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SA20 MI Cape Town vs Paarl royals



SA20 launches Today with the 1st match being MI Cape Town vs Paarl Royals. The excitement is significant as there will be a lot of star power on show. Both teams have put together an exceptionally good team and combinations will be interesting to see what they go with.  

MI Cape Town will be looking to start with a bang as they are the home team for this match, and they would love to get their campaign off to a good start. I'm interested to see how MI Cape Town's local talent fairs in this match as they play against some big names, as they have some exciting young talented players in their team.

Paarl Royals will be looking to get their campaign off to a good start as well and they like MI have some exciting young talented local players in their team to match up with the overseas pros and National players. 

I can't wait for this match to get started as it is the Cape Derby in SA domestic cricket. 

Predicted teams 

MI Cape Town:  1: Ryan Rickelon, 2: Grant Roelofsen, 3: Dewald Brevis, 4: Rassie Van der Dussen, 5: Liam Livingstone, 6: George Linde, 7: Duan Jansen, 8: Rashid Khan, 9: Sam Curran, 10: Jofra Archer, 11: Kagiso Rabada 

Paarl Royals:  1: Jos Buttler, 2: Jason Roy, 3: Wihan Lubbe, 4: Mitchell Van Buuren, 5: David Miller, 6: Eoin Morgan, 7: Evan Jones,8: Corbin Bosh, 9: Bjorn Fortuin, 10: Tabriz Shamsi, 11: Lungi Ngidi 

Writer: Ebrahim Yusuf Omar

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