The final match of South Africa SA20 League was played on 8 February between the teams of Mi Cape Town and Sunrisers Eastern Cape. Mi Cape Town unilaterally won the match and defeated 2 -time champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape. For this final match, a player from Sunrisers Eastern Cape made a big sacrifice. Actually, this player was going to tie the knot of February 8. But to win the title to the team, this player decided to change the wedding day. Despite this, he had to face defeat.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape opener David Bedingham made this big sacrifice for his team. David Bedingham postponed his marriage a day after franchise reached the final of the SA20 2025 season. Actually, the wedding booking and plan was already decided, but David Bedingham had to change his plan to try to save the title of the team. The cricketer was forced to take his marriage one day forward. Now he will marry today i.e. February 9. But for David Bedingham, this final match was nothing special, neither could he perform well nor did his team manage to save the title.
David Bedingham could face only 8 balls in the final match and was dismissed for 5 runs. During this, he hit 1 four in his innings. David Bedingham was hunted by Kagiso Rabada, who was also the most successful bowler of this match. On the other hand, David Bedingham played a total of 13 matches this season and scored 241 runs at an average of 20.08. He was also the second batsman to score the most runs for his team this season.
Talking about the match, MI Cape Town won the toss and decided to bat first, his decision also proved to be correct. MI Cape Town managed to score 181 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. During this, Connor Esteuizen scored the highest 39 runs and Dewald Brevis also contributed 38 runs. On the other hand, chasing the target, the Sunrisers Eastern Cape saw a very poor performance and it was all out for 105 runs in 18.4 overs.
