DOL vs LIO Cricket Player Stats, Team News & Expert Analysis - Todays Match Preview
Arjit - November 23, 2025Last Updated on Nov 25, 2025 11:49 AM
Dolphins vs Lions Cricket Match Previews
CSA T20 Challenge 2025
DOL 195/8 (19.4)
LIONS 194/2 (20)
Dolphins won by 2 wkts
| Batsman | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anrich Nortje* | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 600 |
| Aryan Gopalan | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 300 |
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Jones* | 4 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 10.75 |
| Rafeeq Patel | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 8 |
Dolphins Confirmed Playing11:
1- Bryce Parsons, 2- Khaya Zondo, 3- Jason Smith, 4- JJ Smuts(c), 5- Marques Ackerman, 6- Eathan Bosch, 7- Gomolemo Phiri(w), 8- Zeden Mahomed, 9- Andile Simelane, 10- Aryan Gopalan, 11- Anrich NortjeLions Confirmed Playing11:
1- Rassie van der Dussen, 2- Reeza Hendricks, 3- Connor Esterhuizen, 4- Evan Jones, 5- Richard Seletswane, 6- Mitchell Van Buuren(c), 7- Wandile Makwetu(w), 8- Beyers Swanepoel, 9- Siya Plaatjie, 10- Zakwan Patel, 11- Rafeeq PatelToday's Match Live Score ↻
Dolphins vs Lions
Lions — Innings 1 (194/2 in 20 overs)
| Batsman | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rassie van der Dussen not out | 94 | 56 | 4 | 6 | 167.86 | |
| Reeza Hendricks c Aryan Gopalan b Smuts | 58 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 145 | |
| Connor Esterhuizen c Eathan Bosch b Simelane | 38 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 158.33 | |
| Evan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Seletswane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitchell Van Buuren (c) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wandile Makwetu (wk) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Beyers Swanepoel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Siya Plaatjie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zakwan Patel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rafeeq Patel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | Byes: 1 | LegByes: 1 | Wides: 2 | Total: 4 | |||||
| Total | 194 | 2 wkts, 20 overs | ||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ Smuts | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 8.2 |
| Anrich Nortje | 4 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 12.2 |
| Eathan Bosch | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10 |
| Andile Simelane | 3 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 13 |
| Zeden Mahomed | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.5 |
| Bryce Parsons | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7 |
| Aryan Gopalan | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Partnerships
| Players | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|
| van der Dussen & Reeza Hendricks | 0 | 1 |
Wickets
| # | Batsman | Over | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reeza Hendricks | 12.5 | 111 |
| 2 | Connor Esterhuizen | 20 | 194 |
DOL vs LIO Match Prediction, CSA T20 Challenge 2025, Dolphins vs Lions Match Preview, Probable Playing 11, Match winning Tips, Live Match Score, Pitch Report, Injury & Updates.
DOL vs LIO (Dolphins vs Lions) Match Details
| Match | Dolphins vs Lions (DOL vs LIO) |
| League | CSA T20 Challenge 2025 |
| Date | Sunday, 23rd November 2025 |
| Time | 04:30 PM (IST) - 11:00 AM (GMT) |
DOL vs LIO Pitch Report and Todays Weather Report
DOL vs LIO Match Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa.
DOL vs LIO Pitch Report: This is a batting pitch, a total of 30 matches have been played on this pitch, in which the team batting first has won 13 matches and the team bowling first has won 13 matches. The average score on this pitch is 322. Batting first after winning the toss would be the right decision.
DOL vs LIO Weather Report: Weather during the match time in Centurion, ZA will be rainy. The temperature is expected to around 24°C on the match day with 56% humidity and 16.2 km/h wind speed. And the visibility is 10 KM. There are 100% chances of precipitation during the game.
SuperSport Park Score Records:
| Total matches: | 19 |
| Batting first won: | 9 |
| Bowling first won: | 9 |
| 1st inn avg score: | 176 |
| 2nd inn avg score: | 161 |
| Highest Total: | 259/4 |
| Lowest Total: | 100/10 |
| Highest Chased: | 259/4 |
| Lowest Defended: | 126/5 |
DOL vs LIO (Dolphins vs Lions) Playing 11
Dolphins vs Lions (DOL vs LIO) Match Preview
DOL vs LIO Match Preview: CSA T20 Challenge 2025 will see Dolphins facing off against Lions on Sunday, 23 November 2025 at 04:30 PM IST.
Dolphins (DOL) Team Updates
Opening Batters
- Bryce Parsons and Khaya Zondo will open the innings. Both are very talented players and played many attacking innings.
One-Down Batter
- Jason Smith will be the backbone of batting department, if early wickets falls, He settles the innings.
Middle-Order Batters
- JJ Smuts and Eathan Bosch will strengthen the middle order for Dolphins.
- Jason Smith will lead the Dolphins as a Captain. He is also a good All-Rounder
Wicketkeeper
- Slade van Staden will do the Wicket Keeping for Dolphins.
Spin Bowlers
- Bryce Parsons will take care of the spin bowling of the team.
Pace Bowlers
- Eathan Bosch and Anrich Nortje will lead the pace attack of his team.
Lions (LIO) Team Updates
Opening Batters
- Wandile Makwetu and Evan Jones will open the innings. Both are very talented players and played many attacking innings.
- Evan Jones is having topmost good points in this series.
One-Down Batter
- Mitchell van Buuren will be the backbone of batting department, if early wickets falls, He settles the innings. He was the highest score points gainer in the previous match.
Middle-Order Batters
- Rassie van der Dussen and Muhammad Manack will strengthen the middle order for Lions.
- Mitchell van Buuren will lead the Lions as a Captain. He was the highest score points gainer in the previous match.
Wicketkeeper
- Wandile Makwetu will do the Wicket Keeping for Lions.
Spin Bowlers
Pace Bowlers
- Beyers Swanepoel and Tshepo Moreki will lead the pace attack of his team.
Dolphins vs Lions (DOL vs LIO) Cricket Match Prediction, Team and Tips
DOL vs LIO Match Prediction: Dolphins looks in good form in recent matches, They are the favorites to win the match.
Toss Prediction, Who will Win the Toss Today?: According to the Possible11 expert toss prediction, LIO will win the toss and choose to Bowl first.
DOL vs LIO CSA T20 Challenge 2025 Match Expert Advice: JJ Smuts will be a top multiplier choice for the small leagues. Eathan Bosch will be a decent choice for the captaincy in the grand leagues.
DOL vs LIO Head to Head
DOL vs LIO Head to Head Records: Dolphins vs Lions have faced each other in 10 matches in T20. Out of these 10 games, Dolphins have won 3 whereas Lions have won 7 Matches.
| Team | Match Win |
|---|---|
| DOL | 3 Won |
| LIO | 7 Won |
DOL vs LIO Recent Forms
DOL - W L T W WLIO - W T L L LLive Telecast
The match will be live telecast on Fancode.
POINTS TABLE - CSA T20 Challenge 2025
| No | Team | M | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Pts | Recent Forms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warriors | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2.168 | 25 | WWWLW |
| 2 | Boland | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.567 | 25 | WLWWW |
| 3 | Dolphins | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.569 | 22 | WWLLW |
| 4 | Western Province | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +0.337 | 18 | LWWWL |
| 5 | Titans | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | -1.655 | 10 | LNRWLL |
| 6 | DP World Lions | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -0.174 | 6 | LWTNRL |
| 7 | North West Dragons | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -0.659 | 6 | TLWLNR |
| 8 | Tuskers | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | -1.330 | 4 | LLLLW |
| 9 | KwaZulu-Natal Inland | NR | |||||||
| 10 | Lions | NR | |||||||
| M: Matches, W: Won, L: Lost, T: Tie, NR: No Result, NRR: Net Run Rate, Pts: Points, Q: Qualified, E: Eliminate Recent Forms: W = Won, L = Lost, T = Tie, D = Draw, NR = No Result | |||||||||
Full Schedule: CSA T20 Challenge 2025 Schedule
Recent Forms:
DOL - W W L L WLIO - L W T N L
LIO - N
DOL vs LIO Team Analysis & Player Performance
- Looking by the pitch behavior, Picking top order batters would be crucial here.
- Death-over bowlers are always excellent wicket-takers in last few overs, they can turn the game around at any time.
- In Wicket Keeping, Gomolemo Phiri is the best choice.
- Pacers may play major role on this pitch.
DOL vs LIO Winning Prediction
- Dolphins team has the upper hand over Lions team. So try to pick more players from Dolphins
DOL vs LIO Small League Must Picks:
DOL - JJ Smuts [517 points], Eathan Bosch [214 points]LIO - Evan Jones [188 points], Beyers Swanepoel [140 points]
DOL vs LIO Grand League Risky Picks:
DOL - Slade van Staden [0 points], Okuhle Cele [0 points]LIO - Rassie van der Dussen [0 points], Rafeeq Patel [0 points]
DOL vs LIO Death Over Bowlers:
DOL - Nqobani MokoenaLIO -
Dolphins (DOL) Key Players
- Gomolemo Phiri [[37, 35], ]
- Zeden Mahomed [34*, 1W, (28, 1W), 3W, (28, 1W)]
- Aryan Gopalan [PTs: 0, CR: 9]
- Jason Smith [PTs: 20, CR: 8]
- Andile Simelane [(13, 1W)]
- Khaya Zondo [PTs: 147, CR: 8.5]
- Bryce Parsons [PTs: 206, CR: 8]
- Eathan Bosch [PTs: 214, CR: 7.5]
- JJ Smuts [(16, 1W), (7, 1W), 7, 54, (13, 1w), ]
Lions (LIO) Key Players
- Zakwan Patel [PTs: 0, CR: 9.5]
- Wandile Makwetu [PTs: 8, CR: 8]
- Mitchell van Buuren [0W]
- Beyers Swanepoel [PTs: 140, CR: 9]
- Reeza Hendricks [34, 60, 37, 41, 16]
DOL vs LIO Captain and Vice-Captain Choices
- Gomolemo Phiri [PTs: 0, CR: 8]
- Zeden Mahomed [PTs: 0, CR: 9]
- Zakwan Patel [PTs: 0, CR: 9.5]
- Jason Smith [PTs: 20, CR: 8]
- Mitchell van Buuren [PTs: 72, CR: 7]
- Andile Simelane [PTs: 128, CR: 7.5]
- Reeza Hendricks [PTs: 156, CR: 7.5]
- Bryce Parsons [PTs: 206, CR: 8]
- JJ Smuts [PTs: 517, CR: 9.5]
DOL vs LIO Injury / Unavailability
Dolphins Cricket Team Injuries:
- There are no injury updates as of now.
Lions Cricket Team Injuries:
- There are no injury updates as of now.
DOL vs LIO Live Stream
Where can I see DOL vs LIO Live Score?
You can see DOL vs LIO Live Score on Possible11, Cricbuzz, ESPNcricinfo, etc.
DOL vs LIO match will be live telecast on FanCode.
DOL vs LIO Cricket Match Highlights
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DOL vs LIO match prediction video in Hindi will be posted soon
Dolphins vs Lions (DOL vs LIO) Squads
Dolphins (DOL) Squad: Gomolemo Phiri(WK), Zeden Mahomed, Aryan Gopalan, JJ Smuts(C), Khaya Zondo, Okuhle Cele, Jason Smith, Anrich Nortje, Eathan Bosch, Marques Ackerman, Andile Simelane, Bryce Parsons, Slade van Staden(WK), Tshepang Dithole(WK), Nqobani Mokoena, Tristan Luus, Hanu Viljoen(WK), Romashan Pillay, Semal Pillay
Lions (LIO) Squad: Reeza Hendricks, Zakwan Patel, Delano Potgieter, Beyers Swanepoel, Wandile Makwetu(WK), Tshepo Moreki, Mitchell van Buuren(C), Evan Jones, Siya Plaatjie, Connor Esterhuizen(WK), Richard Seletswane, Muhammad Manack, Khaya Fakude, Rassie van der Dussen, Rafeeq Patel
DISCLAIMER: This team is based on the understanding, analysis, and instinct of the author. While selecting your team, consider the points mentioned and make your own decision.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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