Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs MI Cape Town Preview & Prediction | 2025 SA20 | League Stage
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Back-to-back SA20 champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape begin their quest for a three-peat against MI Cape Town, last year’s bottom-placed finishers
Date & time: Thursday January 9th 2025: USA PT – 7:30am / USA ET – 10:30am / UK – 3:30pm
Venue: Dafabet St George's Park, Gqeberha, South Africa
Weather: Sunny with temperatures of around the mid-twenties.
How to watch: USA – Willow TV / UK – Sky Sports & Sky Go
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Sunrisers Eastern Cape Preview: The dominant team
The SA20 has been Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s playground over the past two years of its existence. Last season, they won nine of their 12 games played over the course of the tournament, topping the league stage table and staying flawless across the play-offs, winning both their qualifier and the final.
The most exciting aspect of this Sunrisers side is that you could argue that they’ve gotten even better. The signing of South Africa Test international David Bedingham is testament to that. The core remains however, which is the key aspect of this team.
MI Cape Town Preview: Significantly better expected
MI Cape Town have had one of the best squads on paper for each of the last two years. However, that hasn’t led to success, the exact opposite in fact. Each of the two previous editions of SA20 have seen MI Cape Town finish rock-bottom of the table, having won just three games in both tournaments.
They’ve already suffered a blow leading up to this game with the withdrawal of all-rounder Ben Stokes, the England Test captain having picked up a hamstring injury against New Zealand last month.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape Betting Analysis
When you look across the Sunrisers Eastern Cape squad, you can make a case for plenty of players that appeal from a betting perspective. But the most notable name has to be Marco Jansen when taking into account his performances last season. Jansen picked up 20 wickets across ten games, a solid average of two wickets per match and no bowler across the tournament matched that total. The smart move would be backing him to record over 1.5 match wickets in this one.
MI Cape Town Betting Analysis
If MI Cape Town are to improve on their underwhelming performances across the past two years, they desperately need a boost from the top order. Reeza Hendricks could be the man to provide that power charge if selected. Hendricks is an aggressive domestic player with plenty of international experience and with a point to prove. A smart move may well be to back him scoring 20+ runs in this opening game.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs MI Cape Town Expert Prediction
Sunrisers Eastern Cape will be expected to get off to a winning start, especially when taking into account their opponents. This is an MI Cape Town side who have not only lost 14 of their 20 games played, but have also been beaten in all four of their previous encounters with Sunrisers Eastern Cape. Any outcome other than victory for Aiden Markram’s side here would be a big shock.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs MI Cape Town Top Tip: Sunrisers Eastern Cape to win
