SA20 | Twitter stunned as Sunrisers bowl out Capitals for 52 in steamrolling 9-wicket triumph

‌The ominous signs loomed in the air immediately after Phil Salt and Will Jacks walked out to open the batting for Pretoria Capitals with Daniel Worrall extracting dangerous seam movement off the deck in the first over. However, the English duo seemed to have weathered the storm given some elegant boundaries as the team raced to 25 and both batters reached double digits. The hope was short-lived as Worrall broke through on the last ball of the third over to get rid of Salt, kickstarting a stunning collapse akin to a cascading house of cards. Marco Jansen dispatched Jacks on the very next delivery and a wicket fell in each of the next four overs, whittling down the visitors to 33/6. The ensuing consolidating effort from Kyle Verreyne and Wayne Parnell lasted just 14 deliveries, the latter's score of nine the highest for the team barring the two openers. Right-arm quick Ottniel Baartman completed the demolition in the 13th over to finish with exceptional figures of 4/12 and banished the Capitals to the lowest score in SA20 history. Worrall and Jansen ended with three and two wickets to their name respectively and Patrick Kruger conceded just five runs in three overs while accounting for the wicket of Adil Rashid.

The Sunrisers endured a tiny scare early in their chase when Dawid Malan's ferocious cut in the second over fell prey to a blinder from a diving Senuran Muthusamy but Jordan Hermann (20) and Tom Abell (31) avoided any hiccups thereafter. The hosts got to the target with 79 balls to spare and the bonus-point victory means they sit comfortably in second at the halfway stage with three wins, while Pretoria Capitals continue to occupy the bottom owing to a solitary victory in five encounters.

Total collapse

Wit🅠hout Salt and Jacks, Pretoria Capitals innings b𒈔e like 

— Politics N Cricket 🏏 🇮🇳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🎵 🎥🎤 (@rs_3702) 

He knows

Markram understands his players strengths and weakne𓄧sses better in ♐ than in . 

— Santosh (@ImSantoshKan) 

The struggle is real

What the lowest  score? 😂

The Inland🔜 teams are really struggling this🍬 year! 💀

— Marc with a “C”. (@MarcPaulse2) 

Still safe

RCB record is still safe 😂  

— Sid♡ (@zenitsumama) 

Shit pitch or what?

Lol what a shit pitch 

— Lukhanyo Am Stan Account (@GoTeamGoSports1) 

Rocking

Keep on Rocking  at  🎺🎺🎺🎺 

— JaayShaan (VaidhyaJayaShankar) (@JaayShaan) 

Back to back

Back to back wickets.

Continue this momentum 🧡🧡🧡

— Hari (@KoduruShankar) 

Big drop

Big drop that by Dawson. Pretoria is a very top order depe🌳ndent team and you can’t give them chance like this. 

— batman (@keizen369) 

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— Maverick 17 (@DrVirat6) 

SEC vs PC

Sunrisers v Capitals  

— Ruwayne LE Minnie (@LeRuwayne) 

KKK