The 8th match of the South Africa T20 League 2023 is scheduled to play between Durban Super Giants and Paarl Royals on Sunday, 15th January 2023 at Kingsmead, Durban.

Both teams, Durban Super Giants and Paarl Royals had won their previous match and will be confident to win this match. The performance of the Durban Super Giants had been average in this tournament. They had played two matches with one win to their name. They had lost one match and are holding the fourth position on the ladder.

Paarl Royals won their previous match with a handsome margin and this also improved their net run rate. They also had played two matches with one win to their name. They lost one match and are holding the third position on the points table.

Durban Super Giants had beaten the strong team of this tournament, MI Cape Town in their most recent match where they won the toss and decided to field first. The performance of their bowling unit was good and they leaked 152 runs in 20 overs. R Topley was the most successful bowler from their side with two wickets to his name in three overs against 27 runs. Subrayen also picked two wickets while he was charged with 29 runs. Viljoen was the other bowler with two wickets in his account.

K Mayers and Jason Holder picked one wicket each while Keshav Maharaj was the only bowler from their side who failed to pick any wicket. The batting order of Durban Super Giants also performed well and chased the target of 153 runs in 16.3 overs. Almost all batsmen from their side put some runs on the board. Heinrich Klaasen was the highest run-scorer with 36 runs to his name. He faced 22 balls and smashed four boundaries and one huge six. Kyle Mayers also performed well and scored 34 runs on 23 balls with the help of four boundaries and two huge sixes. Wiaan Mulder scored 30 runs.

Paarl Royals are coming to this match on the back of a massive win over Joburg Super Kings with a handsome margin of seven wickets. The way how their bowling unit performed in that match was just outstanding. They send the full team of Joburg Super Kings back to the pavilion on just 81 runs in 17.2 overs. Fortuin was the most successful and highest wicket-taker from their side. He picked up three wickets in four overs against just 16 runs. Evan Jones also had an outstanding performance with the ball and picked three wickets in 2.2 overs while he was charged for 21 runs.

Frisco Adams was the other bowler who destroyed the batting order of the Joburg Super Kings. He picked up two wickets in three overs against just 14 runs. Tabraiz Shamsi and Lungi Ngidi picked one wicket each while Wihan Lubbe was the only bowler from their side who remained wicketless. The batting order of Paarl Royals also performed well and chased the target of 82 runs in just 10.3 overs. Jos Buttler proved the most successful and highest run-scorer with 29 runs to his name on 13 balls with the help of four boundaries. Wihan Lubbe also performed well in the previous match. He scored 19 runs while Dane Vilas scored 13 runs.

Durban Super Giants is a strong and well-balanced team and have a strong batting and bowling department which is in good form. The batting and bowling squad of this team is much stronger at least on paper. According to our match prediction, Durban Super Giants is the favorite team who will win this match. Many factors make Durban Super Giants a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Durban Super Giants are a strong side
• The batting order of the Durban Super Giants is very strong
• Paarl Royals also have a good batting order
• Durban Super Giants have some best bowlers in their squad
• Paarl Royals is also strong and experienced

Durban Super Giants is overall a strong team when we compare it with Paarl Royals. They have the best players in the t20 format of cricket. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Durban Super Giants have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Durban Super Giants have a 54% chance to win this match
Paarl Royals has a 46% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play important in the result of every match of SA20 2023 as we had observed in the previous matches. According to the toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to field first as defending had been difficult in the most recent matches of SA20.

The 8th match of SA20 T20, 2023 is going to be held at Kingsmead, Durban. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting in early overs. The track has a good amount of pace and bounce which allows the batsmen to the good cricketing shorts but this ground also has big boundaries which can be a plus point for the bowlers. A score of 190 plus seems to be a par score.

The weather forecast for Durban is good for this cricket match. There are almost no chances of rain in the region and we are hopeful that we will have a full match to enjoy.

Durban Super Giants: Wiaan Mulder, Dwaine Pretorius, Keemo Paul, Jason Holder, Keshav Maharaj, Hardus Viljoen, Prenelan Subrayen, Reece Topley, Kyle Mayers, Quinton de Kock (c & wk), Heinrich Klaasen.

Paarl Royals: David Miller (c), Dane Vilas, Eoin Morgan, Ferisco Adams, Evan Jones, Bjorn Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Jos Buttler (wk), Jason Roy, Wihan Lubbe.

• Date: Sunday, 15th January 2023
• Time: 11:30 AM GMT / 01:30 PM LOCAL / 05:00 PM IST

• Stadium: Kingsmead
• Location: Durban, South Africa
• Capacity: 25000
• Known as: Sahara Stadium; Kingsmead
• Ends: Umgeni End, Old Fort End
• Time Zone: UTC +02:00
• Home to: KwaZulu-Natal, Natal
• Floodlights: Yes

• Total matches: 18
• Matches won batting first: 9
• Matches won bowling first: 7
• Average 1st Inns scores: 148
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 132
• Highest total recorded: 218/4 (20 Ov) by IND vs ENG
• Lowest total recorded: 73/10 (16.5 Ov) by KEN vs NZ
• The highest score chased: 158/7 (19.2 Ov) by RSA vs AUS
• The lowest score defended: 133/5 (20 Ov) by RSAW vs PAKW

Kyle Mayers, Quinton de Kock(w/c), Wiaan Mulder, Heinrich Klaasen, Jason Holder, Dwaine Pretorius, Keemo Paul, Hardus Viljoen, Keshav Maharaj, Reece Topley, Prenelan Subrayen, Johnson Charles, Akila Dananjaya, Simon Harmer, Christiaan Jonker, Junior Dala, Matthew Breetzke.