JSK vs MICT Highlights, SA20 2025: Joburg Super Kings pip MI Cape Town by 6 runs (DLS) in rain-marred game

JSK vs MICT Live Score: First win of the season for Joburg Super Kings!

Match called off due to rain | Joburg Super Kings win by 6 runs (DLS)

There we go! Rain has the last laugh as Joburg Super Kings win Match 4 by 6 runs (DLS). They were ahead of the DLS par score at the break and with the match being called off, JSK secure a win.

Hard luck for MI Cape Town as they had made a decent comeback with two quick wickets after the first rain break.

The chase was cut by an over after the first break, but JSK ensured that they relained ahead of the DLS par score.

So, it is the first win of the season for Joburg Super Kings and they get 4 points.

MI Cape Town now have a win and a loss from 2 games.

SA20 Live: Its been 20 minutes since the rain returned. With every minute lost, the overs are getting reduced further.

Unfortunately, chances of a resumption now look really slim. Although, there is no official update yet.

JSK vs MICT Live Score: Rain is back again

It is raining again and the players are walking off the field. This is frustrating. Rabada is not happy as the covers come in.

Joburg Super Kings are 82/3 in 11.3 overs and ahead of DLS par score at this stage.

SA20 Live: Rabada bamboozles Bairstow!

OUT! That is perfection from Kagiso Rabada. A terrific slower ball from from the Proteas quick and Bairstow is beaten all ends up.

It was a slower length ball from side of the hand from Rabada. Beats the outside edge of Bairstow's bat and hits the top of the off stump.

Bairstow walks back for 14.

JSK 82/3 in 11.2 overs

SA20 Live: du Plooy, Bairstow keep JSK on track

23 runs scored in the last two overs from Delano Potgieter and Rashid Khan as Leus du Plooy and Jonny Bairstow keep Joburg Super Kings on track in this revised 136 chase.

Both have now added 36 runs off 22 balls and are looking really good out in the middle.

MI Cape Town need wickets and in a bunch to make a comeback in this contest.

JSK 82/2 in 11 overs, need another 54 runs off 48 balls

After 10 overs | JSK 74/2 | Run rate - 7.4

Leus du Plooy 18*
Jonny Bairstow 12*
Partnership: 28*(17)

Joburg Super Kings need another 62 runs in 54 balls at 6.89 RPO

SA20 2025 Live: Bairstow goes bigg

SIX! A cracking hit from Jonny Bairstow to the deep fence. Azmatullah Omarzai digs the ball in short and Bairstow read the length early. He stands tall and pulls the ball in style into the stands. Middled it to perfection as well. A much-needed boundary comes JSK's way.

JSK 59/2 in 8.5 overs

SA20 Live: Rabada strikes upon return!

OUT! Wow! What a catch! Dewald Brevis pulls off a stunner at the fence and Joburg Super Kings have lost their skipper Faf du Plessis for 30. It was a full length ball outside off from Rabada and Faf went for the aerial shot on the off side. Sliced it as Brevis took the catch high above his head at deep extra-cover while falling back. He threw the ball up in the air as he went past the rope. He then jumped back in and completed the catch in the second attempt.

JSK 46/2 in 7.1 overs

SA20 Live: Rashid starts off with 8-run first over

0 1 1 1 4 1 - Rashid Khan comes into the attack after Powerplay and leaks 8 runs in his first over. There was a misfield from Kagiso Rabada that gave Faf du Plessis a boundary in the Rashid over.

JSK 47/1 in 7 overs

JSK vs MICT Live Score: End of Powerplay | JSK 38/1 | Run rate - 6.33

Faf du Plessis 24*
Leus du Plooy 4*
Partnership: 22*(20)
Trent Boult 1/20
Joburg Super Kings need another 98 runs in 78 balls at 7.54 RPO

JSK vs MICT Live Score: Joburg Super Kings' chase resumes after rain break

No rain now, the covers are off and the players are making their way back onto the field. Azmatullah Omarzai will resume his unfinished over from before the rain break.

An over has been lost because of the delayed break.

The revised target for JSK is now 136 in 19 overs.

JSK vs MICT Live Score: The drizzle is back!

The umpires and MI Cape Town were on the field and Faf du Plessis and Leus du Plooy were about to join them in the middle but unfortunately the drizzle has returned.

The covers are coming back on!

The rain is not heavy but enough to halt play.

JSK vs MICT Live Score: Good news!

It seems the rain has stopped. There is some movement on the ground. The groundsmen are on the field.

SA20 Live: Ohh no! Rain has arrived! And the covers are coming on...

Rain is here and Rabada is reluctant to leave and has a word with umpire Erasmus.

The covers are coming on with the players now walking off.

The DLS par score is 33 runs, and JSK are ahead of that target.

JSK 37/1 in 5.2 overs at the rain break!

SA20 Live: Faf takes on Boult to smash a six, 36 runs in first five overs

Du Plessis dances down the track and powers the ball over long-on. It was struck hard and sailed over the fence, perfectly in his arc for a big hit.

SA20 Live: Kagiso enters the attack, and Faf responds by smashing him for a boundary on the very first ball

It was a fuller delivery, outside off, which du Plessis chased and slapped over cover for a four. He hit it well, even though his weight was on the back foot.

SA20 Live: Wicket! Boult gets Conway early

OUT! Edged and Gone! JSK suffer Devon Conway blow in powerplay as Trent Boult strikes. A good length ball from Boult outside off and Conway edges it. It goes to the left of the keeper. Connor Esterhuizen fumbles it but eventually manages to hold on to the catch. Conway departs for 9.

JSK 16 for 1 in 2.4 overs

SA20 Live: Conway gets going!

FOUR! First boundary of the chase for Joburg Super Kings. Trent Boult goes full outside off, angled away. Conway came down and opened the face of the bat. Doesn't middle it and the ball goes wide of the man at point to the fence.

JSK 6/0 in 0.5 overs

SA20 Live: The chase is on!

Devon Conway and Faf du Plessis are in the middle to begin this 141 chase for Joburg Super Kings. Left-arm quick Trent Boult to start the proceedings for MI Cape Town. Two slips in place for Boult. Conway on strike. Here we go!

MI Cape Town set 141 target for Joburg Super Kings

SA20 2025 Live: Innings Break in Johannesburg | Linde, Potgieter take MI Cape Town to 140 for 6

0 1 0 6 4 6 - That's it! Matheesha Pathirana completes the final over of the innings, giving away 17 runs in it. A terrific 39-ball 65* seventh wicket stand between George Linde and Delano Potgieter has lifted MI Cape Town to a fighting 140 for six against Joburg Super Kings in this Match 4.

After Super Kings opted to field, MI found themselves in all sorts of troubles, reeling at 75 for 6.

Buth then, Linde led MI's resistance and got good support from Dewald Brevis and Potgieter.

While Linde ended with 48*, Potgieter late 22-ball 44 blitz took MI to a respectable total.

For Super Kings, David Wiese, Lutho Sipamla, Evan Jones and Tabraiz Shamsi picked up a wicket apiece.

SA20 Live: 50 stand off just 32 balls!

FOUR! SIX! Delano Potgieter goes bang, bang against David Wiese in the penultimate over. Two terrific shots from Potgieter on either side of the wicket. Potgieter first punched the Wiese third ball of the over to deep square leg and then smoked the very next delivery down town for a 91-metre six.

MICT 121/6 in 18.4 overs

SA20 2025 Live: Consecutive boundaries for Potgieter

FOUR! FOUR! Delano Potgieter joins the act as he cracks a couple of boundaries off Matheesha Pathirana. The first one was lofted to the deep extra-cover and Potgieter then squeezed the very next ball between the keeper and short third-man fielder to the fence.

MICT 108/6 in 17.3 overs

JSK vs MICT Live Score: Final 18 ball to go!

17 runs including a couple of boundaries scored in the last two overs from Tabraiz Shamsi and Lutho Sipamla. George Linde is on 44 and he has got to take MI Cape Town somewhere closer to 140 mark to make this a fighting contest. With Linde ending the Sipamla 12-run over with a boundary, 100 also came up for MI Cape Town. Matheesha Pathirana to now bowl the 18th over of the innings.

SA20 2025 Live: After 15 overs | MICT 83/6 | Run rate - 5.53

George Linde 34*
Delano Potgieter 2*
Partnership: 8*(9)
Evan Jones 1/24

SA20 Live: Another one bites the dust!

A run out now! Yes, No and Sorry! A horrible mix-up between George Linde and Azmatullah Omarzai and the latter gets run out at the non-strikers end.

MI Cape Town are now six down at tottering.

Linde hit a Matheesha Pathirana delivery to backward-point and then both batters tried to steal a single off the over throw.

There was a horrible communication error as Omarzai, at the non-strikers end came charging in. Linde says no very late and Omarzai gets run out for just 1 at the bowler's end.

MICT 75/6 in 13.3 overs

SA20 Live: Sipamla strikes!

OUT! Lutho Sipamla gets the wicket Joburg Super Kings were looking for. A brisk and dangerous-looking 43-run partnership has been broken. Sipamla bowls a bumper and it got big on Dewald Brevis. He tries to pull it but mistimes. Leus du Plooy comes in from deep mid-wicket to complete an easy catch. Brevis walks back for 14.

MICT 73/5 in 12.5 overs

SA20 Live: Runs now flowing for MI!

SIX! FOUR! George Linde takes on Lutho Sipamla in his comeback over. A colossal hot down the ground and Linde then guides the successive ball outside off to the third-man fence. Both Linde and Dewald Brevis have quickly added 42 off 21 balls now. Can MI Cape Town get to a competitive total?

MICT 72/4 in 12.2 overs

JSK vs MICT Live Score: Smoked!

SIX! A cracker of a shot from Dewald Brevis as he smacks a Evan Jones short ball over the deep fence. Jones dug in it in short and Brevis read the length early. He belts it hard as the ball clears the deep mid-wicket fence with ease.

MICT 58/4 in 11.5 overs

SA20 2025 Live: Linde goes bigg!

SIX! First maximum of the contest and it has come out of the bat of George Linde. A half-tracker from Tabraiz Shamsi drifting down the leg side. Linde clears his front leg and whacks the ball down town to collect half-a-dozen.

MICT 44/4 in 10.1 overs

JSK vs MICT Live Score: At halfway mark | MICT 38/4 | Run rate - 3.8

Dewald Brevis 3*
George Linde 4*
Tabraiz Shamsi 1/5
David Wiese 1/6

SA20 Live: Now Colin Ingram falls

OUT! Poor shot! A perfect start for Tabraiz Shamsi as he strikes third-ball into his first over. Colin Ingram tries to slog one down the ground but ends up hitting the ball straight down the throat of Wihan Lubbe at long-on. Ingram departs for 11.

MICT 30/4 in 8.3 ov.

SA20 2025 Live: MI Cape Town three down now!

OUT! Caught at first slip! David Wiese strikes upon return as Connor Esterhuizen walks back for 13-ball 8. A pitched up delivery from Wiese and Esterhuizen went hard for the drive. Gets the outside edge as the ball flew to Wihan Lubbe at first slip. He catches the ball superbly as Wiese has his first wicket.

MICT 26/3 in 7.2 overs

JSK vs MICT Live Score: End of Powerplay | MICT 21/2 | Run rate - 3.5

Connor Esterhuizen 6*
Colin Ingram 7*
Evan Jones 1/8

JSK vs MICT Live Score: Another wicket falls! MICT are in big trouble at 12/2

Van der Dussen is run out by Shamsi and Bairstow, departing for 4 off 10 balls.

SA20 2025 Live: MICT are off to a poor start, managing just nine runs in four overs with a wicket down

Lutho Sipamla returns to the attack

JSK vs MICT Live Score: Jones brings an end to Hendricks' misery

Hendricks eyes the width and goes for the big shot, slicing it off the outer half to deep backward point. Conway comfortably takes the catch. Hendricks goes for 4 runs in 13 balls.

SA20 Live: In the first three overs, only six runs have been conceded

Wiese and Sipamla have bowled tight, restricting the scoring as Evan Jones, the right-arm off-break bowler, is introduced into the attack.

SA20 2025 Live: Lutho Sipamla, the right-arm fast-medium bowler, was brought into the attack

Hendricks faces five dot balls, with a double helping the team reach 4 runs after two overs

JSK vs MICT Live Score: Two runs from the first over

Both batters have faced three balls each, managing to score just one run apiece from their respective deliveries.

SA20 Live: David Wiese takes the new ball

The stadium is packed, awash with yellow, and yellow flares add to the vibrant scene. The atmosphere is electric as the home team looks to impress their supporters. Reeza and Rassie are at the crease, and Wiese is set to bowl with one slip in position.

SA20 2025 Live: Players walk in

The conditions at the Wanderers are currently overcast, with some rain predicted later. Let's hope the weather holds up and doesn't disrupt the game.

SA20 2025 Live: Joburg Super Kings XI

Faf du Plessis(c), Devon Conway(w), Leus du Plooy, Jonny Bairstow, Wihan Lubbe, Donovan Ferreira, David Wiese, Evan Jones, Lutho Sipamla, Maheesh Theekshana, Tabraiz Shamsi

SA20 Live: MI Cape Town XI

Rassie van der Dussen, Reeza Hendricks, Connor Esterhuizen(w), Colin Ingram, Dewald Brevis, George Linde, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan(c), Delano Potgieter, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult

JSK vs MICT Live Score: Toss news!

Joburg Super Kings skipper Faf du Plessis wins the toss and decides to bowl first against MI Cape Town.

JSK vs MICT Live Score: MI Cape Town Squad

Rassie van der Dussen, Reeza Hendricks, Connor Esterhuizen(w), Colin Ingram, Dewald Brevis, George Linde, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan(c), Delano Potgieter, Corbin Bosch, Trent Boult, Dane Piedt, Kagiso Rabada, Thomas Kaber, Ryan Rickelton, Nuwan Thushara, Chris Benjamin, Tristan Luus

SA20 Live: Joburg Super Kings Squad

Faf du Plessis(c), Devon Conway(w), Jonny Bairstow, Wihan Lubbe, JP King, David Wiese, Moeen Ali, Donovan Ferreira, Evan Jones, Leus du Plooy, Sibonelo Makhanya, Tabraiz Shamsi, Gerald Coetzee, Matheesha Pathirana, Maheesh Theekshana, Hardus Viljoen, Beuran Hendricks, Doug Bracewell, Imran Tahir