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MI Cape Town vs Paarl Royals Pitch Report, Weather Updates & Team Squads: How Will The Pitch At St. George Park Play For MICT vs PR?

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Written by Anshuman Roy

MICT vs PR Pitch / Weather Report

MI Cape Town and Paarl Royals face each other in Qualifier 1 of SA20 2025 in Gqeberha on Tuesday, February 4. The match starts from 9 pm IST which is 5.30 pm local time. The winner of this match will qualify directly for the final to be played on February 8, Sunday.

The Royals finished second on the points table with 28 points from 10 matches. They lost their last two games and lost an opportunity to top the table. Meanwhile, the Cape Town side topped the points table after their last league match and are on a four-match winning spree.

They have won against Durban Super Giants, Sunrisers Eastern Cape and have beaten the Pretoria Capitals in their last four games. The two teams have polar opposite forms heading into this contest.

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The MI Cape Town have won big in their last four games while the Royals have lost two of their last four games. The likes of David Miller, Dinesh Karthik and Joe Root hold the key heading into this game. This might well be Joe Root's last game for the Royals. He is in England's ODI squad for the three-match series against India.

The loser of this game plays the winner of the Eliminator clash between Sunrisers Eastern Cape and Joburg Super Kings and will get a second chance to make it to the final slated on February 8, Saturday.

MICT vs PR Pitch Report

The match will be played at   St George's Park, Gqeberha which is not the home ground for both these teams. MI Cape Town won their match against the Eastern Cape by 97 runs in their first game while the Royals lost to the Sunrisers in their last game at this venue. Both teams thus have a very good idea of how the pitch exactly behaves. This is among the newest T20 venues in world cricket and has an even pace and bounce. Spin will also play a part in these games. There will not much of dew in this contest.

MICT vs PR Weather Updates

The match starts from 5.30 pm local time. The temperature will be around 22 degrees with rain expected to play spoilsport in the contest. There is a 40 percent chance of rain and there will be cloud cover of almost 85 percent throughout the day. By all means this should be a rain-affected contest. The start of the game might get even delayed.

MICT vs PR Squads

MI Cape Town Squad: Sediqullah Atal, Connor Esterhuizen, Colin Ingram(c), Delano Potgieter, Chris Benjamin(w), George Linde, Dewald Brevis, Thomas Kaber, Dane Piedt, Tristan Luus, Matthew Potts, Rassie van der Dussen, Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Corbin Bosch, Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Trent Boult, Kagiso Rabada, Nuwan Thushara

Paarl Royals Squad: Lhuan-dre Pretorius(w), Mitchell Owen, Rubin Hermann, Mitchell Van Buuren, Dewan Marais, Dunith Wellalage, Andile Phehlukwayo, Bjorn Fortuin(c), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Eshan Malinga, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Hain, Keith Dudgeon, Dinesh Karthik, Dayyaan Galiem, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller, Codi Yusuf, Nqabayomzi Peter

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