Gulf Giants are favorites to win
Gulf Giants will take on MI Emirates at the Dubai International Stadium. Match 18 of the 2022-23 ILT20 gets underway at 18:00 local time on Friday 27th January.
After winning three successive games, the progress of Gulf Giants has been checked over recent days after a defeat to Sharjah Warriors in Match 14 and their contest with Abu Dhabi Knight Riders abandoned without a ball being bowled.
There is a huge amount of white ball batting talent in the Gulf Giants team with the likes of Chris Jordan and David Wiese both capable of making big scores down the order. At the top of the order, James Vince has had a couple of low scores but is one of the best white ball batters in the tournament.
The recruitment of this team was very smart and Gulf Giants generally have every variation covered in their bowling attack. They are only lacking a left arm pace option but have both sides of the wicket covered with spinners as well as height, pace and accuracy with their right-arm quicks.
Gulf Giants have not won either of their last two matches but are still top of the ILT20 table.
Kieron Pollard’s side flew to the top of the table with a brilliant start but have lost both of their last two games. Their last defeat came on Tuesday when they were beaten by seven wickets, with 21 balls remaining by Desert Vipers in Abu Dhabi.
The West Indian trio of Andre Fletcher (21), Nicholas Pooran (57) and Kieron Pollard (67) were responsible for getting MI Emirates to 169-5 in their last game. UAE opener Muhammad Waseem has made only 17 runs in the last three innings after hitting 111 in his first two matches.
MI Emirates’ bowlers gave a good go of defending the 170 target in the last match but two wickets for Samit Patel and Trent Boult were not enough to win the game. Dwayne Bravo has gone wicketless in the last two games but an experienced T20 star like him will not stay out of the spotlight for long.
MI Emirates are looking to avoid their third successive defeat in this match.
The match will be played at the Dubai International Stadium. There is good pace and carry on this wicket and we expect a par score to be around 175.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, match odds, and prediction for Gulf Giants vs MI Emirates, ILT20 2023
James Vince (c), Tom Banton (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Chris Lynn, Aayan Afzal Khan, Shimron Hetmyer, Liam Dawson, David Wiese, Chris Jordan, Sanchit Sharma, Richard Gleeson, Gerhard Erasmus, Jamie Overton, Ashwanth Chidambaram, Ollie Pope, Tom Helm, Qais Ahmad, Dominic Drakes, Chundangapoyil Rizwan
Muhammad Waseem, Vriitya Aravind (wk), Nicholas Pooran, Andre Fletcher, Kieron Pollard (c), Najibullah Zadran, Samit Patel, Dwayne Bravo, Trent Boult, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Brad Wheal
Both of these sides made this tournament look very easy in the opening matches but have had their progress checked in recent games. We expect another high scoring clash and think that Gulf Giants have the better batting line-up. We are backing Gulf Giants to win.
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