GG vs DV Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, International League T20

24th T20 • Dubai International Cricket Stadium • Dubai

Gulf Giants

129/8 (20)

Desert Vipers

130/5 (19)

DV won by 5 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

29 Jan, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

24th T20,

International League T20

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Alex Wharf (England), Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka), Paul Wilson (Australia, TV)

Referee

Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Desert Vipers elected to bowl

Pitch Report

The back-of-a-length area is bereft of grass at points and with patches of grass elsewhere. So, targeting that area for the bowlers is the way to go. Otherwise, it is a good pitch to bat on.

1st Innings

151Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

126.84Avg SR

2nd Innings

138Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

125.43Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

4- 3

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Desert Vipers

Gulf Giants

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Sam Curran

DV . ALL

223 Runs

8 Matches

Fakhar Zaman

DV . BAT

208 Runs

8 Matches

Jordan Cox

GG . WK

163 Runs

7 Matches

Top Bowlers

Mohammad Amir

DV . BOWL

11 Wkts

7 Matches

Mark Adair

GG . ALL

10 Wkts

7 Matches

Wanindu Hasaranga

DV . ALL

8 Wkts

6 Matches

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Venue Details

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

The back-of-a-length area is bereft of grass at points and with patches of grass elsewhere. So, targeting that area for the bowlers is the way to go. Otherwise, it is a good pitch to bat on.

1st Innings

151Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

126.84Avg SR

2nd Innings

138Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

125.43Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

32%Bat First Bowl First67%

Team Batting First

45%Wins Losses55%

Recent Matches on venue

Match 15 • Jan 22 • International League T20

DV 95/0 (10)

SW 91/10 (19.1)

DV won by 10 wickets

vs live score

Match 13 • Jan 20 • International League T20

DC 140/4 (17.4)

DV 139/10 (19.5)

DC won by 6 wickets

vs live score

Match 9 • Jan 18 • International League T20

DV 193/5 (20)

ADKR 140/10 (17.4)

DV won by 53 runs

vs live score

Match 7 • Jan 16 • International League T20

DV 161/5 (19.1)

MIE 159/6 (20)

DV won by 5 wickets

vs live score

Match 5 • Jan 14 • International League T20

GG 119/9 (20)

DV 121/4 (17.4)

DV won by 6 wickets

vs live score

27th Match • Feb 9 • International League T20

DV 171/7 (20)

DC 172/5 (20)

DC won by 5 wickets

vs live score

19th Match • Feb 3 • International League T20

DV 161/4 (16.5)

GG 160/7 (20)

DV won by 6 wickets

vs live score

17th Match • Feb 1 • International League T20

DC 170/6 (20)

DV 169/6 (20)

DC won by 4 wickets

vs live score

15th Match • Jan 30 • International League T20

DV 150/8 (20)

MIE 149/9 (20)

DV won by 2 wickets

vs live score

7th Match • Jan 24 • International League T20

GG 160/6 (20)

DV 162/4 (18.4)

DV won by 6 wickets

vs live score

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Desert Vipers

Gulf Giants

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

4- 3

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

139

Average Score

149

193/5

Highest Score

174/7

74/10

Lowest Score

118/10

Player of the Match Wanindu Hasaranga

3/10

Info

Gulf Giants

129/8 (20)

Batters

James Vince

(C)

115.38

c M Amir b S Curran

Tom Alsop

65.38

b W Hasaranga

Jordan Cox

27.27

c F Zaman b W Hasaranga

Shimron Hetmyer

71.43

c A Khan b KB Tanvir

Gerhard Erasmus

80.00

c & b S Curran

Tim David

90.00

c AJ Hose b L Ferguson

Tom Curran

188.24

Not out

Chris Jordan

50.00

lbw b W Hasaranga

Mark Adair

50.00

c A Khan b S Curran

Aayan Afzal Khan

75.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.45)

129/8

Did not Bat

Zohaib Zubair, Blessing Muzarabani

Bowlers

EXT

10.00

7.00

4.00

7.00

2.50

11.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

James Vince

c M Amir b S Curran

1-25

4.3

Tom Alsop

b W Hasaranga

2-35

7.1

Shimron Hetmyer

c A Khan b KB Tanvir

3-40

8.4

Jordan Cox

c F Zaman b W Hasaranga

4-44

9.6

Gerhard Erasmus

c & b S Curran

5-46

10.4

Tim David

c AJ Hose b L Ferguson

6-55

12.3

Chris Jordan

lbw b W Hasaranga

7-58

13.2

Mark Adair

c A Khan b S Curran

8-61

14.1

Desert Vipers

130/5 (19)

Batters

Fakhar Zaman

127.27

c TK Curran b B Muzarabani

Alex Hales

112.50

c C Jordan b MR Adair

Max Holden

129.63

Not out

Dan Lawrence

77.78

c S Hetmyer b C Jordan

Sam Curran

84.21

c J Vince b B Muzarabani

Azam Khan

25.00

c Z Zubair b B Muzarabani

Adam Hose *

133.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(19 Ov, RR: 6.84)

130/5

Did not Bat

Wanindu Hasaranga, Dhruv Parashar, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammad Amir, Khuzaima Bin Tanvir

Bowlers

EXT

5.25

8.50

6.25

7.67

5.67

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Alex Hales

c C Jordan b MR Adair

1-18

2.4

Fakhar Zaman

c TK Curran b B Muzarabani

2-24

3.3

Dan Lawrence

c S Hetmyer b C Jordan

3-49

6.6

Sam Curran

c J Vince b B Muzarabani

4-94

13.6

Azam Khan

c Z Zubair b B Muzarabani

5-98

15.3

Match Info

Date & Time

29 Jan, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

24th T20,

International League T20

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Alex Wharf (England), Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka), Paul Wilson (Australia, TV)

Referee

Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Desert Vipers elected to bowl

1 0 W 1 1 1

Over 16

Runs: 4

1 4 4 0 0 0

Over 17

Runs: 9

2 2 1 1 3 1

Over 18

Runs: 10

4 2 1 0 1 2

Over 19

Runs: 10

All Overs

Player of the Match Wanindu Hasaranga

3/10

Commentary

That's all from this contest as I, Lavil alongside Bidipto take your leave. Do check Sportskeeda for the latest in the world of sports. Till then, SEE YA!

Wanindu Hasaranga (Player of the Match, 3/10 in four overs): I just tried to do my basic things, bowl wrong un at the stumps and it worked. I like this venue to bowl, even in the Asia Cup, I have been successful. Players did really well, the fast bowlers did a great job along with the batters and as a team we did a good job throughout

Lockie Ferguson (captain, Desert Vipers): The boys are very happy, it was a tough last game and the boys did well to come back. It was a good wicket, we have talked about bowling hard length. Mo has been really good, creating chances but hard luck with it going to hard. Maxi has been unreal, he turns up with a smile every game and really good to see him with runs on board. We have a couple of days off from tomorrow and we'll take about the Capitals game later

James Vince (Gulf Giants captain): It wasn't a great performance with the bat, there is where we lost the game. The first 10 overs of the batting innings put us on the back foot. But Tom Curran pulled it back a bit and we tried to take it deep with the ball. A fantastic partnership between Tom and Aayan Afzal Khan. We bowled pretty well, but every time we put pressure, they released it with a boundary. I fent Gerhard Erasmus was a better option to Aayan tonight, with the number of left-handers in their line-up. Let's put our best foot forward now and see what happens in the points table.

10:07 pm local time (11:37 pm IST): It's time for the post-match presentation!

10:00 pm local time, 11:30 pm IST: Desert Vipers beat Gulf Giants by five wickets

Desert Vipers: 130/5 in 19 overs

Max Holden: 70(54b)* | Blessing Muzarabani: 3/25 (4 overs)
Sam Curran: 16(19b) | Mark Adair: 1/21 (4 overs)

A good win for the Desert Vipers. Despite Tom Curran's resistance with the bat in hand, they put on a terrific show with the ball in hand and with the bat, they have done a fine job as well, steering a low and tricky chase home to seal one of the top two spots available. As for the Gulf Giants, their short winning streak of two games comes to an end and now will be looking at the table as a whole to see what they need to do to qualify.

The Vipers lost the early wicket of Alex Hales and soon after lost another opener in Fakhar Zaman. Sam Curran and Max Holden held fort in the middle and following Curran's dismissal, it was Max Holden with the bat at the debutant scored a measured half-century, which ended up being more than half of the total coming from his bat. In the end, he hit the winning runs and ensured that the Vipers had their desired result after a drubbing of sorts in the last game.

As for the Giants bowling, they have some tough questions to answer to Andy Flower in the dressing room. Blessing Muzarabani was the only bowler to pick up in excess of a wicket, while Mark Adair and Chris Jordan picked up two other wickets to fall. They employed two spinners Ayaan Afzal Khan and Gerard Erasmus but that ploy didn't work under the lights, with the Vipers dealing with the tweakers quite easily.

Let's now see what the post match press conference has in store for us

overs

130 /5 score

runs

Max Holden *

70 (54)

Adam Hose

12 (9)

Tom Curran

0 /34

18.6 Tom Curran to Max Holden, AND THAT ENDS THE MATCH! DESERT VIPERS GUARANTEE A TOP-TWO FINISH! Short and slow outside off-stump. Cut away off the backfoot to the right of deep point for the winning two runs.

18.5 Tom Curran to Adam Hose, dug in short on off-and-middle. Hose tries to hook it away off the back foot but fails to connect properly. But the batters get a run towards fine-leg.

18.4 Tom Curran to Adam Hose, length ball on leg-stump, following the batter. Driven back to the bowler from the crease on the up, no run.

18.3 Tom Curran to Max Holden, full and wide outside off-stump. Squirted out to deep backward point from the open bat face for a single.

18.2 Tom Curran to Max Holden, good length ball on off-stump. Holden walks down the wicket and knocks it down to long-off for a brace.

18.1 Tom Curran to Max Holden, over the wicket, FOUR RUNS! Short around off-stump. Pulled away off the back foot to the left of mid-wicket for a boundary!

Tom Curran [3-0-24-0] comes back into the attack

Gulf Giants bring in their best spinner in the attack late in the game, but the late introduction seems to have done no improvement to the state of the game for them. Vipers need 10 runs to wn in 12 balls

overs

120 /5 score

runs

Max Holden *

61 (50)

Adam Hose

11 (7)

Aayan Afzal Khan

0 /10

17.6 Aayan Afzal Khan to Max Holden, length ball on off-stump. Holden moves around his crease and drives it down to long-off on the front foot for a single to keep strike.

17.5 Aayan Afzal Khan to Adam Hose, short around off-stump. Crunched away off the back foot to the left of deep cover point for a well-judged three!

17.4 Aayan Afzal Khan to Max Holden, good length ball on middle-and-off. Punched off the back foot to wide long-off for a single again.

17.3 Aayan Afzal Khan to Adam Hose, Oh! Back of a length on leg-stump. Hose makes room and inside-edges to short fine-leg off the attempted punch through cover, for a single.

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