SA20:Pretoria Capitals Vs Paarl Royals Paarl Royals in playoffs courtesy dominant spin unit, consistent home show | SA20-Paul Royals first team to qualify for playoffs: beat Pretoria Capitals by 11 runs; Root scored 78 runs and took 2 wickets

Joe Root scored 78 runs facing 56 balls. He hit 8 fours and 2 sixes in his innings.

Paarl Royals have become the first team to qualify for the playoffs of the third season of SA20. Paarl Royals defeated Pretoria Capitals by 11 runs in the 20th match played at Boland Park on Saturday. The hero of the victory was English player Joe Root. He played an innings of 78 runs and took 2 wickets. With this win, Paarl Royals remains at the top of the points table. He has 24 points. After winning the toss, Pretoria Capitals decided to field first. Batting first, Paarl Royals scored 140 runs losing 4 wickets. While chasing the target of 141 runs, Pretoria Capitals could score only 129 runs at the loss of 7 wickets.

With this win, Paarl Royals remains at the top of the points table. He has 24 points.

Joe Root took over the innings of Paarl Royals Paarl Royals’ first wicket fell on the third ball without opening the account. Luan-Dre Pretorius returned to the pavilion after catching Will Jacques. After that Joe Root kept the innings on one side. He faced 56 balls and scored 78 runs. He hit 8 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. Apart from Root, David Miller faced 18 balls and scored 29 runs. Will Jacques, Ethan Bosch, Senuran Muthusamy and Kyle Simmonds took 1 wicket each for Pretoria Capitals. Will Jacques was the top scorer of Pretoria Capitals Will Jacques was the top scorer of Pretoria Capitals. He faced 53 balls and scored 56 runs. He hit 2 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. Apart from these, Kyle Vereen scored 30 runs facing 33 balls. He hit 2 fours in his innings. Root, Mujabi Ur Rahman and Bjorn Fortuin took 2 wickets each for Paarl Royals. While Dunith Velalez took one wicket.

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