Joburg Super Kings vs Pretoria Capitals Predictions - Rutherford to keep the Kings fighting for the playoffs

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Sherfane Rutherford has scored 47*, 42*, 53 & 29 in his last five innings.
James Vince (197 runs, ave 49.25) is 8th on the SA20 runs list.
Can the Capitals keep their dream of a top two spot alive by beating the Super Kings in their final match of the group stage?

Sherfane Rutherford hits out against New Zealand (Getty Images).

Joburg Super Kings vs Pretoria Capitals Predictions

The Super Kings are agonisingly close to the playoffs but could still lose out to MI Cape Town. They have lost their last three completed matches, while the Capitals have won three of their last four. Backing the Capitals is the easy decision for me.

Joburg Super Kings vs Pretoria Capitals Predictions
Head-to-Head
Joburg Super Kings Form
Pretoria Capitals Form
Joburg Super Kings vs Pretoria Capitals Team News

Pretoria Capitals’ Sherfane Rutherford (243 runs, ave 60.75) is 4th in the SA20 runs list.
Pretoria Capitals’ Shai Hope has scored 118*, 22 & 24 in his last 4 innings.
Joburg Super Kings’ James Vince has scored 75, 77 & 30 in his last 3 innings.
Joburg Super Kings’ Dian Forrester scored 80* off 42 balls against MI Cape Town.

Head-to-Head

Pretoria Capitals have won one and lost two of their last five SA20 matches against Joburg Super Kings. Two matches were rained-off.

Joburg Super Kings Form

The Super Kings suffered their third defeat in a row when they lost to the Sunrisers by 61 runs.

James Vince has stormed ahead as the Super Kings leading batter, hitting 197 runs at a strike-rate of 166.94. Dian Forrester (80*) added 66 with Vince for the 4th wicket in the defeat to MI Cape Town, but with Faf du Plessis out injured there has been little other support from the top order.

Richard Gleeson is the Super Kings’ top bowler with nine wickets, snapping up 3/2 and 3/41 in his last four matches. Akeal Hosein is next on their list with six wickets in six innings, but his key contribution has been keeping the runs down to 7.21 runs per over.

Pretoria Capitals Form

After winning three matches on the bounce the Capitals lost to the Royals by six wickets with 29 balls remaining.

The Capitals’ surge up the table has been driven largely by power-hitting from Shai Hope and Sherfane Rutherford, who are 3rd and 4th in the SA20 runs list. Rutherford has made a massive contribution in the death overs, scoring at a rate of 173.57 runs per 100 balls faced.

Gideon Peters has been phenomenal with the ball, taking 3/35, 1/11, 3/32 and 1/27 in the Capitals’ last four matches. Lungi Ngidi took 3/39 against the Super Giants followed by 1/35, 1/29 and 1/24 in his last four matches.

Joburg Super Kings vs Pretoria Capitals Team News

Joburg Super Kings (squad): Rivaldo Moonsamy (w), Donovan Ferreira (c/w), Matthew de Villiers, Rilee Rossouw, Steve Stolk, Neil Timmers, James Vince, Dian Forrester, Wiaan Mulder, Shubham Ranjane, Prenelan Subrayen, Nandre Burger, Richard Gleeson, Akeal Hosein, Imran Tahir, Janco Smit, Duan Jansen, Reece Topley and Daniel Worrall.

Pretoria Capitals (squad): Will Smeed, Connor Esterhuizen (w), 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.