3 Reasons Why DC Lost to GAW in the 6th Match of GSL 2025

For a moment, with Sediqullah Atal smashing boundaries at a strike rate up above 160 and wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Chandimal coming down the track like it was Colombo in July, it looked like the Dubai Capitals had the game under control. A target of 139 wasn’t exactly Everest. Keeping the Amazon Warriors to 138/7 set up a smooth and easy chase, like a peaceful evening walk. However, once the floodlights came on and the Providence pitch showed its true colours, the confident stride of Dubai converted to a tragic stumble. What followed would be one of the most incredible batting meltdowns of the GSL 2025 season.

The Middle-Order Meltdown

Dubai’s middle order didn’t just falter. It completely disintegrated. From 36/2, they fell to 81 all out on just 15.4 overs. Seven batters made single-digit scores, and three batters didn’t even get to 1. This wasn’t a collapse. This was plummeting from a plane with no parachute. Once Atal went for an audacious 25 runs, the other batters played a game of musical chairs instead of cricket. Gulbadin Naib faced one ball. He walked in, barely had time to breathe, then was back off the field. Bootan, Krishnamurthi, Alleyne—all surprised to find out they were supposed to be scoring runs. Whatever about the 139 chase, it doesn’t require heroics. It requires maturity. Dubai’s batting performance was anything but

Imran Tahir and Moeen Ali’s Game-Changing Impact

The man who obliterated any chance of a comeback was Imran Tahir, the ageless wizard of T20 cricket. With the pressure on at 46, he bowled a tight 3.4 overs, scalping 4 wickets and giving away only 12 runs. Three of those wickets were taken during Dubai’s worst collapse, and he had practically extinguished any spark of hope remaining in the dugout. Moeen Ali also contributed to the Warriors’ captaincy by settling the innings with a calm 40 runs and a miserly 1/14 in four overs. Whereas the Dubai batters were wildly swinging their bats, Moeen bowled with grandmaster calmness—their line, their length, their drift caused them to second-guess their every shot.

Overreliance on Flair Without a Plan B

Dubai’s Achilles’ heel was a quiet one but deadly: overreliance on flair instead of functionality. There was no plan B. Once the top three were gone, all cheaply, the middle and lower order resembled a lottery draw more than a team. Too many young names, too little experience, too much flair, and not enough finish. There was no one to step up and take command or absorb the pressure. Taking 4/31, Kaleem Sana bowled brilliantly, but the batters’ poor show left much to be desired. The two-paced pitch rewarded discipline and punished irresponsible shots, but Dubai failed to make the adaptation.

What had begun as a reasonably chaseable target turned into a total demise of the Dubai Capitals’ game plan. One minute they were coasting; the next, they began to collapse due to savage bowling spells from both Tahir and Moeen, and a middle order that had seemed to forget the most fundamental principle of the game of cricket: patience wins games. The Warriors did not just win; they revealed.

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