Durban’s Super Giants won the match by 125 runs in the Betway SA T-20. Durban’s Super Giants scored 208/7 runs in 20 overs. Matthew Breetzke scored 78 runs and Heinrich Klaasen showed his Muscle power and scored 50 runs in 17 balls, Tabraiz Shamsi and Obed McCoy took 2 wickets each. Paarl Royals’ batting unit fell like a House of Cards Mitchell Van Burren Scored not out 36 runs, and Noor Ahmed took 5 wickets for Durban’s Super Giants. Durban’s Super Giants stays at the top of the table with 28 points and Paarl Royals slip to the second place with 22 points in the table.
Durban’s Super Giants Playing eleven
Matthew Breetzke, Toni de Zorzi, Quinton Di cock (WK), JJ Smuts, Heinrich Klaasen, Marcus Stoinis, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj (captain), Recce Topley, Noor Ahmed, and Naveen Ul-Haq.
Paarl Royals Playing eleven
Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (WK), Wihan Lubbe, David Miller (captain), Mitchell Van Burren, Andile Phehlukwayo, Fabian Allen, Imaad Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Obed McCoy, Tabraiz Shamsi.
Durban’s Super Giants won the match by 125 runs in Betway SA T-20
Durban’s Super Giants won the toss and decided to bat first. Tony De Zorzi and Matthew Breetzke came to bat and Imaad Fortuin had a first over. In the 2nd over, Lungi Ngidi bowls a short ball, Tony De Zorzi looks to play a shot but the ball gets fainted edge of the bat Jos Buttler picked a catch behind the stumps. Tony De Zorzi scored 6 runs off 4 balls. In the 4th over, Imaad Fortuin bowls on off stump, Quinton Di Cock tried to hit a slog sweep but the ball hit low in the bat and goes back into the hand of Imaad Fortuin. Quinton DI Cock Scored 6 runs off 9 balls.
In the 6th over, Obed McCoy bowls a Full-length bowl in the middle stumps, JJ Smuts looked to play a big shot and ended up hitting with the bottom half of the bat which traveled towards the deep mid-wicket fielder who took a diving catch. JJ Smuts scored 15 runs off 8 balls. Marcus Stoinis and Matthew Breetzke built a partnership of 102 runs. In the 17th over, Tabraiz Shamsi bowled a Full-length delivery on the middle stump, Matthew Breetzke got out of the crease to miss the ball completely Jos Buttler received the ball breaks the stumps.
Matthew Breetzke scored 78 runs off 43 balls. In the 17th over last ball Tabraiz Shamsi Bowled out Marcus Stoinis who scored 38 runs off 36 balls. In the 19th over, Fabian Allen bowls a shorter-length delivery, Wiaan Mulder looks to loft it over the boundary but ends up slicing the ball with the bat straight into the hand of David Miller at long-off. Wiaan Mulder scored 3 runs off 4 balls.
In the 20th over the last ball, Heinrich Klaasen looked to hit a boundary over the leg side but it took a leading edge ball that flew high in the sky Jason Roy came under it and took a catch. Heinrich Klaasen scored 50 runs off 17 balls. Durban’s Super Giants scored 208/7 runs in 20 overs.
Paarl Royals Bowling Stats:
| Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket | Economy | |
| Imaad Fortuin | 4 | 00 | 30 | 01 | 7.50 |
| Lungi Ngidi | 3 | 00 | 31 | 01 | 10.33 |
| Obed McCoy | 4 | 00 | 57 | 02 | 14.25 |
| Andile Phehlukwayo | 1 | 00 | 23 | 00 | 23.00 |
| Tabraiz Shamsi | 4 | 00 | 20 | 02 | 2.00 |
| Wihan Lubbe | 1 | 00 | 08 | 00 | 8.00 |
| Fabian Allen | 3 | 00 | 33 | 01 | 11.00 |
Jason Roy and Jos Buttler came to bat and Reece Topley had a first over. In the 2nd over, Reece Topley Bowls Fuller length delivery, Joss Buttler looked to push the ball but completely played on the wrong line the ball took an inside edge and Quinton Di cock took an easy catch behind the wickets. Jason Roy scored 6 runs off 6 balls.
In the 3rd over, Marcus Stoinis bowls in the middle stump with a good length delivery, Jason Roy played a mistime shot ball went straight into the hand of Naveen Ul-Haq. Jason Roy scored 14 runs off 7 balls. In the 6th over, Naveen Ul-Haq bowls a short ball, Wihan Lubbe slaps it and gets a top edge Quinton Di Cock runs towards it and completes an easy catch. Wihan Lubbe scored 6 runs off 8 balls. In the 8th over, David Miller tried to hit a short but the ball took an edge of the bat and went straight into the hand of the JJ Smuts in Mid-Wicket. Noor Ahmed picked his first wicket.
David Miller scored 3 runs off 8 balls. In the very next ball, Andile Phehlukwayo misread the speed of the ball and tried to block it but the ball hit the upper part of the bat and went straight into the hands of Noor Ahmed. Andile Phehlukwayo scored 0 runs off 1 ball. In the 9th over, Keshav Maharaj bowls fuller length delivery, Fabian Allen steps out of the crease but mishit his shot the ball went in the air Wiaan Mulder took catch in long-off.
Fabian Allen Scored 3 runs off 5 balls. In the 12th over, Noor Ahmed Bowls in middle stumps, Imaad Fortuin came in the front foot to play a shot but he mistimed it ball hit the bottom part of the bat and the ball landed straight into the hand of Matthew Breetzke. Imaad Fortune scored 2 runs off 8 balls. In the 13th over, Lungi Ngidi stumped out in a ball of Keshav Maharaj he scored 1 run off 5 balls.
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— Durban’s Super Giants (@DurbansSG) January 28, 2024
In the 14th over, Noor Ahmed took Back-to-back wickets of Obed McCoy and Tabraiz Shamsi. Obed McCoy scored 7 runs off 4 balls. Tabraiz Shamsi Scored 0 runs off 1 ball. Paarl Royals All Out at the score of 83 in 13.2 overs. Durban’s Super Giants won this match by 125 runs.
Balling stats of Durban’s Super Giants
| Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket | Economy | |
| JJ Smuts | 1 | 00 | 04 | 00 | 4.00 |
| Reece Topley | 2 | 00 | 15 | 01 | 7.50 |
| Naveen Ul-Haq | 1 | 00 | 6 | 01 | 6.00 |
| Keshav Maharaj | 4 | 00 | 23 | 02 | 5.75 |
| Noor Ahmed | 3.2 | 00 | 11 | 05 | 3.30 |
| Marcus Stoinis | 2 | 00 | 22 | 01 | 11.00 |
Matthew Breetzke Won The Player of the Match Award. Durban’s Super Giants’ next match with Pretoria Capitals is on 31st January. Paarl Royals will face Sunrisers Eastern Cape on 2nd February.