Abu Dhabi Knight Riders vs MI Emirates ILT20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips

ABD vs EMI T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips, ILT20 2023

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders will take on MI Emirates at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi. Match 26 of the 2022-23 ILT20 gets underway at 18:00 local time on Friday 3rd February.

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders

Bottom of the table Abu Dhabi Knight Riders go looking for their first win of the tournament and will hope to register one in their ninth game. Their last match, against Dubai Capitals on Monday in Match 22, saw them lose comfortably by seven wickets with 14 balls remaining.

ABD Team Batting

English keeper-batter, Joe Clarke, who batted so impressively during BBL12 for Melbourne Stars, hit 52 in his second appearance for the Knight Riders on Monday. Fellow opener, Paul Stirling, certainly has the ability to win a game on his own and hit 55 against Sharjah Warriors in Match 19.

ABD Team Bowling

Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein has been performing very well for the Knight Riders in this tournament and has finished wicketless in only two of his seven appearances. He picked up the key wicket of Niroshan Dickwella against Dubai Capitals.

ABD Team Form

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders have lost seven with one no-result across this competition.

MI Emirates

A defeat by five wickets against Gulf Giants on Wednesday saw MI Emirates fall three points behind the Giants and Desert Vipers at the top of the ILT20 table. However, a victory in this game over the bottom of the table side will see them back in contention.

EMI Team Batting

Former West Indies white ball skipper Nicholas Pooran is a fine T20 batter and he comes into this match after hitting 99 runs across his last two games. He made only 20 runs in the last game against the Knight Riders and he will want to go big in this clash.

EMI Team Bowling

There is plenty of experience in this MI Emirates bowling attack with Trent Boult, Dwayne Bravo and Imran Tahir all key members. Jordan Thompson made his first appearance in the last game and the T20 specialist took the big wicket of James Vince.

EMI Team Form

MI Emirates have won only one of their last five games with three defeats over the period.

ABD vs EMI Match Pitch Report

The match will be played at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi. We have seen 15 and 12 wickets fall over the last two games at this venue and, although we expect big scores, the bowlers will also have a say.

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