Both teams have won one out of two matches so far.
Preview
Dubai Capitals (DUB) will face Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (ABD) in the 8th match of the International League T20 2024 on Thursday (January 25) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. Both teams have won one out of two matches so far. The Capitals are in the second position, while the Knight Riders are ranked last in the points tally.
The Capitals took on Sharjah Warriors in their last game, where the Warriors won the toss and elected to bowl. Capitals posted a total of 170 runs for the loss of seven wickets. Sam Billings was the highest scorer for the team and scored 52 runs off 31 deliveries. Daniel Sams was the pick of the bowlers and took three wickets for 28 runs in four overs. Johnson Charles scored 93 runs off 51 deliveries and helped the Warriors cross the line in 18.5 overs with five wickets in hand. Charles won the Player of the Match award.
Knight Riders faced MI Emirates in their last match, where MI won the toss and elected to bowl. Knight Riders were bundled out for just 95 runs in 14.1 overs. Andre Russell was the only batter who could make more than 10 runs for the team. Trent Boult and Muhammad Rohid Khan took three wickets each for MI. MI reached the target of 96 runs in 8.1 overs and won the match by nine wickets.
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Match Information
Dubai Capitals vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, 8th Match
International League T20, 25 Jan 2024, Thur, 8:00 PM IST ,Dubai
Probable PlayingXI
Dubai Capitals
David Warner(C), J Fraser-McGurk, Rovman Powell, R Chopra, Sikandar Raza, Jason Holder, RE van der Merwe, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sam Billings, Akif Raja, D Chameera
Bench: BR Dunk, V Aravind, JE Root, D Shanaka, MDE Holden, Mohammad Mohsin, Hazrat Luqman, KW Richardson, Abdul Ghaffar, H Ali-I, Shamar Joseph, N Thushara, PA van Meekeren
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders
A Sharafu, SR Hain, LJ Evans, IM Wasim, AD Russell, DJ Willey, SP Narine(C), AGS Gous, MS Pepper, J Little, Matiullah Khan
Bench: JM Clarke, RS Bopara, C Asalanka, Sabir Ali, B McMullen, JB Lintott, Ali Khan, M de Lange, Adhitya Shetty, Sagar Kalyan
Injury News
(Will be added when there is an update)
Weather Report: Cloudy
Win Prediction: Dubai Capitals
Pitch Condition: Balanced
Avg 1st Inning Score:142
Pitch Report
Captains
Andries Gous ABD wk – 9
He is the leading run-scorer for the Knight Riders and has made 98 runs in two matches at a strike rate of 166.10.
Sikandar Raza DUB – 9
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