SEC vs PC, SA20 2025-26, Match Prediction: Who will win today’s match between Sunrisers Eastern Cape and Pretoria Capitals?

Sunrisers Eastern Cape host Capitals of Pretoria in the 5th game of SA20 2025-26 at St George’s Park, Gqeberha, on Monday. Sunrisers Eastern Cape come in as favorites after a dominant win Pearl Royalsposted 186/4 and bowled them out for 49. Capitals of Pretoria lost their opener by 22 runs by Joburg Super Kingsstruggling with the bat.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape, led by Tristan Stubbscan boast of a well-balanced team with Quinton de Kock, Jonny Bairstow, Anrich NortjeAnd Marco Jansen. Pretoria Capitals, led by Keshav Maharajrely on firepower from Andre Russell, Dewald BrevisAnd Success but showed batting weaknesses early on.

SEC vs PC, SA20 2025-26: Match Details

• Date and time: December 29 (Monday); 9:00 PM IST / 3:30 PM GMT / 5:30 PM Local
• Location: St George’s Park in Gqeberha

Head-to-head record in SA20 2025-26:

Matches played: 7 | Sunrisers Eastern Cape won: 3 | Pretoria Capitals won: 4 | No result/draw: 0

St George’s Park pitch report

St George’s Park in Gqeberha features a bowler-friendly pitch, which is particularly suitable for fast bowlers with its consistent pace, bounce and seam movement, as seen in recent SA20 matches. The surface provides early help to pacers, who have claimed more wickets than spinners, while batters have to settle against disciplined lines. Expect short boundaries to help power hitters later, but low bounce in middle overs could lead to collapses. The dew factor could tip the scales further tomorrow evening.

Squads

Capitals of Pretoria: Will Smeed, Connor Esterhuizen (wk), Shai Hope, Dewald Brevis, Roston Chase, Andre Russell, Bryce Parsons, Codi Yusuf, Gideon Peters, Keshav Maharaj (c), Lungi Ngidi, Tymal Mills, Lizaad Williams, Sibonelo Makhanya, Wihan Lubbe, Keith Dudgeon, Junaid Dawood, Sherfane Rutherford, Jordan Cox, Daniel Smith, Meeka Eel Prince

Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Jonny Bairstow, Quinton de Kock (wk), Tristan Stubbs (c), Lewis Gregory, Matthew Breetzke, Marco Jansen, Patrick Kruger, Senuran Muthusamy, Adam Milne, Anrich Nortje, Chris Wood, Allah Ghazanfar, JP King, Christopher King, Jordan Hermann, Mitchell Van Buuren, Tharindu Rathnayake, James Coles, Beyers Swanepoel, Lutho Sipamla

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SEC vs PC, SA20 2025-26: Today’s Match Prediction

Case 1:

• Sunrisers Eastern Cape wins the toss and bowls first
• Pretoria Capitals powerplay score: 45-55 (6 overs)
• Pretoria Capitals total score: 155-165

Case 2:

• Pretoria Capitals wins the toss and bowls first
• Sunrisers Eastern Cape powerplay score: 55-65 (6 overs)
• Sunrisers Eastern Cape total score: 170-180

Competition result: Team to bowl first to win the match

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