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Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs Paarl Royals Predictions - Sunrisers to get back on winning track against Royals

John Eastwood

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Last updated: 31 Jan 2025

John Eastwood 31 Jan 2025

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Sunrisers Eastern Cape have lost their last two matches.
David Bedingham is in great batting form for the Sunrisers.
Sunrisers to bounce back with home win.

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Bedingham can take Sunrisers to victory (Getty Images)

Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs Paarl Royals Predictions

Both teams come into this game off the back of defeats, so it could be an interesting clash. The loss of Joe Root will hurt the Royals though as he offered them plenty of international experience, something they severely lack.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs Paarl Royals Predictions
Head to Head
Sunrisers Eastern Cape Form
Sunrisers Eastern Cape Injuries & Team News
Paarl Royals Form
Paarl Royals Injuries & Team News

I am backing the Sunrisers to win this game despite their own batting troubles. At home, I feel they have the team to get the result.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape have lost their last 2 matches.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s David Bedingham scored 37, 48 & 45 runs in his last 3 matches.
Paarl Royals have won 7 of their last 9 matches.
Paarl Royals beat the Sunrisers earlier this season.
Paarl Royals’ Rubin Hermann has scored 44, 59 & 28 runs in 3 of his last 4 SA20 matches.

Head to Head

Sunrisers Eastern Cape have won three of their five previous encounters against the Paarl Royals. It was, however, the Royals who won in mid-Jan 2025 by nine wickets.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape Form

The Sunrisers are having a strange season in 2025. After winning the last two editions of the SA20, they began 2025 with three successive defeats. That was followed by four straight wins before losing their last two games ahead of this fixture.

Run scoring has been an issue for the Sunrisers all season but their bowlers and a couple of solid innings by batsmen managed to get them into third place. However, in the last two games, the Sunrisers have been bowled out for 118 and 107 runs batting first.

David Bedingham fought a lone fight with the bat in Cape Town on Wednesday, scoring 45 runs against MI Cape Town. The 107 was never remotely enough and the hosts showed that the pitch was good by smashing their way to victory in 11 overs without losing a wicket.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape Injuries & Team News

The Sunrisers need to get some batsmen in form with the entire team struggling for runs. Tony de Zorzi looked out of touch in the last game, as did Tom Abell. Aiden Markram may need to come in at three with Tristan Stubbs also moving up.

Paarl Royals Form

Paarl Royals are currently top of the SA20 table with seven wins in nine games. They could be second by the time this match starts, depending on whether MI Cape Town win their fixture on Friday night.

While the Royals have been in good form, they did lose their last fixture to the Joburg Super Kings. Batting first, the Royals posted 150 in 20 overs as Dinesh Karthik top scored with 53 runs.

The Super Kings chased the score with more than two overs to spare to win by seven wickets.

Paarl Royals Injuries & Team News

The loss of Joe Root for the rest of the campaign could hurt the Royals as his runs has been exceptionally important to date. Other that him, there is very little international experience within the batting side, bar for Karthik.

Verdict

Sunrisers Eastern Cape v Paarl Royals

The Sunrisers are backed to end their losing streak at home with David Bedingham to continue his fine form with the bat.

For the Royals, Rubin Hermann is backed in the best batsman market.

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