Markram and DSG to bowl first against JSK

Aiden Markram, the Durban Super Giants captain, won the toss and elected to bowl first in their Betway SA20 match against the Joburg Super Kings at the Wanderers on Thursday evening.

The hosts, JSK, are the only unbeaten team in the tournament this season. They kicked off their campaign with a 22-run win over the Pretoria Capitals in a Gauteng derby at SuperSport Park. They followed that up with a six-wicket win over DSG at Kingsmead.

This is their first home match of the season and JSK will be keen to put on a show for their home fans by completing the double over DSG. However, they will have to bring their A-game against a motivated DSG looking for revenge.

The Aiden Markram-captained side is on six points; they beat MICape Town by 15 runs in their opening match, then they shared points with MICape Town when the return leg was washed out, and then lost to JSK.

A win for JSK will plant them at the top of the table. Where DSG is concerned, victory will catapult them above JSK and on level points with Sunrisers Eastern Cape, who are at the top of the table.

JOBURG SUPER KINGS: Faf du Plessis (capt), Matthew De Villiers, Rilee Rossouw, Wiaan Mulder, Shubham Ranjane,, Donovan Ferreira (wk), Prenelan Subrayen, Dian Forrester, Duan Jansen, Akeal Hosein, Richard Gleeson.

DURBAN SUPER GIANTS: Devon Conway, KS Williamson, Jos Buttler, Aiden Markram (capt), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Evan Jones, David Wiese, Eathan Bosch, Simon Harmer, Kwena Maphaka, Noor Ahmad