Paarl Royals vs Joburg Super Kings, SA20, Today Match Prediction 17 January 2024

PR vs JSK Match Prediction & Analysis

Paarl Royals and Joburg Super Kings go head to head in a thrilling SA20 clash at Paarl on Thursday night. The Royals, with 2 wins in 2 matches, are comfortably placed at the top half of the table along with table-toppers Durban’s Super Giants. The men from Paarl will be looking to turn this momentum into a juggernaut with another dominating performance against the Super Kings, who are stuck in the bottom half with 2 losses in 3 matches.

After their first match of the tournament got abandoned without a delivery sent down, they lost two encounters against MI Cape Town and Super Giants, and now they are in a dangerous position with their backs on the wall. If there was a time for them to turn the tide around and give their campaign some momentum, it would be now. But they have a strong opponent to deal with in Paarl Royals, away from home.

RECENT PERFORMANCE

PR

W W

PC

200/7 in 20.0 10

SA20

Paarl Royals beat Pretoria Capitals by 10 runs 14 Jan 2024

PR

210/3 in 20.0 10.5

PR

160/7 in 20.0 8

SA20

Paarl Royals won by 27 runs 12 Jan 2024

PC

133/7 in 20.0 6.65

JSK

L L

DSG

145/8 in 20.0 7.25

SA20

Durban Super Giants won by 37 runs 15 Jan 2024

JSK

108/9 in 20.0 5.4

JSK

145/10 in 17.5 8.13

SA20

MI Cape Town won by 98 runs 13 Jan 2024

MICT

243/5 in 20.0 12.15

HEAD TO HEAD

TEAMS PREVIEW

Paarl Royals Preview

Paarl Royals couldn’t have dreamt about a better start to this year’s campaign. They tasted success against last year’s runner-up Pretoria Capitals, both at and away from home, and have given themselves a great foundation to progress through to qualifiers as one of the top two teams, which they failed to do last season.

They eased past Capitals in their first encounter and were looking good to defeat them by a huge margin after scoring 210 runs batting first in the second. Ngidi knocked over two Capitals batsmen in the first over of the second innings, but Will Jacks and Rilee Rossouw carted the Royals’ attack all-round the park, scoring nearly 150 runs in the next 12 overs.

Ngidi gave them the much-needed breakthrough, removing Rossouw and then Will Jacks departed a few balls later thanks to a lovely delivery from Bjorn Fortuin. Obed McCoy and Andile Phelukwayo kept the pressure on, and the incoming batsmen that followed couldn’t quite keep up with the required run rate. The Caribbean bowler Obed McCoy had 13 runs to defend in the final over but showed nerves of steel and gave away just 3 runs, helping Royals to post a 10-run win.

Paarl Royals Predicted Playing XI:

Jos Buttler (wk), Jason Roy, Wihan Lubbe, David Miller (c), Mitchell Van Buuren, Andile Phehlukwayo, Fabian Allen, Bjorn Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Obed McCoy.

Paarl Royals Actual Playing XI:

David Miller, Jason Roy, Wihan Lubbe, Jos Buttler, Bjorn Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Obed McCoy, Tabraiz Shamsi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Fabian Allen, Mitchell Van Buuren

Joburg Super Kings Preview

Joburg Super Kings dropped just three matches in the group stages before going on to play the knockouts. Having lost twice already in three matches this season, they are now in a bit of a bother. In their match against MI Cape Town, they ran into Rassie Van Der Dussen in red-hot form, who carted Super Kings bowlers on his way to a brilliant century. Chasing 244, they never got going and eventually folded to 145, losing by 98 runs and conceding a bonus point as well.

Their batting got exposed in their clash against table-toppers Durban Super Giants on a tricky pitch where all batters from both the camps struggled except for Heinrich Klaasen. How far they can go in this year’s SA20 relies heavily on their batting fortunes this season. Faf Du Plessis has had a shocking start to the season, scoring just 13 runs in two games. And the rest of the batting order have been simply unable to step up to the occasion and take the team to a winning position.

None of the batsmen in the XI have an aggregate score of 50 runs with JL du Plooy the only batter to have scored over 40 runs in a single innings. These stats make for poor reading and indicate how poor their batsmen have been in the tournament so far.

Joburg Super Kings Predicted Playing XI:

Faf du Plessis (c), Reeza Hendricks, Ronan Hermann (wk), Leus du Plooy, Moeen Ali, Donovan Ferreira, David Wiese, Romario Shepherd, Lizaad Williams, Nandre Burger, Imran Tahir.

Joburg Super Kings Actual Playing XI:

Faf du Plessis, Leus du Plooy, Reeza Hendricks, Wayne Madsen, Moeen Ali, Nandre Burger, Donovan Ferreira, Romario Shepherd, Imran Tahir, Aaron Phangiso, Lizaad Williams

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The forecast is for a bright and sunny day on game day, so the wicket is likely to be slow and dry, making run scoring a little difficult. The pitch here is not too conducive to bat so any score above 165 or so could be tricky to chase down.

PR vs JSK Pitch Report

The match will be played at Boland Park, Paarl in the Western Cape region. Paarl Royals have played 6 matches at this venue so far and have won 4 times, which includes a drubbing of Joburg Super Kings the last time they were here.

Toss: To Bat

Having won both the games setting a total, Paarl Royals will be encouraged to bat first after winning the toss. Super Kings’ chasing woes could prove to be a definite factor in them opting to bat first, too.