Marco Jansen turned batter to gave Rashid Khan a nightmare as he powered Sunrisers Eastern Cape to a stunning two-wicket victory against MI Cape Town in Match 12 of the SA20 league at Newlands, Cape Town on Wednesday (January 18).
The star South African speedster, who was retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 4.20 for the upcoming Indian Premier League edition, unleashed the beast in him to pummel Rashid left, right and center and turned the needle in Eastern Cape's favour from the brink of defeat. Jansen whacked the star Afghani spinner for 28 runs in an over which saw four big sixes and a boundary to leave Rashid in all sorts of bother.
While chasing 172, Sunrisers were teetering at 105/6 after 15 overs. Then came the Jansen who understood the need accelerate wile facing one of the best bowlers of the T20 format Rashid. He went berserk and started the over with a cracking six to bring down the equation to 61 runs off 29 deliveries. Jansen then followed it up with a boundary and back-to-back maximums. Rashid did manage to make a comeback in the fifth delivery which was a dot ball but to only see Jansen hit another big one. The lanky bowling allrounder hammered 27-ball 66 which was decorated with three boundaries and seven sixes as Sunrisers Eastern Cape clinched the issue with three balls to spare.
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