In a top-of-the-table clash, Mi Capetown will throw a challenge against Johannesburg Superkings at their home in Cape Town on Saturday, 18th January, at 9:00 pm IST and 5:30 PM local time. Ahead of this exciting clash, check out our MICT vs JSK match preview, probable playing XI, odds, betting tips, pitch report, probable match winner, and toss prediction.
Teams Preview
MI Cape Town
MI is sitting second in the points table with winning two games and losing as many fixtures. They are coming into this game with a crushing six-wicket defeat against Royals. Despite Rassie Van der Dussen flinty 91, they managed to post 158/4 only as the middle order didn’t fire at all.
With Van der Dussen sustaining injury, the team will have a task at hand, as Rickleton wasn’t feeling well before the match too. Veteran Colin Ingram’s substandard showing and Brevis being off-colour since the breezy opening game pose challenges to the management.
The bowling unit has had a great outing until they met with Royals’ rookie Luhan dre Pretorius’, flourishing class. But,the inspid fielding has been kryptonite for MI Cape Town, slipping easy chances which have cost dearly. They’ll have to resolve these issues in a bid to be consistently stationed on top of the standings.
MI Cape Town Probable Playing XI: Reeza Hendricks, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Connor Esterhuizen, Colin Ingram, Dewald Brevis, Delano Potgieter, Azmatullah Omarzai, George Linde, Kagiso Rabada, Rashid Khan, Trent Boult
Johannesburg Superkings
With being unbeaten, the Super Kings are on the top of the tree in the early days of the tournament, winning two games. Though their last game was washed out due to rain, in which the Joburg Super Kings had the upper hand while containing Pretoria to a sub-par 138/8. With a turn on offer, their spinners have hunted supremely. Moeen Ali, in his first appearance this year, was spectacular in his 2/21. The evergreen Imran Tahir has continued to weave his magic. However, the part-timer Donovan Ferreira stole the limelight with four wickets in two games.
Super Kings batters haven’t had much game time, having batted 20 overs in the season only once. They do boast superstars in Captain Plesis, Newzealander Conway and Englishman Johnny Bairstow who can take the game away from the opponents on their day . In the lower middle order, Donovan Ferreira and David Wiese can also dismantle any bowling lineup.
Joburg Super Kings Probable Playing XI: Devon Conway, Faf du Plessis (C), Leus du Plooy, Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali, David Wiese, Donovan Ferreira, Evan Jones, Lutho Sipamla, Hardus Viljoen, Imran Tahir
MICT vs JSK Head-to-Head Record
| Matches Played | 05 |
| MI Cape Town Won | 02 |
| Joburg Super Kings Won | 03 |
MICT vs JSK Win Probability
The home team MI Cape Town enter this contest as favourites and are heavily favoured to win the match by most bookmakers. The odds of MI Cape Town winning the match are 1.83, while Joburg Super Kings are favoured to win at 1.97.
Newlands, Cape Town Pitch Report
The Newlands surface has hosted a solitary game in the season, which saw the ball holding a bit. And in the second innings, it favoured the pacers increasingly, where Rabada exploited conditions sublimely to bowl consecutive maidens in the powerplay. Spinners also did well , thereby the batting unit will have to be at their meticulous best to produce an exhilarating showing where the average first innings score in SA20 matches is 175.
| Pitch Type | Balanced |
| Average 1st innings score | 175 runs |
| Weather Report | 23°C, Sunny |
MICT vs JSK Toss Prediction
It has been even stevens in the number of matches in SA20 matches, played at Newlands, Cape Town where the team batting first won 6 matches and the team batting second won 7 matches. We predict the team that wins the toss will opt to bowl first.
MI Cape Town vs Joburg Super Kings Toss Prediction – Joburg Super Kings
MICT vs JSK Betting Tips
| Bet Type | Betting Tip | Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Match Winner | Joburg Super Kings | 1.97 |
| Top Batsman (MICT) | Rassie van der Dussen | 4.10 |
| Top Batsman (JSK) | Leus du Plooy | 4.50 |
| Top Bowler (MICT) | George Linde | 5.80 |
| Top Bowler (JSK) | Imran Tahir | 4.50 |
MICT vs JSK Match Prediction
Joburg Super Kings defeated MI Cape Town earlier in the season by six runs in a rain curtailed clash and they are level in terms of the number of wins in head to head matches played between these teams at Newlands. With the kind of bowling lineup that JSK has and the inconsistent middle order of MI, gives Joburg the edge and we back them to win this match.
