By Neil Manthorp.
Pretoria Capitals captain Jimmy Neesham won the toss and chose to bowl first in their Betway SA20 match against the Paarl Royals at Boland Park in Paarl on Friday.
New Zealander Neeshan is standing in for regular skipper Wayne Parnell, who is recovering from injury, and occupies one of the four overseas places in the XI along with England openers Will Jacks and Phil Salt and English legspinner, Adil Rashid.
The home side also boast an all-England opening pair in Jos Buttler and Jason Roy with West Indians Fabian Allen and Obed McCoy also in the starting XI.
Paarl Royals: Jos Buttler (wkt), Jason Roy, Wihan Lubbe, David Miller (captain), Mitchell Van Buuren, Andile Phehlukwayo, Fabian Allen, Bjorn Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Obed McCoy
Pretoria Capital: Phil Salt (wkt), Will Jacks, Theunis de Bruyn, Rilee Rossouw, Colin Ingram, Jimmy Neesham (captain), Corbin Bosch, Senuran Muthusamy, Eathan Bosch, Adil Rashid, Daryn Dupavillon.