Durban’s Super Giants started the SA20 2025-26 season with an exciting win against the defending champions, MI Cape Town. The match took place at Newlands in Cape Town on December 26, 2025.
It was a high-scoring game that had fans glued to their seats. The Super Giants chose to bat first and scored a huge 232 runs for the loss of 5 wickets.
The top batsmen from Durban did really well. Devon Conway was the star, hitting 64 runs off just 33 balls with lots of boundaries. Kane Williamson helped him with a fast 40 runs. Their good partnership set a strong base early on.
Then Jos Buttler, Heinrich Klaasen, and Aiden Markram added more runs to take the total way past 230. This made a tough target for MI Cape Town. George Linde bowled well for them, taking 2 wickets for 46 runs.
MI Cape Town started their chase needing a big score to win. Ryan Rickelton played an amazing innings. He smashed 113 runs off 63 balls, with 11 sixes and 5 fours. His bold batting kept his team in the game right till the end. Jason Smith gave great support with 41 runs off only 14 balls.
This helped control the run rate in the middle part of the innings. But in the end, they scored 217 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs, missing the target by 15 runs. Eathan Bosch was key for the Super Giants with the ball, taking 4 wickets to break important partnerships.
The whole match was full of fun cricket. Both teams scored 449 runs together, which is one of the highest totals in SA20 history. The batsmen showed lots of attack, and bowlers had to work hard to stop them.
The Super Giants' big score seemed hard at first, but MI Cape Town's brave chase made it close until the last over. Fans loved Rickelton's century, calling it one of the best so far, even though his team lost.
In the final moments, Durban’s Super Giants stayed calm and won by 15 runs. This gives them a great start to the SA20 season. MI Cape Town will want to come back strong after this close loss in the opening game.