VIP vs GUL Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates For Match Final

Both Gulf Giants and Desert Vipers won seven of ten group-stage matches in ILT20 2023.

By CricTracker Staff

Updated - 24 Apr 2024, 12:00 IST

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Preview

Desert Vipers (VIP) will clash against Gulf Giants (GUL) in the final of the ILT20 2023 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday (February 12). Desert Vipers beat Gulf Giants in Qualifier 1 match to book a place in the final. They scored 178 runs while batting first with Sherfane Rutherford top-scoring 37 off 19 and Tom Curran adding 29. Then Curran produced a match-winning spell with four wickets to bowl out Giants on 159 runs.

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The Giants beat MI Emirates in Qualifier 2 match by four wickets to earn a place in the final. In-form David Wiese and Chris Jordan took two wickets each to restrict MI Emirates to 167 runs while bowling first. Then captain James Vince smashed an unbeaten 83* off 56 to guide Giants to an easy win with 11 balls remaining. They won both the group-stage matches against the Vipers and are favorites to win this match.

Match Information

Desert Vipers vs Gulf Giants, Final

International League T20, 12 Feb 2023, Sun, 7:30 PM IST ,Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Weather Report

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Clear

30.0°C

39% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

Desert Vipers

W
L
W
W
L

Gulf Giants

W
L
W
W
W

Players Stats in current Series

1

Alex Hales

VIP - bat

469 Runs

12 Matches

2

James Vince

GUL - bat

439 Runs

11 Matches

3

Sam Billings

VIP - wk

285 Runs

12 Matches

4

Chris Lynn

GUL - bat

278 Runs

8 Matches

5

257 Runs

10 Matches

247 Runs

11 Matches

184.33

11 Matches

2

Shiraz Ahmed

VIP - bowl

175.00

8 Matches

3

174.83

10 Matches

4

Chris Jordan

GUL - bowl

156.41

10 Matches

5

Alex Hales

VIP - bat

151.78

12 Matches

145.57

9 Matches

1

Chris Jordan

GUL - bowl

20 Wkts

10 Matches

2

David Wiese

GUL - all

18 Wkts

11 Matches

15 Wkts

9 Matches

4

12 Wkts

11 Matches

5

Tom Curran

VIP - bowl

12 Wkts

11 Matches

6

Gus Atkinson

VIP - bowl

9 Wkts

10 Matches

1

1.00

8 Matches

2

Tymal Mills

VIP - bowl

3.67

1 Match

3

Aayan Afzal Khan

GUL - bowl

5.00

10 Matches

4

Richard Gleeson

GUL - bowl

5.63

5 Matches

6.40

4 Matches

6.77

5 Matches

Probable Playing XI

Desert Vipers

AD Hales, C Munro (C), Sherfane Rutherford, W Hasaranga, TK Curran, Sam Billings (wk), Sheldon Cottrell, Rohan Mustafa, Shiraz Ahmed, AAP Atkinson, L Wood

Bench : BM Duckett, Benny Howell, Azam Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, R Trumpelmann, S Mahmood, Matheesha Pathirana, MRJ Watt, TS Mills, A Lyth, A Naseer, RS Panoly, D Chandimal, Jake Lintott, Dhruv Parashar

Gulf Giants

Shimron Hetmyer, CA Lynn, JM Vince (C), D Wiese, CJ Jordan, Qais Ahmad, Aayan Afzal Khan, Sanchit Sharma, Gerhard Erasmus (wk), CR Brathwaite, Colin de Grandhomme

Bench : WL Madsen, LA Dawson, J Overton, Rehan Ahmed, T Banton, Ollie Pope, DC Drakes, RJ Gleeson, CP Rizwan, Ashwant Valthapa, TG Helm

Injury and availability news

It will be added here if there is any injury update for this fixture.

Pitch Report

The pitch at Dubai International Cricket Stadium offers a balanced surface in T20 cricket. Dubai's pitch favors big hitters from the start but bowlers have been able to take wickets consistently in the death overs.

152

Average Score

Player Picks

9
C

James Vince GUL | BAT

The experienced English opener played a match-winning knock of 83 off 56 against MI Emiares in the last game and is leading the scoring chart for Gulf Giants with 425 runs from 10 innings.

9
C

Alex Hales VIP | BAT

The in-form English star scored just three runs off just eight balls against Gulf Giants in the last game but is leading the scoring chart in the tournament with 468 runs from 11 innings with one hundred and four fifties so far.

9

David Wiese GUL | ALL

The Namibian all-rounder has been in sensational form in the tournament so far. He took two wickets against MI Emirates in the last game and has taken 18 wickets from 10 innings this season.

9

Chris Jordan GUL | BOWL

The experienced English pacer took big wickets of Muhammad Waseem and Locran Tucker against MI Emirates in the last game. He is leading the bowling chart in the tournament with 19 wickets from just nine innings so far.

8.5

Tom Curran VIP | BOWL

The young English pace all-rounder scored 29 off 17 and then took four wickets for 31 against Gulf Giants to guide his team to the final. He has scored 137 runs and has taken 11 wickets for the Vipers this season.

8

Rohan Mustafa VIP | ALL

The experienced UAE batting all-rounder scored 23 runs off just 13 and then bowled an economical spell against Gulf Giants in the last game.

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8

Colin Munro

VIP | BAT

Desert Vipers' captain scored just two runs off seven balls against Guld Giants in the last game. He has scored just 24 runs from his last four innings in the tournament.

8.5

Shiraz Ahmed

VIP | BOWL

The left-arm pacer failed to get any wickets while conceding 27 runs against Gulf Giants in the last game. He has failed to take any wickets from the last five games for the Vipers.

Last Updated On - Apr 24 2024 12:00 PM

Players
11/11

Team 1

VIP

5 : 6

GUL

Credits Left
5.5/100

Head To Head
Sam Billings

8.5

Shimron Hetmyer

8.5

Chris Lynn

8

James Vince
C

9

Alex Hales

9

David Wiese
VC

9

Wanindu Hasaranga

9

Tom Curran

8.5

Carlos Brathwaite

7.5

Chris Jordan

9

Sheldon Cottrell

8.5

Players
11/11

Team 1

VIP

6 : 5

GUL

Credits Left
8/100

Grand League
Sam Billings

8.5

Chris Lynn

8

James Vince

9

Alex Hales
C

9

David Wiese

9

Wanindu Hasaranga

9

Tom Curran
VC

8.5

Rohan Mustafa

8

Chris Jordan

9

Qais Ahmad

6.5

Luke Wood

7.5

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