In a thrilling SA20 encounter on Friday night, MI Cape Town triumphed over Pretoria Capitals by 27 runs at Centurion in a match dominated by power-hitting.

MI Cape Town powered to the top of the SA20 log with a 27-run victory over Pretoria Capitals, eliminating the home side’s playoff hopes in a high-scoring match in Centurion.

MI Cape Town secured a 27-run victory over Pretoria Capitals in a SA20 contest, eliminating the Capitals from playoff contention. Dewald Brevis scored an unbeaten 73, and Reeza Hendricks added 77 runs.

English batters Will Jacks and Will Smeed put on a partnership of 72 but Pretoria Capitals were unable to beat MI Cape Town, losing by 27 runs in the SA20. Surrey's Jacks (39 from 22) and Somerset's Smeed (52 from 36) came together midway through the third over with their side 15-1, chasing a formidable 223 in Centurion.

MI Cape Town handed a 27-run defeat to Pretoria Capitals and ended their play-off qualification chances in the 27th match of the SA 2025 on Friday.

Before we started the first match, it was a really clear plan of ours to get the communication better, to help Rash out and just be a lot better in actually all aspects than we were in the last few years.

MI Cape Town join Paarl Royals in the play-offs. England's Joe Root has starred for Royals in the group stage but is set to miss the knockouts because of their 50-over tour of India. Sunrisers are third and likely need to win their final game to have a chance of progressing.