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Desert Vipers vs MI Emirates Scorecard, Final

Desert VipersWon

182/4 (20 ov)

MI Emirates

136 (18.3 ov)

Desert Vipers won by 46 runs

MI Emirates won the toss and elected to bowl.

Started
Sun, 4 Jan, 20:00 IST
Venue
Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Data checked
05:51:43 IST

Match summary

Desert Vipers won by 46 runs.

Final · International League T20 · Dubai International Cricket Stadium · 4 Jan 2026

MI Emirates won the toss and elected to bowl.

  • Desert Vipers: 182/4 (20 ov)

    Top score: Sam Curran, 74 not out off 51 balls

    Best bowling: Fazalhaq Farooqi, 2 for 33 in 4 overs

  • MI Emirates: 136 (18.3 ov)

    Top score: Shakib Al Hasan, 36 off 27 balls

    Best bowling: Naseem Shah, 3 for 18 in 4 overs

Player of the match: Sam Curran (Desert Vipers)

Compiled from the official match data supplied by Sportmonks. Facts only: no commentary, ratings or predictions.

Scorecard

Desert Vipers innings182/4 (20 ov)

Desert Vipers batting
BatterRBSR
Fakhar Zamanb Farooqi2015133.3
Jason Royc Singh b Farooqi117157.1
Max Holdenc Farooqi b Gul4132128.1
Sam Currannot out7451145.1
Daniel Lawrencerun out (Banton)2315153.3
Extras13 (w 11, nb 0, b 0, lb 2)
Total182/4 (20 ov)

Fall of wickets

35-1 (Jason Roy, 3.2 ov) · 36-2 (Fakhar Zaman, 3.5 ov) · 125-3 (Max Holden, 14.3 ov) · 182-4 (Daniel Lawrence, 19.6 ov)

Bowling against Desert Vipers
BowlerOMRWEcon
Shakib Al Hasan1010010.00
AM Ghazanfar402706.75
Muhammad Rohid Khan2023011.50
Fazalhaq Farooqi403328.25
Tajinder Singh302709.00
Romario Shepherd3035011.67
Kieron Pollard1011011.00
Arab Gul201417.00

MI Emirates innings136 (18.3 ov)

MI Emirates batting
BatterRBSR
Muhammad Waseemc Aravind b Tanveer2613200.0
Andre Fletcherc Nawaz b Shah101190.9
Tom Bantonc & b Shah76116.7
Shakib Al Hasanc Tanveer b Tariq3627133.3
Sanjay Krishnamurthic Nawaz b Tariq2922.2
Kieron Pollardc Pahal b Shah2828100.0
Tajinder Singhc & b Payne128150.0
Romario Shepherdc Nawaz b Payne1250.0
AM Ghazanfarc Roy b Payne010.0
Arab Gulnot out52250.0
Muhammad Rohid Khanb Tanveer3475.0
Extras6 (w 2, nb 0, b 0, lb 4)
Total136 (18.3 ov)

Fall of wickets

26-1 (Andre Fletcher, 2.6 ov) · 40-2 (Tom Banton, 4.3 ov) · 46-3 (Muhammad Waseem, 5.3 ov) · 54-4 (Sanjay Krishnamurthi, 7.4 ov) · 114-5 (Shakib Al Hasan, 15.1 ov) · 122-6 (Kieron Pollard, 16.1 ov) · 128-7 (Tajinder Singh, 17.1 ov) · 128-8 (AM Ghazanfar, 17.2 ov) · 129-9 (Romario Shepherd, 17.4 ov) · 136-10 (Muhammad Rohid Khan, 18.3 ov)

Bowling against MI Emirates
BowlerOMRWEcon
David Payne4042310.50
Khuzaima Tanveer3.302226.29
Naseem Shah401834.50
Sam Curran2024012.00
Daniel Lawrence10606.00
Usman Tariq402025.00

Line-ups

Desert Vipers

  1. Fakhar Zaman
  2. Max Holden
  3. Tom Bruce(wk)
  4. Jason Roy
  5. Sam Curran(c)
  6. Hasan Nawaz
  7. Daniel Lawrence
  8. Vriitya Aravind
  9. Khuzaima Tanveer
  10. Naseem Shah
  11. Usman Tariq

Substitutes: Sanjay Pahal, Matiullah Khan, Andries Gous, David Payne, Qais Ahmad, Faridoon Dawoodzai, Zafar Gohar

MI Emirates

  1. Muhammad Waseem
  2. Andre Fletcher
  3. Tom Banton(wk)
  4. Tajinder Singh
  5. Kieron Pollard(c)
  6. Shakib Al Hasan
  7. Romario Shepherd
  8. Arab Gul
  9. AM Ghazanfar
  10. Muhammad Rohid Khan
  11. Fazalhaq Farooqi

Substitutes: Usman Khan Shinwari, Nosthush Kenjige, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Mohamed Shafeeq, Dan Mousley, Chris Woakes, Kadeem Alleyne

The ground: Dubai International Cricket Stadium

FairPlay holds 60 completed matches in T20 and shorter formats at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, with a median first-innings score of 152.

Of the matches with a winner, the side batting first won 45% and the toss winner won 60%.

Captains who won the toss chose to field 82% of the time.

Highest total: 217/4 by Dubai Capitals on 2 Feb 2025.

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