Pretoria Capitals win toss and bat

Pretoria Capitals captain, Rilee Rossouw, won the toss and chose to bat first in their SA20 match against the Paarl Royals at Supersport Park in Centurion on Saturday afternoon.

The home side are in third place, one ahead of the Royals in fourth place, despite winning only one of their four games while the Royals have won two of their three. Two washouts and a bonus point win gives the Capitals nine points while the Royals’ two regulation victories gives them eight points.

Whoever wins today’s game will move to the top of the log ahead of the Jo’burg Super Kings who have 10 points from three games with one washout.

PRETORIA CAPITALS: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Will Jacks, Will Smeed, Kyle Verreynne (wkt), Rilee Rossouw (captain), Marques Ackerman, James Neesham, Senuran Muthusamy, Migael Pretorius, Eathan Bosch, Tiaan van Vuuren

PAARL ROYALS: Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Joe Root, Rubin Hermann, Mitchell Van Buuren, David Miller (captain), Dinesh Karthik (wkt), Dayyaan Galiem, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Eshan Malinga, Kwena Maphaka, Lungi Ngidi