Durban’s Super Giants and Joburg Super Kings have turned into one of SA20’s most watched rivalries, and the head-to-head numbers tell a lopsided story on paper.
Joburg Super Kings hold a commanding 6-3 edge across nine meetings, with the sides even needing a Super Over to separate them in their most recent clash. Here is everything a fan needs — full match history, records, venue trends, and the players who have defined this fixture.
Durban’s Super Giants vs Joburg Super Kings Head-to-Head Record (All-Time)
Since their SA20 debut clash in January 2023, Durban’s Super Giants (DSG) and Joburg Super Kings (JSK) have met nine times, and Joburg Super Kings have been the more consistent side in this fixture, winning six of those meetings.
| Stat | Durban’s Super Giants | Joburg Super Kings |
|---|---|---|
| Matches Played | 9 | 9 |
| Matches Won | 3 | 6 |
| Matches Tied (won Super Over) | 0 | 1 |
| No Result | 0 | 0 |
| Highest Score vs Rival | 211/6 | 209/3 |
| Lowest Score vs Rival | 86 all out | 108/9 |
| Win Percentage | 33.3% | 66.7% |
Complete Match-by-Match Results: DSG vs JSK in SA20
Here’s every meeting between the two franchises since the league’s 2023 launch.
| Rank | Date | Venue | Winner | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 11, 2023 | Kingsmead, Durban | Joburg Super Kings | Won by 16 runs |
| 2 | Jan 24, 2023 | Wanderers, Johannesburg | Joburg Super Kings | Won by 8 wickets |
| 3 | Jan 15, 2024 | Kingsmead, Durban | Durban’s Super Giants | Won by 37 runs |
| 4 | Feb 3, 2024 | Wanderers, Johannesburg | Joburg Super Kings | Won by 7 wickets |
| 5 | Feb 8, 2024 (Qualifier 2) | Wanderers, Johannesburg | Durban’s Super Giants | Won by 69 runs |
| 6 | Jan 14, 2025 | Kingsmead, Durban | Joburg Super Kings | Won by 28 runs |
| 7 | Feb 1, 2025 | Wanderers, Johannesburg | Durban’s Super Giants | Won by 11 runs (DLS method) |
| 8 | Dec 30, 2025 | Kingsmead, Durban | Joburg Super Kings | Won by 6 wickets |
| 9 | Jan 1, 2026 | Wanderers, Johannesburg | Joburg Super Kings | Match tied — won Super Over |
Season-Wise Breakdown of the Rivalry
SA20 2023 (inaugural season): Joburg Super Kings swept both group-stage meetings. Donovan Ferreira’s unbeaten 82 off 40 balls set up their opening win at Kingsmead, and Faf du Plessis followed up with a blistering 113* to seal an 8-wicket chase in Johannesburg — the fixture’s first century.
SA20 2024: The rivalry evened out with three meetings this season. Heinrich Klaasen’s 64 off 41 balls fired DSG to a 37-run win in Durban, before Joburg hit back in the return leg. The two sides then met a third time in Qualifier 2, where DSG’s 211/6 — still the highest total either side has posted in this fixture — blew Joburg Super Kings away by 69 runs to send Durban into the final.
SA20 2025: Joburg Super Kings won the Durban leg by 28 runs, but Durban’s Super Giants completed the season series 1-1 with an 11-run, DLS-adjusted win in Johannesburg built around a Klaasen-led chase.
SA20 2025-26: Joburg Super Kings won both meetings this season. A tight, low-scoring contest in Durban (DSG bowled out for 86) went their way by 6 wickets, and the return fixture in Johannesburg produced the first tied match in this rivalry’s history — level at 205 apiece — before Joburg held their nerve in the Super Over.
Biggest Wins and Closest Finishes
- Biggest win margin (runs): Durban’s Super Giants, 69 runs (Feb 8, 2024, SA20 Qualifier 2)
- Biggest win margin (wickets): Joburg Super Kings, 8 wickets (Jan 24, 2023)
- Narrowest finish: Durban’s Super Giants, 11 runs via DLS (Feb 1, 2025)
- Highest combined total: 410 runs (Jan 1, 2026 — JSK 205/4, DSG 205/8, decided by Super Over)
- Lowest total defended/chased: Joburg Super Kings’ 88/4 chase down of DSG’s 86 all out (Dec 30, 2025)
- Only tied match: Jan 1, 2026, The Wanderers — the first Super Over in this fixture’s history
Kingsmead vs The Wanderers: Venue-Wise Head-to-Head
Home advantage hasn’t been decisive in this rivalry — both venues have produced roughly even results.
| Venue | Matches | DSG Wins | JSK Wins | Tied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsmead, Durban (DSG home) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg (JSK home) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Interestingly, Joburg Super Kings have a better win rate at Kingsmead (Durban’s home ground) than Durban’s Super Giants do, while the Wanderers — nicknamed “the Bullring” for its fast, bouncy surface — has been the venue for the rivalry’s two most extreme results: DSG’s 69-run demolition in the 2024 Qualifier and JSK’s Super Over win in January 2026.
Player Spotlight: Stars Who Have Shaped the DSG vs JSK Rivalry
- Heinrich Klaasen (Durban’s Super Giants) has been the single most influential batter in this fixture. His 64 off 41 balls won DSG the Player of the Match award in January 2024, and his 74 off 30 balls anchored their record 211/6 total in the 2024 Qualifier. Across SA20, Klaasen became the first batter in the league to reach 1,000 career runs. He remains DSG’s most dependable finisher whenever the Giants face Joburg.
- Faf du Plessis (Joburg Super Kings) produced the standout individual innings of the entire rivalry — an unbeaten 113 off 58 balls in January 2023, the first century in this head-to-head and one of SA20’s earliest statement knocks. He has captained Joburg Super Kings through their first four SA20 seasons and remains the franchise’s all-time leading run-scorer.
- Donovan Ferreira (Joburg Super Kings) has repeatedly turned games against Durban in Joburg’s favour. He won Player of the Match honours in the December 2025 meeting and again in the tied Super Over thriller on January 1, 2026, contributing an explosive 33 off 10 balls with the bat before a direct-hit run-out forced the match into extra overs.
- Wiaan Mulder (Joburg Super Kings) has been a consistent all-round contributor against DSG, with contributions including a 59-run knock in the 2024 Johannesburg fixture and a key role with both bat and ball in the January 2026 Super Over classic.
- Rilee Rossouw (Joburg Super Kings) has been in strong SA20 2025-26 form against Durban, playing a key hand in the December 2025 chase and contributing again during the tied Super Over match at the Wanderers.
- Noor Ahmad (Durban’s Super Giants) is DSG’s most potent bowling weapon in this rivalry. The Afghanistan leg-spinner has repeatedly troubled Joburg’s middle order and became DSG’s all-time leading wicket-taker in T20s during the January 2026 meeting.
- Prenelan Subrayen (Joburg Super Kings) has been Joburg’s go-to spinner against Durban, winning Player of the Match with figures of 3/16 in the December 2025 fixture and chipping in with important wickets in the January 2025 meeting as well.
- Aiden Markram (Durban’s Super Giants) took over as DSG captain ahead of the 2025-26 season after a record R14-million auction move, and leads a Giants side still chasing its first SA20 title after finishing runner-up in 2024.
Team Snapshot: Durban’s Super Giants vs Joburg Super Kings
| Category | Durban’s Super Giants | Joburg Super Kings |
|---|---|---|
| Captain (2025-26 season) | Aiden Markram | Faf du Plessis |
| Head Coach (2025-26 season) | Lance Klusener | Stephen Fleming |
| Home Ground | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg |
| Owner | RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group | Chennai Super Kings Cricket |
| Founded | 2023 | 2023 |
| Best SA20 Finish | Runner-up (2024) | Playoffs (each season, no final yet) |
*Off-season update: ahead of SA20 Season 5 (2027), Joburg Super Kings parted ways with both Faf du Plessis and coach Stephen Fleming, appointing Albie Morkel as head coach. Leadership for the new season had not been formally confirmed at the time of writing, so the table above reflects the 2025-26 season line-up that produced the head-to-head record detailed here.
Related SA20 Reading
Fans following this rivalry may also want to track the broader SA20 picture: current points table standings, Kingsmead’s typically batting-friendly surface versus the Wanderers’ pace-and-bounce reputation, the season’s leading run-scorers and wicket-takers list, and each side’s head-to-head record against the other four SA20 franchises.
Conclusion
Nine matches in, the Durban’s Super Giants vs Joburg Super Kings rivalry has swung from one-sided openers to genuinely thrilling recent contests, culminating in SA20’s first-ever tied match.
Joburg Super Kings currently hold the upper hand at 6-3, but Durban’s Super Giants own the fixture’s biggest individual win and its highest team total. With both squads reshaping ahead of the next SA20 season, this remains one of the league’s most closely fought rivalries to watch.
FAQs
They have played 9 matches. Joburg Super Kings have won 6, Durban’s Super Giants have won 3, and one match was tied before Joburg Super Kings won it in a Super Over.
Joburg Super Kings, with a 6-3 head-to-head lead through the SA20 2025-26 season.
211/6, scored in the 2024 Qualifier 2 in Johannesburg — a match DSG won by 69 runs.
209/3, scored in Johannesburg on February 3, 2024.
86 all out, on December 30, 2025 in Durban.
108/9, on January 15, 2024 in Durban.
Yes — on January 1, 2026 at the Wanderers Stadium, both teams finished on 205, and Joburg Super Kings won the resulting Super Over.
January 11, 2023, at Kingsmead in Durban — Joburg Super Kings won by 16 runs in the fixture’s first-ever meeting.
