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Hello everyone! Welcome to Sportskeeda's ongoing live coverage of the International League T20, 2025! Dubai Capitals will take on Gulf Giants in Match 16 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Bringing all the action to you from this game is the commentary pair of Bidipto and Keshav.
With 4 points from 5 matches, Dubai Capitals are placed 4th in the ladder. As for Gulf Giants, they are bottom, with only 2 points from 4 games. The common thing between them is their net run rates, being negative at the moment. But, a win here for the hosts sees them go joint second in points and a win for the Giants pushes them into a traffic jam with four sides locked on 4 points.
Batting-wise, Dubai Capitals' first-choice wicketkeeper, Shai Hope, is on top of the pile! He has 213 runs to his name at a strike rate of 145.89, with a hundred and a fifty. But the highest run-getter for the Giants up to now, Shimron Hetmyer, has only 105 runs to show for. His strike rate is 145.83.
On the bowling front, both Dushmantha Chameera and Gulbadin Naib have 7 wickets till now for the Capitals. While Sri Lankan quick Chameera's economy rate is 9.13, Afghanistan's Gulbadin's is 7.51. In fact, the top wicket-taker for the Giants too has 7 wickets against his name! Irishman Mark Adair has it at an economy of 7.43, which is the best among the three.
When these two teams met in Match 10 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Gerhard Erasmus' 34-ball unbeaten 50 helped Gulf Giants win their only game so far by 6 wickets with 11 balls to spare. Will lightning strike twice tonight or will the home team register victory in back-to-back matches? Let's find out! Toss and team news are coming up.