In a clash between the top two teams in the tournament, Durban’s Super Giants were 25-2 in the fourth over against Paarl Royals at Kingsmead when Bjorn Fortuin came to bowl his left-arm spin at Quinton de Kock from round the wicket.

Fortuin pitched the ball on off stump, and de Kock went for a slog sweep. Confident of having connected it well, de Kock looked at the deep mid-wicket boundary, as did Paarl wicketkeeper Jos Buttler, only to realise that they were staring in the wrong direction.

De Kock had not middled the ball at all. Instead, the ball had caught the toe end of the bat and lobbed back to Fortuin, who held an easy catch and looked stunned at the entire course of events as de Kock walked back for a nine-ball six.

Despite Matthew Breetzke’s 43-ball 78, Durban did not seem likely to score big until Heinrich Klaasen slammed 50 in 17 balls to propel them to 208-7 even as Tabraiz Shamsi returned 2-20.

In response, Paarl collapsed to 83 against Noor Ahmad (5-11). Michael Van Buuren made 36 of these runs and remained unbeaten to boot.

The win gave Durban their fourth bonus point of the tournament. They sit comfortably at the top of the table with 28 points, six clear of Paarl’s 22.

Watch Bjorn Fortuin catch Quinton de Kock in bizarre fashion at the SA20:

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