This team created history in T20 franchise cricket, no team in the world could do this – Global News Desk

In SA20 2025, Paarl Royals team defeated Pretoria Capitals by 11 runs. Joe Root performed amazingly for Paul Royals in this match. He showed excellent performance in bowling and batting and played an important role in helping the team win. Batting first, the Royals team scored 140 runs. After this, Pretoria team could score only 129 runs in 20 overs.

Joe Root scored a strong half century

Paarl Royals had a very bad start. When Luhane Dri Pretorius returned to the pavilion without opening the account. After this Joe Root took the responsibility of scoring runs. He scored 78 runs in 56 balls, which included 8 fours and two sixes. David Miller contributed 29 runs. India's Dinesh Karthik did not bat in the match. It is because of these players that the Royals team was successful in scoring 140 runs.

Royals team got 20 overs done with 20 spinners.

After this the bowlers of Paarl Royals showed a strong game. Joe Root took 2 wickets for 32 runs in his quota of four overs. Apart from them, Dunith Vellalaghe, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Bjorn Fortuin and Nakabayomji Peter bowled four overs each. Pretoria Capitals batsmen could not stand against these spinners.

Paul Royals made a record

Paarl Royals bowled the entire 20 overs from the spinner during the SA20 2025 match against Pretoria Capitals. Paarl Royals has become the first team in T20 franchise cricket to have all its overs bowled by spinners and also won. This had not been seen before in T20 franchise cricket.

Will Jacques scored 56 runs for Pretoria Capitals. Apart from him, Kyle Warren contributed 30 runs. Apart from these two players, no other player was able to bat steadily. For this reason the team lost the match by 11 runs.

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Tilak Verma broke a big record in T20I, scored so many runs without getting out.

This player made India win the lost match, became a super hero by scoring a strong half century