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He SA20 2025 action in South Africa It started out just like what fans expected from it. The first two games were absolutely exciting. While MY Cape Town defeated Eastern Cape sunrise convincingly in the initial match, the second match turned out to be an intense rivalry between Durban Supergiants and Pretoria Capitals.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz steals the show after turbulent start
Batting first after winning the toss in the second game of the tournament, the Durban Super Giants had put up a mammoth total of 209 runs in their 20 overs on home soil. With a big goal and work to do, the Pretoria Capitals starting pair jacks and Rahmanullah Gurbaz The chase began.
Initially, both the openers had a shaky start to their respective innings. Jacks was the first to set his offensive team to smash boundaries and sixes at every opportunity. During the fifth over, it was Gurbaz who decided to take matters into his own hands. Gurbaz looked a little uncomfortable against the Super Giants bowling line-up before it was over. However, this time he surprised the Durban crowd with two notable clean hits into the stands against Chris wakes up.
The first six was a clean hit on the right side, it was the first delivery of Woakes’ second over and Gurbaz stunned the English pacer with his remarkable footwork to smash a maximum in emphatic fashion. The six flew 89 meters into the air before reaching the stands. On the next delivery, Gurbaz punished a length delivery by creating some space for himself and hitting the ball straight for another maximum. This time the ball traveled 84 meters before reaching another part of the Kingsmead stands.
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The Afghan batting tornado is wreaking havoc in Durban! 🌪️#CapitalsPretoria opener #RahmanullahGurbaz He is showing his power in his #SA20 debut! ✨
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-JioCinema (@JioCinema) January 10, 2025
A heroic strike by Gurbaz in the end fell short
The two maximums greatly lifted the spirit of the Afghan opener batsman. Gurbaz and Jacks created a solid foundation for Capitals and had a 154-run partnership between them. Gurbaz contributed 89 runs for his team off 43 balls with 3 boundaries and 7 sixes. The floodgates of capital layoffs opened after Gurbaz was returned to the pavilion by Noor Ahmed in the 13th over of the match. The entire Capitals middle order crashed like a pack of cards which ultimately paved the way for a Super Giants victory by a narrow 2-run margin.
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