for his ability to hit six shots against spin, and the venue will also help him clear boundaries with ease, given that it is a high-altitude pitch, meaning the ball will travel a long distance.
It will be up to the top five batters to control DSG’s innings against a powerful bowling line-up that MI Cape Town have at their disposal.
Bowlers: Sunil Narine, Gerald Coetzee, Kwena Maphaka, Andile Simelane
If we talk about the Durban Super Giants bowling attack, they have in their ranks a player named Sunil Narine who has many wickets in T20 cricket and brings with him a wealth of experience.
Besides Narine, DSG also has youngsters Gerald Coetzee, Kwena Maphaka and Andile Simelane, who will handle the team’s fast bowling attack and will be assisted by fast bowling all-rounders Wiaan Mulder and David Wiese.
The visitors will have a total of seven bowling options at their disposal, with captain Aiden Markram being the second player in the playing XI.
All that being said, the bowling attack will need to make an all-out effort to restrict MI Cape Town’s aggressive and long batting line-up.
