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English batter Will Jacks grabbed the limelight for smashing a Virat Kohli-Esque six on Monday in the course of the SA20 match between Pretoria Capitals and MI Cape City. Jacks, who’s presently the main run-getter within the season up to now, scored quickfire 62 runs off simply 27 balls towards MI Cape City at Newlands, Cape City.
Jacks smacked 5 fours and as many sixes after Rashid Khan invited Pretoria Capitals to bat first. On the final ball of 4th over, Jofra Archer pitched it quick and Jacks replicated Kohli’s iconic six towards Haris Rauf within the 2022 T20 World Cup match. Jack shifted his weight after which performed the shot on the rise to smash it over the bowler’s head for a most.
The sensational shot went viral on social media and the followers immediately began to match it with Kohli’s iconic six.
Kohli hit that shot at a really essential stage of the sport. It was the fifth ball of the penultimate over when Kohli smacked Rauf straight down the bottom off the backfoot for a six which was rated as a shot of the event by many. The batting maestro adopted it up with a flick over nice leg, lowering the equation to 16 off the ultimate over in probably the most memorable IND-PAK contests ever. The Males in Blue went on to win the conflict.
Curiously, Jacks and Kohli will each play for a similar group in IPL 2023 – Royal Challengers Bangalore.
In the meantime, Pretoria Capitals put daylight between themselves and the 5 different SA20 groups after claiming a 52-run victory over second-placed MI Cape City at Newlands.
After being despatched into bat, the Capitals flew out the blocks when Jacks (62 off 27 balls) and Kusal Mendis (29 off 19 balls) smashed their strategy to an 88-run partnership after seven overs.
The innings hit a pace bump when Rashid Khan (3/16) and Odean Smith (2/27) grabbed three wickets between them in 17 balls.
Theunis de Bruyn (36 off 26 balls) stabilised the innings earlier than some lusty blows by James Neesham (22* off 18 balls) on the again finish of the innings guided the Pretoria-side to 182/8.
MI Cape City’s chase obtained off to a rocky begin once they misplaced Ryan Rickelton (11 off 11 balls) and Sam Curran (22 off 18 balls) by the eighth over.
Dewald Brevis (46 off 30 balls) and Rassie van der Dussen (24 off 25 balls) obtained the innings again on monitor with a 47-run partnership however when the previous fell to Anrich Nortje (3/22) the Capitals had been nicely on high.
That dismissal proved pivotal because the MI Cape City innings snowballed, dropping their remaining seven wickets for simply 29 runs.
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