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Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Hemant Brar
That's all from our side for this game. Let's head to Eastern Cape vs Super Kings.
Rashid Khan: We had a couple of losses. We lost the momentum in the last few overs. We tried to keep the things simple. We had a bad start but 140 was a good total here. And then a brilliant all-round effort by the bowlers. [On van der Dussen] He kept the innings till the end, it's good for us that he got runs under his belt. [On Linde] He has done an amazing job for us. You can send him up the batting order, can bowl him anywhere. Makes my job a lot easier. I felt whatever total we put up, the bowling unit we have, we can defend any total. Today we have shown that. It was a crucial win for us.
Jos Buttler: Very disappointed. We are in a position where we thought we were really in the game. Facing Jofra is always a big challenge. It's great for the England team to have him back. It's not the easiest to hit boundaries here but that's the challenge of playing at different surfaces. We had a discussion that we could chase 40-45 in the last four overs but then Davey got out. We both are disappointed with the result.
Jos Buttler is the Player of the Match, some consolation for him.
David Miller: I think 142 was a competitive total on this wicket. But I thought they were still below par but losing a couple of wickets in the powerplay didn't help. It was difficult to score boundaries at will. Buttler and I kept ourselves in but then I got out. A bit disappointed. But it's not all doom and gloom. We would like to string a few more partnerships. A quick turnaround tomorrow and hopefully we can pull it with the bat.
Time for the presentation ceremony.
5.00pm A superb defence from MI Cape Town; they pick up 4 points from the game to go No. 2 on the points table for the moment. Rashid Khan led from the front, going only for 16 - all singles - from his four overs. But before him, it was Linde who picked up two early wickets to rock Royals. Buttler and Miller anchored the chase. Miller fell for 26 but Buttler took them close. When Archer dropped him off Rabada, it seemed he might pull it off for Royals but Archer made amends by having him caught behind in the penultimate over to all but seal the win. Royals couldn't hit a single six in their innings.
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