GUL vs ABD T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips, ILT20 2024
Match 28 of the 2024 International League T20 brings Gulf Giants and Abu Dhabi Knight Riders together on Saturday afternoon at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Both sides have already guaranteed their spot in the play-offs and come into this game with the Giants in second and the Knight Riders in third. Read on as we preview this match. The game begins at 14:30 local time on February 10th.
Gulf Giants come into this match after beating Sharjah Warriors, Dubai Capitals and MI Emirates from their last three games and the pressure should be off with progression to the next stage already secured. However, this will be a tough match and a fourth successive win is far from guaranteed.
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders had won three games in a row before their 7 wicket defeat against Sharjah Warriors on Wednesday. However, they will put that down as a blip and we can expect them to come back hard in this match against Gulf Giants.
Gulf Giants vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders T20 Match Live Streaming
TV channels: ZEE has the broadcast rights in India and the matches can be watched on ZEE Cinema, ZEE Anmol Cinema, ZEE Thirai, ZEE Bangla Cinema, ZEE Zest. In Pakistan, Geo Sports will broadcast the matches while Willow Sports is the official broadcaster in the US.
Live Streaming: Live streaming of the matches will be available on Zee 5 app.
GUL vs ABD Match Toss Prediction
Dubai Capitals are the only team to have chosen to bat first in this year’s ILT20 and we are predicting that both sides will want to field first ahead of this game.
GUL vs ABD Pitch Report
The pitch in Dubai always offers some good pace and bounce for both the quick bowlers and the batters to take advantage of. Any first innings score of 180+ should be enough to win the match.
Dubai Weather Report
Although it will be cloudy from start to finish of this game, we are not expecting any rain. The temperature will be no higher than 23 degrees in Dubai on Saturday.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Gulf Giants vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, ILT20 2024
Gulf Giants Team News & Playing 11
GUL Team News
With seven bowlers used by Gulf Giants in their win against MI Emirates in Match 26, only two members of the attack bowled four overs so there should not be any weary bodies! No injuries have been reported ahead of this game and we anticipate seeing the same XI selected for this contest.
GUL Key Players
- James Vince - The 32 year old has represented England across all three formats but is now recognised as a specialist in short formats. He hit seven fours and one six in his last innings.
- Jamie Smith - The keeper-batter produced some much needed momentum for Gulf Giants against MI Emirates with 43 not out from only 26 balls.
- Chris Jordan - The right-arm fast medium bowler has an excellent range of variations and dismissed Andre Fletcher and Kieron Pollard in the last match.
- Blessing Muzarabani - The tall Zimbabwean pace bowler is a regular wicket taker in white ball cricket and he got the big wicket of Kusal Perera against MI Emirates.
GUL Team Form
Gulf Giants have risen up the table to second place with three wins in a row prior to this game of ILT20 2024.
Gulf Giants Predicted Playing 11
James Vince, Jordan Cox, Shimron Hetmyer, Gerhard Erasmus, Jamie Smith (wk), Jamie Overton, Dominic Drakes, Chris Jordan, Aayan Afzal Khan, Zuhaib Zubair, Blessing Muzarabani
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Team News & Playing 11
ABD Team News
Although it was a comprehensive defeat for Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in their last game, we are not expecting them to make many changes for this game against Gulf Giants. There will however be a temptation to rest players and we think that David Willey could be left out with Jake Lintott coming in.
ABD Key Players
- Joe Clarke - The top order Englishman has scored over 4500 T20 runs and has hit four hundreds along with 27 half-centuries.
- Michael Pepper - The 25 year old keeper-batter has developed a reputation as a real T20 talent over recent seasons and he top scored with 32 runs from 21 balls against Sharjah Warriors.
- Imad Wasim - The Pakistan international all-rounder is vastly experienced and picked up the key wickets of Liam Livingstone and Niroshan Dickwella in the last game.
- Sunil Narine - Although the skipper went wicketless in the last match he bowled very well and returned figures of 0/14 from 4 overs.
ABD Team Form
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders have lost two of their last five games and will be keen to get back to winning ways in this fixture.
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Predicted Playing 11
Joe Clarke, Michael Pepper, Alishan Sharafu, Sam Hain, Imad Wasim, Laurie Evans, Ravi Bopara, Sagar Kalyan, Sunil Narine (c), Josh Little, Jake Lintott
Gulf Giants vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Head to Head
This is only the second clash between the two teams with Abu Dhabi Knight Riders winning their previous head to head by 6 wickets at the end of last month.
GUL vs ABD Head to Head Stats in T20s
| |
Matches Played |
GUL Won |
ABD Won |
Tie |
No Result |
| Overall |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Last 5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Gulf Giants vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Betting Odds
The bookmakers can not split Gulf Giants and Abu Dhabi Knight Riders ahead of this game with both priced at 1.83 to win. However, we are backing the in-form Gulf Giants to get the victory.
Who will win Gulf Giants vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders T20 Match?
This looks like being an excellent match between two sides operating towards the top of the league and with genuine ambitions of winning the tournament. The Giants have been unstoppable of late so we have them as the top side.
Feb 10, 2024
16:00 IST / 10:30 GMT
Dubai Cricket Stadium - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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