Gulf Giants have won and lost two matches each and are in third place.
Preview
ABD vs GUL will lock horns in the 16th match of the International League T20 2024 on Wednesday (January 31) at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Knight Riders have won two out of five matches so far and are ranked in second-last position in the points tally. The Giants have won and lost two matches each and are in third place.
Knight Riders faced MI Emirates in their last match, where MI won the toss and elected to bowl. Knight Riders posted a total of 188 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs. Andre Russell was the highest scorer for the team and made 46 runs off just 17 deliveries. Fazalhaq Farooqi was the pick of the bowlers for MI and took three wickets for 35 runs in four overs. Muhammad Waseem scored 87 runs off 61 deliveries for MI and helped the team reach the target of 189 runs in 19 overs. MI won the match by eight wickets and Waseem was adjudged Player of the Match.
Giants locked horns against Dubai Capitals in their previous outing, where the Capitals lost their first five wickets for just 67 runs. Sikandar Raza played a fine knock of 47 runs off 36 deliveries and helped the Capitals post a total of 132 runs for the loss of seven wickets. Carlos Brathwaite was the most successful bowler for the Giants. The Giants lost a few wickets in succession in the middle overs but managed to cross the line in 18.4 overs with three wickets in hand. Brathwaite won the Player of the Match award.
Match Information
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders vs Gulf Giants, 16th Match
International League T20, 31 Jan 2024, Wed, 8:00 PM IST ,Abu Dhabi
Probable PlayingXI
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders
A Sharafu, SR Hain, LJ Evans, IM Wasim, AD Russell, SP Narine(C), DJ Willey, JM Clarke, MS Pepper, Matiullah Khan, M de Lange
Bench: RS Bopara, C Asalanka, Ali Khan, JB Lintott, J Little, Adhitya Shetty, B McMullen, Sabir Ali, AGS Gous, Sagar Kalyan
Gulf Giants
JL Smith, JM Vince(C), Shimron Hetmyer, Usman Khan, CR Brathwaite, Zohaib Zubair, Jordan Cox, DC Drakes, CJ Jordan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, RJ Gleeson
Bench: CA Lynn, Gerhard Erasmus, Aayan Afzal Khan, R Ahmed, Usman Shinwari, J Overton, Karim Janat, Sanchit Sharma, SN Netravalkar, B Muzarabani
Injury News
(Will be added when there is an update)
Weather Report: Cloudy
Win Prediction: Gulf Giants
Pitch Condition: Balanced
Avg 1st Inning Score: 147
Pitch Report
Captains: 9
Andre Russell ABD bat
He has featured in just three matches and has made the third-most runs for the Giants. Lynn has amassed 100 runs at a strike rate of 156.25.
James Vince GUL