SA20: Sunrisers defeated Super Kings by 14 runs, won fourth consecutive win, brilliant innings from Markram

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Last updated:January 25, 2025, 16:14

Two-time defending champions Sunrisers achieved their fourth consecutive success with a 14-run win over Joburg Super Kings in the Eastern Cape SA20 League.

New Delhi. Two-time defending champions Sunrisers achieved their fourth consecutive success with a 14-run win over Joburg Super Kings in the Eastern Cape SA20 League. After this win, Sunrisers team, the champion of the first two seasons of the tournament, has reached second place in the table with 19 points. They are only one point below Paarl Royals, having played one match less.

Captain Aiden Markram and Marco Jansen once again made important contributions to Sunrisers’ victory. After scoring 165 runs for four wickets, the team restricted Super Kings to 151 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs. Markram scored 43 runs in 29 balls while Tristan Stubbs, who was returning to the team, played an unbeaten inning of 35 runs in 22 balls. Opener David Bedingham also contributed 37 runs.

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Yansen (two wickets for 19 runs) tightened the screws in the powerplay with the new ball and pushed the Super Kings on the back foot. During this time, he/she showed the way to the pavilion to captain Faf Duplessis (27 runs in 18 balls), who was batting aggressively. Duplessis got a lease of life two balls before his/her dismissal in the fifth over but he/she could not take advantage of it.

Devon Conway batted restrainedly from one end with his/her innings of 43 runs in 40 balls but he/she did not get good support from the other end. Apart from Yansen, Richard Gleeson (two wickets for 37 runs), Otneil Bartman (two wickets for 32 runs), Liam Dawson (one wicket for 10 runs) and Markram (one wicket for 21 runs) also bowled well for the Super Kings. Kept away from the target.