A blistering opening stand proved decisive as the Mumbai Indians chased down a daunting target to defeat the Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets with five balls to spare in their IPL opener.
Proteas batter Ryan Rickelton admitted to peak anxiety levels in the dressing room as they got over the line by the skin of their teeth against Afghanistan.
Tony de Zorzi and Donovan Ferreira have been ruled out of the T20 World Cup due to injury, resulting in Ryan Rickelton and Tristan Stubbs being called up to the Proteas squad.
Ryan Rickelton shot to the top of the batting leader board leading MI Cape Town to only their second win of this SA20 season with a blistering 113 off 60 balls at the Wanderers last night.
The Pretoria Capitals and MI Cape Town were the day's winners as the SA20 competition enjoyed a rare interruption-free Saturday following a run of rain-affected matches earlier in the week.
MI Cape Town’s SA20 title defence got off to a rocky start as they went down to the Durban's Super Giants at a sold-out Newlands last night.