Quinton de Kock SHINES as Sunrisers seal bonus-point win over Capitals at St George’s Park
GH News December 30, 2025 12:06 PM
New Delhi: Quinton de Kock delivered a batting masterclass for The Orange Army as the Sunrisers secured a cnvincing 48-run bonus-point victory over the Pretoria Capitals at a lively St Georges Park on Monday evening. The win propelled the Sunrisers to the top of the Betway SA20 table with 10 points while the Capitals are still looking for their first win after two matches. Thousands of Gqeberha locals turned out to transform South Africas oldest Test venue into a sea of orange for the Sunrisers first home game of Season 4 with the iconic brass band setting a festive tone for another memorable Betway SA20 evening. Quinton de Kock played an impressive knock of 77 off 47 balls Quinton de Kock gave the crowd plenty to cheer and played an impressive knock of 77 off just 47 balls which included five boundaries and six sixes. From the start the left-hander played with fluency combining elegant lofted cover drives with powerful pull shots. Matthew Breetzke also contributed crucial 52 runs off 33 deliveries including seven fours and one six. Both Breetzke and DE Kock posted a brilliant partnership of 116-run off just 70 balls. It set the platform for Jordan Hermann who scored 37 off 20 balls including five fours and one six to execute a series of conventional and reverse sweeps taking the Sunrisers to a strong target of 188/6. De Kock was named the Player of the Match The four Player of the Match nominees were Matthew Breetzke Quinton de Kock Shai Hope and Adam Milne with QDK securing 69.3% of the fan vote. The total proved too steep for the Capitals as the Sunrisers fired their three-pronged pace attack of Marco Jansen Adam Milne and Anrich Nortje. Marco Jansen picked the wicket in just six balls removing Capitals opener Bryce Parsons with a searing delivery that the left-hander could only edge to De Kock behind the stumps. Adam Milne dismissed West Indies Shai Hope (36 off 19 balls) just as he looked set to construct a meaningful innings. The key breakthrough came from Lewis Gregory as the Sunrisers allrounder dismissed Dewald Brevis (12 off 5 balls) into going for the longest boundary only for Breetzke to be perfectly positioned to take an easy catch. From that point the Capitals innings fell apart with Milne tearing through the lower order while left-arm spinner Senuran Muthusamy produced arguably the delivery of the night to clean bowl a well-set Will Smeed (35 off 27 balls 4x4 1x6).
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