MI Cape Town take on Sunrisers Eastern Cape at Newlands in Cape Town on Friday 16 January in the 26th match of SA20 2025-26. The game is set for a 5:30 pm local start.
The home side’s likely line-up is full of top-level talent. Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen and Nicholas Pooran head the batting, Rashid Khan captains and brings Karim Janat and George Linde as spin options, and Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult and Corbin Bosch share the pace duties.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape are led by Tristan Stubbs and have Quinton de Kock, Jonny Bairstow and Matthew Breetzke in the top order, with Marco Jansen, Anrich Nortje and Adam Milne in the attack. On a surface that rewards pace early and then becomes a good one for batting, the powerplay is likely to shape the match. Teams with batting depth and disciplined bowlers should have the advantage, and the first-innings total of 165–180 will be a fair target.