JSK vs PR

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Faf du Plessis (Joburg Super Kings captain): Quality chase, that. Tricky wicket, really pleased with the performance all around. What changed for me this season is the ability to feel like the preparation in the powerplay. Not just the powerplay of 25-30 runs, that's not a good powerplay. Always wanting to put pressure on the opponents in the first six. Frustrating how I'm hitting the ball well throughout the competition but finding ways to get out. Tonight was just about making sure I was clear on the bowlers and the right pitch at the right time, the guys I needed to take on. Just executed my plans better against certain bowlers tonight. It looked easier at the end, but if you put a couple of wickets there early on, would have been tough. Mujeeb bowled really well, so my game plan was to make sure of getting through his 4 overs and take some chances against the other side. That kind of wicket - looks okay when two batters are in, can be quite stoppy and grippy for new batters. Glad that the partnership was a deep one. We were excellent with the ball till about 16 overs. Probably a bit of coin flip for me to bowl Wihan Lubbe, with the ball spinning. That over didn't go as well as planned. Was a bad three overs for us after that. Nice to keep learning even when you're winning.

Bjorn Fortuin (Paarl Royals captain): "The biggest plus I can take out of it is a lot of game time for the ones who haven't played a lot for us. You cannot fault the batters for going out there and playing their natural game. The conditions were tough but 150 was never enough. We bowled really well. Momentum is a thing. Sometimes teams get on a roll and run away with it. The Sunrisers have shown it over the last two years. It is always a privilege to captain a team. It would have been better if we had won. But is always a privilege to play in such competitions and at such grounds."

9:08 P.M. Local Time, 12:38 A.M. IST - Match summary:

Joburg Super Kings win by 7 wickets with 13 balls to spare

Faf du Plessis 87 (55) | Lutho Sipamla 3/19 (4)
Dinesh Karthik 53 (39) | Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1/20 (4)

As they've tried to do with the ball early in their bowling innings this tournament, the Paarl Royals bowlers tried to apply the squeeze right from the start. They were doing a good job at it until the halfway mark of the powerplay - Fortuin got the ball to slide through, Ngidi hit the deck hard but was slightly off with his line, and Maphaka racked up some serious pace in his first over.

The floodgates opened up for JSK in the fourth over - 21 runs came off Dayyaan Galiem's first over of the night as Faf du Plessis deposited a couple of deliveries deep into the banks at mid wicket. 12 more came off the two following overs as JSK ended the powerplay with 45 on the board. Du Plessis and Conway tried to build on the start, but the latter was undone by a beauty from Mujeeb in the 8th over.

Du Plessis kept going - Leus du Plooy found the going tough initially, but that didn't phase the Super Kings skipper one bit. He was in a zone of his own, clearing the boundary twice off Dudgeon in the 9th over, helping take 14 off it. Du Plessis reached his fifty a couple of overs later and went up a gear or two - the equation dropped close to a run-a-ball going into the last six overs of the chase.

At one stage, a bonus point seemed like a realistic target for the Joburg Super Kings - they needed 36 off two overs to get there, which turned into 26 off one. But the hopes of that extra point went up in smoke once du Plessis picked Pretorius out at deep square off Keith Dudgeon. JSK had a hiccup or two as Ferreira perished trying to finish things off, but they were home and dry eventually as du Plooy pinched the winning runs with a ramp over the keeper. Presentations to follow...

17.4 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Leus du Plooy, around the wicket, INNOVATIVE SCOOP! AND THAT IS ALL FOR THE NIGHT! Fired in full, at the stumps. Du Plooy was able to work it over the keeper's head in an unorthodox manner (if at all, there is anything conventional about the scoop). JSK win by 7 wickets.

17.4 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Jonny Bairstow, similar line and length, but a lot quicker, 101kph. Baristow taps it towards the right of backward point and picks one. 

17.3 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Jonny Bairstow, FOUR! Short ball with width on offer. Bairstow's cut shot was not the most convincing. But the lightening quick outfield took it to the fence at backward point.

17.1 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Jonny Bairstow, IN THE AIR...SAFE! AND HE SURVIVES THE RUN OUT CHANCE TOO! Half-tracker from Mujeeb. It held in the surface. Bairtsow was through with the pull shot far too early and ended up lobbing it towards the vacant midwicket region. He scampered back for two and put in a desperate dive to get home.

16.6 Lungi Ngidi to Jonny Bairstow, WANTS THE RUN, GETS IT! Slower ball, at the off and middle, on a good length. Bairstow dabs it into the ground and runs through as the ball meanders towards backward point. 

Ferreira was in a hurry to finish the game, you'd think. He had the license to do so, but perished having picked the wrong ball to have a swing at.

16.5 Lungi Ngidi to Donovan Ferreira, CAUGHT AT LONG-OFF! Leg cutter on a hard length. Ferreira charged down the track and slammed it straight, only to pick out Lhuan-dre Pretorius, who pouched it safely.

Donovan Ferreira c Lhuan-dre Pretorius b Lungisani Ngidi 10 (7b, 1x4, 1x6)

16.4 Lungi Ngidi to Donovan Ferreira, slower bumper, doesn't quite get as high as Ngidi would have wanted. The batter slashed at it and missed. Royals have appealed for a caught behind. They even send it upstairs as the on-field umpire denies it. Nothing on UltraEdge. In fact, the review was taken more in hope than anything else.

16.3 Lungi Ngidi to Donovan Ferreira, slower ball, same length, a fraction outside off. It stayed low too. The batter deployed a similar hoick and failed to connect this time. 

16.2 Lungi Ngidi to Donovan Ferreira, DEPOSITED! CLEAN STRIKE! In the slot, at the stumps. Ferreira stood with his front leg cleared well in advance. He slammed it over long-on for a maximum.