Dubai Capitals vs Gulf Giants, ILT 2023, Today Match Prediction 16 January 2023

dcp vs ggt Match Prediction & Analysis

International league T20 is one of the latest T20 tournament to make it's debut globally. It has 6 teams in the inaugural season and all teams have played their opening matches. Dubai Capitals and Gulf Giants had a great start to the ILT20 competition with both of them securing massive wins in their respective opening matches.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Dubai Capitals Preview

Dubai Capitals batting unit posted a massive target of 187/6 in their 20 overs. Openers Robin Uthappa (43 runs) and Joe Root (26 runs) set the tone with their steady partnership at the top. Rovman Powell (48 runs) and Sikander Raza (26 runs) then changed gears to lift their team's total in the middle overs. Bopara and Udana hit some lusty blows in the death overs.

Their bowlers restricted the opposition to just 114/9 in the match to win comfortably by 73 runs. All six bowlers used picked up atleast a wicket in the match. Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Akif Raja, and Rovman Powell picked up 2 wickets each in the match. Isuru Udana, Hazrat Lugman, and Sikander Raza chipped in with a wicket each in the match.

Key players: Sikander Raza, Rovman Powell, Isuru Udana

Dubai Capitals Predicted Playing XI:

Robin Uthappa, Sikander Raza, Rovman Powell, Joe Root, Ravi Bopara, Isuru Udana, Akif Raja, Hazrat Lugman, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Yusuf Pathan

Dubai Capitals Actual Playing XI:

Raja Akifullah Khan , Joe Root, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Sikandar Raza, Ravi Bopara, Isuru Udana, RV Uthappa, Dasun Shanaka, Rovman Powell, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Luqman Hazrat

Gulf Giants Preview

Gulf Giants chased down 115 runs in just 14.1 overs to win the match by 6 wickets. James Vince led their chase with 65 runs off 46 balls with 4 boundaries and 4 sixes and Ollie Pope (18 runs) provided him good support from the other end in their. 75-run partnership. Shimron Hetmyer led to victory after 3 quick wickets late in the match.

Their duo of Sanjit Sharma (3/9) and Chris Jordan (3/28) lead their bowling unit to restrict the opposition to 114/9 in the match. David Wiese, Liam Dawson, and Rehan Ahmed chipped in with a wicket each and bowled economically in their overs. Richard Gleeson too bowled economically with figures of 4-0-25-0.

Key players: David Wiese, Chris Jordan, James Vince

Gulf Giants Predicted Playing XI:

James Vince, Rehan Ahmed, Ollie Pope, Erasmus, David Wiese, Chris Jordan, Sanjit Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson, Afzal Khan

Gulf Giants Actual Playing XI:

Chris Jordan, Shimron Hetmyer, Sanchit Sharma, James Vince, Gerhard Erasmus, David Wiese, Ollie Pope, Richard Gleeson, Liam Dawson, Aayan Khan, Rehan Ahmed

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Dubai is slightly batting friendly pitch with some spice in it for the pacers especially. The pitch might slow down as the match progresses. Dubai will have hot and humid weather with dew expected in the match.

Venue Details

Dubai will be good venue with decent boundary sizes and some assistance for bowlers in the batting friendly conditions. We expect the teams to score in the range of 170-180 runs in the match.

Toss: To Bowl

Team captains have opted to bowl first in all 3 matches played so far with the teams batting first winning 2 matches. But we expect the tend of chasing to continue in this match too.