DSG vs PC

That is all from the action here on anothe night of SA20 action. Tomorrow, we move to Wanderers for a top of the table clash as JSK host Paarl Royals. For now, this is Sourabh Agrawal taking your leave on behalf of Dwijesh Reddy and the entire team. Cheers!

Keshav Maharaj (Pretoria Capitals captain): "It is still home for me, just in different colours and another opportunity for me. Very pleased, we were clinical on a good wicket against a strong DSG side. Kudos to how the openers started, Chase showed some nerves there at the death defending against one of the best batters in the world. The game is never over in Kingsmead till the time a set batter is in, so if there was another batter there it could have made a difference. Most importantly, the response we got from the previous game was crucial for us. We executed our plans really well. Very slow start to the campaign for us, hopefully as a unit we can stride forward."

Shai Hope is the Player of the Match for his 118* off 69, here are his words: "We won so I enjoyed it a lot more. Coming to South Africa for the first time, it is a lovely place. Great to contribute to the team. Tough one (on where he would prefer to bat) because I like to put my hand up for the team. But in T20 cricket, you would always like to open the batting with just two men outside the ring. Understanding your strengths is the key, adaptibilty is the key for me and understanding what bowler's plans are. The ball was holding into the surface with the pace off, so as I said adaptibilty was important to make sure that particular ball did not trouble you. (Going from pitches to pitches across the country) Used to it back in the Carribean as well, we have different kinds of pitches back home as well so I'm used to it."

Aiden Markram (Durban Super Giants captain): "Another good of game of cricket, I suppose. We could have been better with the ball and missed that one big partnership to get us home, unfortunately, on the wrong side of a good game. I still think our batting unit can chase 200 but can find areas where we lacked today. We based the decision (toss) solely on the conditions, but haven't given it too much thought at the moment. Not much to say to the team, each guy will take their lesson and take it on in two days time"

9:06 PM local time, 12:36 PM IST: MATCH SUMMARY

Pretoria Capitals (201/4 in 20 overs) beat Durban Super Giants (186 all-out in 19.4 overs) by 15 runs

Shai Hope 118*(69) | Gideon Peters 3/35(4)
Jos Buttler 97*(52) | David Wiese 1/34(3)

Look at those celebrations from Roston Chase, from his mates in the light blue of Pretoria Capitals who have pulled a rabbit out of the hat to get the better of the home side DSG who have stumbled in a run chase yet again

5 mins ago, Rutherford had handed his cap over to the umpire to bowl the last over but Maharaj had a late change in plans and he trusted the off spinnner Chase to defend 18 runs off the final over against a red-hot Buttler who was on 96* with the number 10 at the other end for him. Maharaj backed his man, Chase backed himself, nailed his yorkers from round the wicket and in the end came out trumps with the win for his side

In the end, Buttler remained stranded on 97*, not only missing out on a century which would certainly be irrelevant but more importantly unable to get his team across the line on a night when he struck the ball beautifully, perhaps as good as he has hit it all through this tournament.

What a game we have had, we saw it all tonight. A century from Shai Hope, a first ever hat-trick in SA20 courtesy Lungi Ngidi and a Jos Buttler special which was not enough to get the job done for the home side.

There were partnerships, none defining though, as mini contributions came in from a couple of guys in the form of a 17-ball 27 at the top from Ackerman, 16 each from Markram and Klassen but the latter was a big stuggle as the big-hitter just could not get in his groove. Buttler looked like he was batting on a different track altogether, as was the case with Shai Hope in the first innings.

So what was the difference? In the first innings, it was the last two overs from Maphaka and Coetzee who gave away just 18 and kept Capitals to 201 from a point when 210 looked on the cards. But in the second innings, there were more hands put up from the Capitals with the ball in hand. 3/35 for Gideon Peters (including the big wickets of Markram and Klassen) with two wickets in two balls in the crucial 18th over , a hat-trick for Lungi Ngidi in the 18th over as DSG slipped from 138/3 to 186 all-out losing their last 7 wickets for just 48 runs inside 6 overs as they lost the plot in the run chase once more

Capitals jump up to number four with that all-important win leapfrogging their opponents for tonight DSG who slip to fifth and now just have onoe win in 6 matches.

19.4 Roston Chase to Jos Buttler, RUN-OUT! GAME, SET AND MATCH PRETORIA! Buttler looks to slog a full ball towards the leg-side yet again but doesn't get the desired connection. They look to comeback for a double but Noor Ahmad slips and ends up getting run-out at the non-striker's end. Pretoria Capitals hold on for a much-needed 15 run win in Durban!

19.3 Roston Chase to Jos Buttler, RUN-OUT! It was a very full ball bowled outside off, Buttler can only squeeze it to the cover fielder and looks to get back to the striker's end, sacrificing Maphaka's wicket, courtesy a run-out

19.2 Roston Chase to Jos Buttler, a full-toss on the leg-side, Buttler is cramped for room and isn't able to get a hold of the slog. Chase gets away with it

Rutherford took off his cap to come on to bowl but it is a last minute change of plans from Maharaj. Roston Chase [3.0-0-32-1] to bowl the final over, defending 18, Buttler on 95*. This is a cliffhanger

18.6 Lizaad Williams to Kwena Maphaka, a shorter delivery bowled on leg-stump, it was also a slower ball which hits Maphaka on the body and dribbles down to the fine-leg fielder. He thinks about a single but is prompty sent back by Buttler!

18 off 7 now! Buttler decides to take the third and Maphaka has a virtual free hit here. He can swing with all his might, doesn't matter even if he gets out and leaves Buttler to get 18 off the last over