The veteran DSG batter Kane Williamson showcased his amazing batting class against Paarl Royals in the ongoing 23rd game of the SA20 2025. The star number four batter scored 45 runs off 36 balls, with five fours and a six in the first innings. His knock played a crucial role in stabilizing Durban’s Super Giants’ struggling first innings.
Meanwhile, the veteran batter also displayed his batting brilliance when he smashed a classic six off Paarl Royals’ bowler Dayyaan Galiem. The moment came on the second ball of the 10th over in the first innings.
Galiem bowled it in the slot outside the off stump; it looked like Williamson was waiting for this length and he comfortably cleared it over the wide long off region for a maximum.
The video of this amazing six smashed by Williamson immediately went viral as soon as it was shared by the official broadcasters on X (formerly Twitter).
Here’s the video of Kane Williamson’s six:
Speaking of the action of the ongoing game between DSG and PR, the hosts’ skipper Keshav Maharaj won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, DSG posted a respectable total of 145 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs courtesy of the crucial knocks played by Kane Williamson and star all-rounder Marcus Stoinis.
Besides Kane Williamson’s 45-run knock, Stoinis scored a half-century, scoring 45 runs off 36 balls, with five fours and a six. Bjorn Fortuin and Kwena Maphaka scalped 2 wickets each at just 20 and 22 runs in their respective four-over spells. Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Dunith Wellalage also claimed a wicket each for the Royals in the first innings.
While chasing the target, Paarl Royals had scored 64 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in 9 overs at the time of filling this. Star in-form opener Lhuan-dre Pretorius and number three batter Rubin Hermann were there in the middle at individual scores of 22 and 41 runs, respectively.