Desert Vipers vs Gulf Giants, ILT 2023, Today Match Prediction 22 January 2023

dv vs ggt Match Prediction & Analysis

International league T20 is going through the middle phase of the league with teams trying to get to the top of the points table. Desert Vipers and Gulf Giants are in great rhythm winning all their matches currently. They will hope to continue their winning form in this match too. The winner of this match will surge ahead to the table top while the losing team will experience their first loss.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Desert Vipers Preview

Desert Vipers posted a massive 219 runs in their 20 overs to win the match by 111 runs. Alex Hales led their chase with 110 runs off 59 balls with 7 boundaries and 6 sixes. Colin Munro (56 runs) provided him good support from the other to build partnerships. Sherfane Rutherford (23 runs) and Tom Curran (16 runs) played the finishing touches to end with a bang.

Their lead bowler Sheldon Cottrell (3/14) lead their bowling unit to restrict the opposition to 108 all out in the match. Wanindu Hasaranga and Benny Howell chipped in with 2 wickets between them and bowled economically in their overs. Gus Atkinson and Shiraz Ahmed took a wicket each in the match.

Key players: Wanindu Hasaranga, Alex Hales, Sheldon Cottrell 

Desert Vipers Predicted Playing XI:

Sam Billings, Wanindu Hasaranga, Rohan Mustafa, Alex Hales, Sheldon Cottrell , Tom Curran, Gus Atkinson, Benny Howell, Shiraz Ahmed, Colin Munro, Sherfane Rutherford 

Desert Vipers Actual Playing XI:

Alex Hales, Rohan Mustafa, Benny Howell, Colin Munro, Sheldon Cottrell, Sheraz Piya, Tom Curran, Gus Atkinson, Sherfane Rutherford, Sam Billings, Wanidu Hasaranga

Gulf Giants Preview

Gulf Giants posted a score of 181/6 in their 20 overs. Opener James Vince (76 runs) set the tone with his steady knock at one end while Chris Lynn (25 runs) and Shimron Hetmyer (37 runs) played good cameos to keep ticking their team's total in the middle overs at the other end. Liam Dawson and Chris Jordan hit some big sixes in the last over.

Their bowlers bowled the opposition to just 80 runs in the match to win by 101 runs. Chis Jordan (3/12) and David Wiese (3/3) picked up 3 wickets each and never allowed any partnership. Richard Gleeson, Sanchit Sharma, and Rehan Ahmed took 4 wickets and they bowled superbly as a unit. 

Key players: Chris Jordan, David Wiese, James Vince 

Gulf Giants Predicted Playing XI:

Chris Lynn, James Vince, Shimron Hetmyer, Rehan Ahmed, Erasmus, Chris Jordan, David Wiese, Sanchit Sharma, Richard Gleeson, Liam Dawson, A Chidambaram 

Gulf Giants Actual Playing XI:

Chris Jordan, Shimron Hetmyer, Liam Dawson, David Wiese, James Vince, Sanchit Sharma, Chris Lynn, Richard Gleeson, Ashwanth Valthappa, Tom Banton, 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 most of the matches played so far. And we expect the tend of chasing to continue in this match too.