Anrich Nortje creates panic in SA20, scares Paarl Royals batsmen with pace and gets OUT; watch video

By Samira Vishwas On Dec 29, 2025

Yes, that’s what happened. First of all, know that in this match, 32 year old Enrique Norkhia bowled 3 overs and took 4 wickets for just 13 runs. He showed the way to the pavilion by dismissing players like Esha Tribe (14), Delano Potgieter (04), Bjorn Fortuin (01), and Mujeeb Ur Rehman (00).

Star Sports has shared a 37-second video of Enrique Norkhia himself from its official It can be seen in this video that he first got Esha Trive caught near the boundary and then clean bowled Delano Potgieter with a fiery ball. The special thing is that he did not stop here and after this he also brought Bjorn Fortuin and Mujeeb Ur Rahman to their knees with his fast balls and sent them to the pavilion after being caught by the wicketkeeper. You can watch this complete video below.

Pure pace. Pure destruction
Anrich Nortje ripped through Paarl Royals with a stunning 4/13 to power Sunrisers Eastern Cape to an opening win in this year’s #SA20,
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— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) December 28, 2025

LSG had fun: The Lucknow Super Giants franchise will be very happy to see Enrique Norkhia on fire with his bowling in the SA20. This is because he himself bought Enrique Norcio in the IPL mini auction at the base price of Rs 2 crore. Let us tell you that before this he has been a part of teams like Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals in IPL.

The condition of the match was like this: In the third match of SA20 2025-26, Sunrisers Eastern Cape, captained by Tristan Stubbs, won the toss and chose to bat first, after which they scored 186 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. Jordan Harmer played the biggest innings for them and added unbeaten 62 runs by hitting 5 fours and 4 sixes in 28 balls.

From here, Paarl Royals had a target of 187 runs to win, chasing which their entire team was all out in 11.5 overs and could only add a total of 49 runs. The situation was such that only two players of the team reached double figures and 9 players scored in single digits. In this way, Sunrisers team won the match by a huge margin of 137 runs.