Paarl Royals win toss and bowl

Paarl Royals captain David Miller won the toss and chose to bowl first in their SA20 match against the Joburg Super Kings at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Thursday evening.

The home side lost for the first time in a closely contested, 12-over encounter against MI Cape Town in the last match but remain well placed in second place with15 points from their five matches, two behind leaders Sunrisers Eastern Cape.

The Royals have bounced back in fine fashion with three consecutive victories after being bowled out for just 49 in their opening game and are now in third place with 13 points having played a game fewer than JSK and SEC.

A victory this evening will move them into a share of the lead.

Victory with a bonus point will take them into first place.

JOBURG SUPER KINGS: Faf du Plessis (captain, Wiaan Mulder, James Vince, Matthew de Villiers, Shubham Ranjane, Donovan Ferreira (wkt), Dian Forrester, Dan Worrall, Akeal Hosein, Prenelan Subrayen, Nandre Burger.

PAARL ROYALS: Lhuan-dre Pretorius (wkt), Asa Tribe, Rubin Hermann, Dan Lawrence, David Miller (captain), Delano Potgieter, Sikander Raza, Bjorn Fortuin, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Hardus Viljoen, Nqobani Mokoena.