SA20 2025-26: More than 400 runs scored in T20 match, Ryan Rickleton scored a stormy century, yet the team lost

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Ryan Rickleton scored a brilliant century. (Photo-PTI)

SA20 2025-26 Durban Super Giants vs MI Cape Town: The fourth season of the SA20 League got off to a great start at the Newlands ground in Cape Town. In the first match, defending champion MI Cape Town faced Durban Super Giants, where the Durban team won a thrilling victory. In this match, fans got to see a lot of fours and sixes and both the teams together scored 449 runs in the match, which is the second highest record of runs scored in any SA20 match. During this time, the first century of the season was seen from the bat of MI Cape Town opener Ryan Rickleton, but he could not lead the team to victory.

Durban Super Giants put a big score on the board

Batting first in this match, Durban Super Giants scored a strong score of 232 runs in 20 overs. The foundation of Durban’s innings was laid by the 96-run opening partnership of Devon Conway and Kane Williamson. Conway scored 64 runs and Williamson contributed 40 runs. After this, Aiden Markram played a quick inning of 35 runs, due to which the team’s score increased rapidly. Heinrich Klaasen, Evan Jones and David Wiese also played short but explosive innings. On the other hand, George Linde took the maximum of two wickets for MI Cape Town.

Ryan Rickleton’s century ruined

In reply, defending champion MI Cape Town did not have a good start, pressure increased due to early wicket fall. Reeza Hendricks was out after scoring 28 runs, while Rassie van der Dussen could score only 2 runs. At the same time, Nicholas Puran also returned to the pavilion on 15 runs. But Ryan Rickleton held one end. He played a stormy inning of 113 runs in just 63 balls, which included 5 fours and 11 sixes. This is the most number of sixes in an innings in SA20. Rickleton also made an important partnership of 76 runs with Jason Smith, in which Smith scored 41 runs in 14 balls.

However, the pressure increased in the last overs. Only 15 runs were scored in the last two overs and three wickets fell. Due to which MI Cape Town team could score only 217 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs and lost by 15 runs. Durban’s young bowler Ethan Bosch turned the match by taking 4 wickets and Kwena Mafaka also bowled tightly in the last overs. Due to which the Durban Super Giants team, which was at the bottom of the points table last season, started with a win this time.

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