MI Cape Town win toss and bat against Paarl Royals

MI Cape Town captain, Rashid Khan, won the toss and chose to bat first in their SA20 match against the Paarl Royals at Newlands on Sunday afternoon.

The home side are marooned in last place on the log, five points adrift of fifth placed Pretoria Capitals and desperate for their first victory after three losses and a washout against Durban Super Giants at Kingsmead.

The Royals have played just three matches, one fewer than all of the other teams but two victories in those fixtures sees them sitting comfortably in third place along with DSG who have played two games more.

MI CAPE TOWN: Ryan Rickelton (wkt), Rassie van der Dussen, Reeza Hendricks, Tom Moores, Nicholas Pooran, Jason Smith, George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Rashid Khan (captain), Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult

PAARL ROYALS: Asa Tribe, Lhun-dre Pretorius, Rubin Hermann, Kyle Verreynne (wkt), David Miller (captain), Sikander Raza, Delano Potgieter, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Nqobani Mokoena, Bjorn Fortuin, Ottneil Baartman.