It sadly seems a little too familiar. A game that was nicely in the balance, only to be undone and for us to end up on the wrong side of the result because of the rain. It was a similar story in the game against the Joburg Super Kings in 2024, alas, 2025 has a similar result for us in store. 

Delano at it, again!

Agreed, we hadn’t recovered from his batting exploits in the opening game against Sunrisers Eastern Cape, but at the Bullring, he put up an even better show. MI Cape Town’s batters had a tough outing in the first few overs, getting reduced to 30/4 and then 73/5 to 75/6 in the 14 over. George Linde (48 off 35) was fighting it out there. Delano walked in, smoked four fours and three sixes in his 22-ball knock of 44, and changed the complexion of the game big time. Suddenly MI Cape Town were looking at a strong 140/6 with something for their bowlers to fight with. 

The Boult-Rabada pace bowling academy! 

Trust him to swing the ball big and trust him to strike in the powerplay. Boulty got us off to the perfect start with the ball, getting the dangerous Devon Conway nicking off to the keeper. Faf du Plessis and Leus du Plooy then got a partnership going, but weren’t quite breaking loose. Enter KG Rabada. Exit Faf. Courtesy, some magic

Bird? Plane? DEWALD BREVISSSS!!! 

He was the stroke of brilliance. Fielding at the boundary, with the rain coming down and the ball being wet, he found a way to pull off a stunning catch – jumping up, one-handed, throwing the ball back in as Faf smacked it hard towards long-off, and then had the presence of mind to realise that he was falling over the ropes to throw it back up in the air. And with an air of elegance, recovered, dived forward, and plucked off a beast of a catch! 

Alas, rain and DLS haven’t been our friends

The first rain break reduced the match to a 19-pver contest. But it came back in the 12^th over of JSK’s chase, never stopped, and courtesy the Super Kings being six runs ahead on the DLS total, were awarded the game.