MI Cape Town has created history by winning the South Africa T-20 League title for the first time. MI Cape Town, captained by Rashid Khan, defeated two-time champion Sunrisers Eastern Cape by 76 runs in the final of SA20's third season. With this, Mumbai Indians became the first-ever cricket franchise to win five different leagues across the globe. Apart from Mumbai Indians winning five IPL crowns, their sister franchises have also tasted plenty of success. Mumbai Indians' historic five-peat Mumbai Indians have also won the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL) in 2023, the same year, MI New York won the inaugural Major League Cricket (MCL) title. MI Emirates also won the ILT20 title in 2024, to add a fourth title to their trophy cabinet before MI Cape Town's scintillating victory in the SA 20 2025. In this final played in Johannesburg on Saturday, MI Cape Town won the toss and decided to bat first. Cape Town scored 181 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Trent Boult was the Player of the Match. He bowled with the lowest economy of 2.25 and took 2 wickets giving away just 9 runs in 4 overs. Rickelton and Brevis gave Cape Town a good start
Openers Ryan Rickelton and Rassie van der Dussen gave Cape Town a good start. The pair put on a 51-run partnership for the first wicket. Rickelton scored 33 runs off 15 balls and van der Dussen made 23 runs off 25 balls. In the second over of the innings, Ryan Rickelton hit 2 sixes and a four off Marco Jansen. Then in the fourth over, Rickelton again hit two sixes off Jansen. By the time Rickelton got out in the 5th over, the team had already completed 50 runs. Dewald Brevis scored runs at a strike rate of 211.11
After Rickelton's dismissal, Reeza Hendricks also got out in the next over. After that, Dussen also went to the pavilion. Cape Town's run rate also slowed down, but Dewald Brevis scored 38 runs off 18 balls at a strike rate of 211.11. Connor Esterhuizen also scored runs quickly. He played an innings of 39 runs off 26 balls. For Sunrisers Cape Town, Marco Jansen, Richard Gleeson and Liam Dawson took 2 wickets each. Sunrisers never managed to recover
Sunrisers had a poor start and opener David Bedingham, who changed his wedding date for the final, got out after scoring 5 runs in the second over. Kagiso Rabada took his wicket. In the very next over, Jordan Hermann also returned to the pavilion after scoring just 1 run. His wicket was taken by Trent Boult. Tom Abell and Tony de Zorzi tried to stabilize the innings. They had a 52-run partnership off 42 balls. Abell scored 30 runs off 25 balls. While Tony de Zorzi scored 26 runs. Captain Aiden Markram also returned after scoring 6 runs. Then Tristan Stubbs also got out after scoring 15 runs. After this, Sunrisers' hopes of winning were over. In the 19th over, the entire team was all out for just 105 runs. Rabada took the most wickets with 4. Besides him, Trent Boult and George Linde took two wickets each.Original Article