International League T20 2025: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders vs MI Emirates Match Preview, International League T20 2025

17th T20 • Sheikh Zayed Stadium • Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders

182/7 (20)

MI Emirates

140/6 (20)

ADKR won by 42 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

24 Jan, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

17th T20,

International League T20

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka), Shiju Sam (United Arab Emirates), Leslie Reifer (West Indies, TV)

Referee

Simon Taufel (Australia)

Toss

MI Emirates elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFast & Bounce

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

156Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

133.35Avg SR

2nd Innings

141Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

131.53Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

MIE

5- 0

ADKR

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

MI Emirates

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Tom Banton

MIE . WK

207 Runs

5 Matches

Nicholas Pooran

MIE . WK

184 Runs

5 Matches

Andre Russell

ADKR . ALL

109 Runs

5 Matches

Top Bowlers

Fazalhaq Farooqi

MIE . BOWL

12 Wkts

5 Matches

Jason Holder

ADKR . ALL

10 Wkts

5 Matches

Alzarri Joseph

MIE . BOWL

7 Wkts

4 Matches

Playing XILineups Out

Venue Details

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

PitchFast & Bounce

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

156Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

133.35Avg SR

2nd Innings

141Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

131.53Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

32%Bat First Bowl First67%

Team Batting First

45%Wins Losses55%

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Match Abandoned

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

MI Emirates

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

MIE

5- 0

ADKR

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

168

Average Score

142

208/3

Highest Score

183/10

128/8

Lowest Score

79/3

Player of the Match Alishan Sharafu

55(38)

ADKR

MIE

Info

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders

182/7 (20)

Batters

Kyle Mayers

91.67

b A Joseph

Andries Gous

150.00

c N Pooran b Waqar Salamkheil

Michael-Kyle Pepper

0.00

c W Muhammad b A Joseph

Charith Asalanka

114.29

c W Muhammad b Z Khan

Alishan Sharafu

144.74

c D Mousley b F Farooqi

Roston Chase

153.85

Retired out

Andre Russell

300.00

c K Pollard b A Joseph

Jason Holder

314.29

Not out

Sunil Narine

(C)

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 7, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.1)

182/7

Did not Bat

Ibrar Ahmed Shah, David Willey, Ali Khan

Bowlers

EXT

6.75

10.33

8.00

9.00

12.33

5.00

11.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Kyle Mayers

b A Joseph

1-17

3.1

Michael-Kyle Pepper

c W Muhammad b A Joseph

2-17

3.2

Andries Gous

c N Pooran b Waqar Salamkheil

3-58

7.6

Charith Asalanka

c W Muhammad b Z Khan

4-79

11.3

Roston Chase

Retired out

5-151

17.6

Andre Russell

c K Pollard b A Joseph

6-158

18.3

Alishan Sharafu

c D Mousley b F Farooqi

7-173

19.3

MI Emirates

140/6 (20)

Batters

Kusal Perera

150.00

c D Willey b KR Mayers

Waseem Muhammad

190.00

c A Russell b KR Mayers

Tom Banton

50.00

c J Holder b D Willey

Nicholas Pooran

(C)

14.29

c D Willey b KR Mayers

Dan Mousley

65.38

c AGS Gous b J Holder

Kieron Pollard

140.82

Not out

Romario Shepherd

92.31

c RL Chase b J Holder

Akeal Hosein *

42.86

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7)

140/6

Did not Bat

Zahoor Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Alzarri Joseph, Waqar Salamkheil

Bowlers

EXT

4.75

8.33

3.50

7.00

10.33

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Kusal Perera

c D Willey b KR Mayers

1-15

1.3

Tom Banton

c J Holder b D Willey

2-16

2.1

Nicholas Pooran

c D Willey b KR Mayers

3-17

3.2

Waseem Muhammad

c A Russell b KR Mayers

4-36

5.3

Dan Mousley

c AGS Gous b J Holder

5-69

11.1

Romario Shepherd

c RL Chase b J Holder

6-127

18.1

Match Info

Date & Time

24 Jan, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

17th T20,

International League T20

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka), Shiju Sam (United Arab Emirates), Leslie Reifer (West Indies, TV)

Referee

Simon Taufel (Australia)

Toss

MI Emirates elected to bowl

4 1wd 6 2 4 4 1

Over 17

Runs: 22

0 6 0 1wd 2 0 0

Over 18

Runs: 9

W 0 1 1 0 0

Over 19

Runs: 2

6 1 0 1wd 1 1 1

Over 20

Runs: 11

All Overs

Player of the Match Alishan Sharafu

55(38)

Commentary

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Alishan Sharafu (Player of the Match, ADKR): Pretty special one, didn't get many runs in the last game so it was a good chance for me to chip and make it count. It wasn't easy to time your shots but once you get set, it gets easier to bat. I think it is a great option for teams with firepower down the order. Much awaited win for us, a lot of work went into it and the boys are going to enjoy it tonight.

Sunil Narine (Captain, ADKR): Winning the key moment, batting first we had a tough start but we did well in the middle overs. The wicket quickens up a bit at night and once you get 4-5 wickets in the powerplay is it great. I think we have Russell so we want to take to the last. Give him 10-12 balls and he can make a difference. We have done a great job in the powerplay, a good collective group as go from strength to strength

Nicholas Pooran (MI Emirates captain): We definitely lost it with the bat in hand! Losing 4 wickets in the power play is not a good thing. They got a couple of big overs towards the end, the last over too went for a few, but still, we should have done better with the bat up front. It gets better after the power play, so, we should have applied ourselves better.

10:22 pm local time (11:52 pm IST): It's time for the post-match presentation!

10:15 pm local time, 11:45 pm IST: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders beat MI Emirates by 42 runs

MI Emirates: 140/6 after 20 overs
Kieron Pollard: 69(49b) | Kyle Mayers: 3/25 (3 overs)
Muhammad Waseem: 19(10b) | Jason Holder: 2/28 (4 overs)

The target proved to be a bit too much to ask for the MI Emirates. They had Pollard send a few big hits into the stands but then they came out pretty late. They were behind the eight ball for most of the innings and leaving a little too much for the end proved to be a costlier approach. This also happens to be ADKR's first win over MI Emirates, something they will be delighted with.

MI Emirates had a terrible powerplay to start where they lost the wickets of their openers, Kusal Perera and Muhammad Waseem cheaply. Later, Tom Banton was done followed by Nicholas Pooran's wicket. In a bid to achieve stability, Dan Mousley and Pollard took things ahead slowly but that resulted in a lack of boundaries which ended up costing Mousley his wicket. Pollard did turn the ante up, but it was all at the time when the game had slipped out of hand for them.

ADKR bowlers did a fine job with the ball in hand. Kyle Mayers shook the foundations of the MI Emirates batting so hard that they couldn't rebuilt. He picked up three wickets and his fellow Barbadian teammate, Jason Holder, helped him by striking twice. David Willey also struck in the powerplay, picking up the wicket of Tom Banton, with nothing much for spinners in this track but still doing a good job of limiting the MI Emirates batters.

Let's hear what the captains and the Player of the Match have to say.

overs

140 /6 score

1wd

runs

Akeal Hosein *

3 (7)

Kieron Pollard

69 (49)

Ali Khan

0 /20

19.6 Ali Khan to Akeal Hosein, ABU DHABI KNIGHT RIDERS PICK UP THEIR FIRST WIN OVER MI EMIRATES! Full and just outside off-stump. Driven firmly on the front foot down to the man at long-off. One run, but it is just as a mere formality!

19.5 Ali Khan to Kieron Pollard, short on off-stump! That's a change up! Pulled off the back foot to the deep square-leg area for a single. Not under control there, was Pollard.

19.4 Ali Khan to Akeal Hosein, full on middle-and-off now. Driven down to the left of long-off off the front foot for just one run.

19.4 Ali Khan to Akeal Hosein, WIDE down the leg-side on this occasion with the attempted yorker. Wrong line, needs correction next ball.

19.3 Ali Khan to Akeal Hosein, HMMM! Really full around off-stump with some tail away. Hosein got beaten by his bat's outside edge trying to dig this one out. But the keeper wanted a review for caught behind, and got it! Fair delivery, and as per UltraEdge, there is a gap between bat and ball. Bat made contact with the ground actually. NOT OUT!

19.2 Ali Khan to Kieron Pollard, low full toss on off-stump. Driven firmly down to long-on from the back foot for one run only.

19.1 Ali Khan to Kieron Pollard, SIX TO BEGIN THE OVER! In the slot on off-stump. Muscled over the bowler into the sight screen from deep in the crease!

A brilliant penultimate over from Jason Holder. Keeps Pollard quiet in the over and has Shepherd caught to clear anymore doubts. MI Emirates need 54 runs in 6 balls, a chance could be there for them to keep their run rate upwards if they go all out in the last over

overs

129 /6 score

runs

Akeal Hosein *

1 (4)

Kieron Pollard

61 (46)

Jason Holder

2 /28

18.6 Jason Holder to Akeal Hosein, PUT DOWN! Back of a length slower ball around off-stump. Hosein went for the pull on the back foot and miscued it. Chase then tried to catch it at short fine-leg but made a meal of the high ball! No run taken in the end.

18.5 Jason Holder to Akeal Hosein, yorker on the leg-stump line, following the batter. All Hosein could do here is dig it out, back to the bowler.

18.4 Jason Holder to Kieron Pollard, over the wicket, full on the pads. Pollard stays deep in the crease and flicks it over the in-field down to deep mid-wicket for a single.

18.3 Jason Holder to Akeal Hosein, short and slow around off-stump. Hosein moves across his stumps and tucks it to short mid-wicket for a single only!

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