MICT vs PC Match Preview Today: Pitch Report, Playing XI, Key Players & Prediction

By Cricket Addictor

Published - 26 Aug 2025, 12:58 PM | Updated - 20 Jan 2026, 07:30 PM

📍 Newlands, Cape Town 🕒 09:00 PM IST Star Sports / JioCinema

MI Cape Town vs Pretoria Capitals Match Info

Match: MICT vs PC, Match 8
Series: SA20
Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Time: 09:00 PM IST
Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
Live streaming: Jio Hotstar
TV: Star Sports Network

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MI Cape Town vs Pretoria Capitals Fixture Snapshot

Date	Match	Result
31 Dec 2025	MICT vs PC	Pretoria Capitals won by 85 runs

Points table — MI Cape Town vs Pretoria Capitals

League positions and stats for both teams in this match. Numbers match the full IPL points table.

SA20

N/R

PTS

Net RR

Last 5 Matches

Pretoria Capitals

0.218

Opponent	Description	Date
Joburg Super Kings (JSK won by 22 runs)	Match 2	27 Dec 2025
Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC won by 48 runs)	Match 5	29 Dec 2025
MI Cape Town (PC won by 85 runs)	Match 8	31 Dec 2025
Durban Super Giants (Match abandoned due to rain)	Match 12	3 Jan 2026
Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC won by 10 wickets)	Match 14	5 Jan 2026
Durban Super Giants (PC won by 15 runs)	Match 16	7 Jan 2026
Paarl Royals (PC won by 21 runs)	Match 19	10 Jan 2026
MI Cape Town (PC won by 53 runs)	Match 22	12 Jan 2026
Paarl Royals (PR won by 6 wickets)	Match 25	15 Jan 2026
Joburg Super Kings (PC won by 21 runs)	Match 28	17 Jan 2026
Sunrisers Eastern Cape (PC won by 7 wickets)	Qualifier 1	21 Jan 2026
Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC won by 6 wickets)	Final	25 Jan 2026

MI Cape Town

-1.013

Opponent	Description	Date
Durban Super Giants (DSG won by 15 runs)	Match 1	26 Dec 2025
Durban Super Giants (No result due to rain)	Match 4	28 Dec 2025
Pretoria Capitals (PC won by 85 runs)	Match 8	31 Dec 2025
Paarl Royals (PR won by 1 run)	Match 10	2 Jan 2026
Paarl Royals (PR won by 7 wickets)	Match 13	4 Jan 2026
Joburg Super Kings (MICT won by 4 wickets (DLS method))	Match 15	6 Jan 2026
Joburg Super Kings (MICT won by 36 runs)	Match 20	10 Jan 2026
Pretoria Capitals (PC won by 53 runs)	Match 22	12 Jan 2026
Sunrisers Eastern Cape (MICT won by 3 wickets)	Match 26	16 Jan 2026
Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC won by 7 wickets)	Match 29	18 Jan 2026

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MI Cape Town vs Pretoria Capitals Head-to-Head

MICT WINS 3

Total matches: 8

PC WINS 5

Team totals in SA20 when these two have met:

MICT totals

High 248

Low 130

PC totals

High 220

Low 106

Last meeting (12 Jan 2026)

MICT 132 v PC 185

PC won

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

MICT — last 5 (completed)

Date	Match	Result
18 Jan 2026	SEC vs MICT	Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 7 wickets
16 Jan 2026	MICT vs SEC	MI Cape Town won by 3 wickets
12 Jan 2026	PC vs MICT	Pretoria Capitals won by 53 runs
10 Jan 2026	JSK vs MICT	MI Cape Town won by 36 runs
06 Jan 2026	MICT vs JSK	MI Cape Town won by 4 wickets (DLS method)

PC — last 5 (completed)

Date	Match	Result
25 Jan 2026	PC vs SEC	Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 6 wickets
21 Jan 2026	SEC vs PC	Pretoria Capitals won by 7 wickets
17 Jan 2026	JSK vs PC	Pretoria Capitals won by 21 runs
15 Jan 2026	PC vs PR	Paarl Royals won by 6 wickets
12 Jan 2026	PC vs MICT	Pretoria Capitals won by 53 runs

Player key stats

Top Player Stats

(Based on recent match performances)

Dewald Brevis PC

370 Runs

Ryan Rickelton MICT

337 Runs

Sherfane Rutherford PC

335 Runs

Shai Hope PC

276 Runs

Reeza Hendricks MICT

249 Runs

Rassie van der Dussen MICT

247 Runs

Karim Janat MICT

181.25 SR

Rashid Khan MICT

171.43 SR

Sherfane Rutherford PC

164.22 SR

Dewald Brevis PC

156.12 SR

Ryan Rickelton MICT

156.02 SR

Jason Smith MICT

147.76 SR

Corbin Bosch MICT

13 Wkts

Keshav Maharaj PC

12 Wkts

Lizaad Williams PC

10 Wkts

Gideon Peters PC

9 Wkts

Kagiso Rabada MICT

9 Wkts

George Linde MICT

8 Wkts

Kieron Pollard MICT

4.50 Econ

Dane Piedt MICT

5.71 Econ

Keshav Maharaj PC

6.54 Econ

Roston Chase PC

7.35 Econ

George Linde MICT

7.70 Econ

Rashid Khan MICT

7.93 Econ

Weather at Newlands, Cape Town

Pitch Report And Stats

Ground dimensions

Based on last 5 completed T20 matches at Newlands.

Newlands · T20

Average score & wickets

5 matches

136

Avg score

Avg wickets

Score distribution (1st innings)

3 2 0

< 140 140-180 > 180

Pitch Bowling Friendly Par 124 - 148 Confidence Medium

Batting-friendly 0 Bowling-friendly 4 Neutral 1

No major toss advantage observed from available data.

Newlands · T20

Scoring records

162

Highest team score

105

Lowest team score

142

Lowest score defended

1st Innings vs 2nd Innings

Per innings: average team score, total fours/sixes in that innings (averaged across matches), and wickets. Based on the last 5 completed T20 matches at Newlands.

1st Innings 2nd Innings

136 Avg score 130

12 Total 4s (avg) 12

4 Total 6s (avg) 3

7 Wickets (avg) 7