SA20, 2025: Kavya Maran’s team is in bad shape, scored a hat-trick of defeats, lost the match in ’40 balls’

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|15-01-2025

Two-time SA20 champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape are in bad shape. This season this team has lost three consecutive matches. The hat-trick of defeats came against Pretoria Capitals at the Centurion ground, which defeated this team by 6 wickets. Batting first, Sunrisers team got bundled out for only 113 runs and after this, in reply, Pretoria Capitals achieved the target by losing 4 wickets in 16 overs. The hero of Pretoria's victory was fast bowler Ethan Bosch who took 2 wickets for just 18 runs in 4 overs. Let us tell you that Sunrisers Eastern Cape is the team of Kavya Maran, the owner of IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Bad condition of Kavya Maran's team

In the match played in Centurion, Sunrisers batted first and their defeat was certain in the first 40 balls. In fact, this team lost half its team in the first 40 balls. His 5 wickets fell for just 26 runs. Jack Crowley was out after scoring 1 run. Bedingham could score 2, Abel could score 9 runs. Captain Markram was dismissed on the very first ball. Wicketkeeper Tristan Stubbs was out after scoring 11 runs. It must be good for Marco Jansson who scored a brilliant half-century at number 7 and only then this team was able to reach beyond 100. Yanson played an innings of 51 runs in 35 balls. This player hit 3 sixes and 4 fours.

Pretoria Capitals win

Pretoria Capitals did not face much problem in achieving victory. The team lost the wicket of Rahmanullah Gurbaz early. Rousseau and Warren were also out early but Will Jacques' 27 runs and Marcus Ackerman's unbeaten 39 runs helped the team win easily. The question is, when will the Sunrisers team get its first win this season?

Sunrisers Eastern Cape is in bad shape

Sunrisers Eastern Cape has lost all three matches in a one-sided fashion this season. This team lost against MI Cape Town by 97 runs. It lost against Paarl Royals by 9 wickets and now Pretoria has defeated it by 6 wickets. The team is at the bottom sixth position in the points table. The problem is that the net run rate of Sunrisers is also -2.423.

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