The Pretoria Capitals have continuously stunned throughout the tournament, winning 6 of their 8 matches and maintaining the top of the log position. Their game against MI Cape Town was no different in their pursuit of the top spot. 

Chasing 160 to win, the Capitals ended the game with 160/9 in their allotted 20 overs even though their batting got off to a sloppy start. MI Cape Town, who batted first, ended their game with 159/10 in 19.4 overs.

Senuran Muthusamy, a late wildcard selection for the Pretoria Capitals, showed great determination as he secured 25 runs off 23 balls strongly supporting the teams pursuit of victory.

Nearing the end of the game, Wayne Parnell stepped up, taking 1/3 in two overs, but he left the field after bowling the first ball of his third over Both Parnell and Josh Little scored crucial runs off the last few balls as three runs were needed off the final over.

Josh Little played-and-missed but did manage to get the final ball over, where after, Parnell hobbled back for the second run.

The pair steered the Capitals to a thrilling one-wicket victory, off the last ball.

Rilee Rossouw took 40 runs for the team off 19 balls as he secured three sixes in a row off MI Cape Town’s left-arm Duan Jansen.

On the opposite side, MI Cape Town’s young star, Dewald Brevis, had a good run but was bounced out by Anrich Nortje, who also bowled out Tim David for 2. On the bat, Nortje secured 10 off 5 balls.

Pretoria Capitals are set to face Durban’s Super Giants at 17:30 today, the 5th of February, at SuperSport Park.

PRETORIA CAPITALS: Phil Salt, Kusal Mendis, Theunis de Bruyn, Rilee Rossouw, Shane Dadswell, James Neesham, Wayne Parnell (captain), Senuran Muthusamy, Eathan Bosch, Anrich Nortje, Josh Little

MI CAPE TOWN: Dewald Brevis, Tim David, Wesley Marshall, Grant Roelofsen, Rassie van der Dussen, George Linde, Rashid Khan (captain), Odean Smith, Sam Curran, Duan Jansen, Kagiso Rabada

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