Durban Super Giants win in pitching and batting against Paarl Royals

Paarl Royals v DSG © PhotoShelter

The Durban Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat in their Betway SA20 match against the high-flying Paarl Royals at a sold-out Boland Park in Paarl on Monday.

The respective fortunes of the two teams could not be more different. The home team’s campaign is going swimmingly at the top of the table, with only one defeat so far. DSG’s situation, however, is dire. They have played eight games and have achieved only eight points, 16 behind tonight’s opponent after having played one more game. So far they have only won the first game of the campaign, and that was by chance.

Surprisingly, they still have a chance of qualifying for the playoffs, assuming other results go in their favor, but they will have to win their last two games, both away from home, if they want to activate even that slim chance.

ROYAL PAARLES: Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Joe Root, Rubin Hermann, Mitchell van Buuren, Dunith Wellalage, David Miller (captain), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Dayyaan Galiem, Bjorn Fortuin, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Kwena Maphaka

THE DURBAN SUPER GIANTS: Quinton de Kock (wk), Bryce Parsons, Brandon King, Kane Williamson, Marcus Stoinis, Heinrich Klaasen, Wiaan Mulder, JJ Smuts, Prenelan Subrayen, Keshav Maharaj (captain), Noor Ahmad