GG vs DC Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, International League T20

16th T20 • Dubai

153/5 (20)

154/5 (18.4)

DC won by 5 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

23 Jan, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

16th T20,

International League T20

Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Alex Wharf (England), Martin Saggers (England), Paul Wilson (Australia, TV)

Referee

Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Dubai Capitals elected to bowl

Pitch Report

It is a little slow, there are some cracks, but there are certain grassy patches here and there and bald elsewhere. This suggests that there will be some turn on offer, and it should be a grind for the batters.

1st Innings

151Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

126.91Avg SR

2nd Innings

138Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

125.19Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

1- 5

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Shai Hope

DC . WK

213 Runs

5 Matches

Gulbadin Naib

DC . ALL

113 Runs

5 Matches

Shimron Hetmyer

GG . BAT

105 Runs

4 Matches

Top Bowlers

Gulbadin Naib

DC . ALL

7 Wkts

5 Matches

Dushmantha Chameera

DC . BOWL

7 Wkts

3 Matches

Mark Adair

GG . ALL

7 Wkts

4 Matches

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Venue Details

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

1st Innings

151Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

126.91Avg SR

2nd Innings

138Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

125.19Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

39%Bat First Bowl First61%

Team Batting First

48%Wins Losses52%

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DC 161/6 (20)

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DC 188/5 (20)

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29th Match • Feb 10 • International League T20

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20th Match • Feb 3 • International League T20

ADKR 183/10 (20)

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14th Match • Jan 29 • International League T20

SW 105/1 (13.1)

DC 104/10 (18.2)

SW won by 9 wickets

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22nd Match • Jan 30 • International League T20

ADKR 149/9 (20)

DC 150/3 (17.4)

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13th Match • Jan 22 • International League T20

MIE 206/5 (20)

DC 222/3 (20)

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

1- 5

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

160

Average Score

149

201/5

Highest Score

187/6

133/8

Lowest Score

118/10

Player of the Match Shai Hope

47(39)

Info

Gulf Giants

153/5 (20)

Batters

James Vince

(C)

160.00

c SD Hope b D Chameera

Ibrahim Zadran

50.00

c S Raza b OC McCoy

Jordan Cox

132.08

runout (SD Hope)

Tom Alsop

66.67

b Z Khan

Gerhard Erasmus

107.41

c D Shanaka b G Naib

Shimron Hetmyer

113.33

Not out

Dominic Drakes

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.65)

153/5

Did not Bat

Mark Adair, Aayan Afzal Khan, Blessing Muzarabani, Zohaib Zubair, Dushan Hemantha

Bowlers

EXT

6.50

7.75

10.00

8.00

5.50

8.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Ibrahim Zadran

c S Raza b OC McCoy

1-23

2.5

James Vince

c SD Hope b D Chameera

2-39

5.4

Tom Alsop

b Z Khan

3-42

6.2

Gerhard Erasmus

c D Shanaka b G Naib

4-111

14.5

Jordan Cox

runout (SD Hope)

5-147

19.3

Dubai Capitals

154/5 (18.4)

Batters

Ben Dunk

76.92

c J Vince b MR Adair

Shai Hope

120.51

c I Zadran b B Muzarabani

Khalid Shah

100.00

c S Hetmyer b AA Khan

Gulbadin Naib

106.25

lbw b AA Khan

Najibullah Zadran

77.78

c Gerhard Erasmus b Z Zubair

Sikandar Raza *

(C)

173.33

Not out

Dasun Shanaka

340.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(18.4 Ov, RR: 8.25)

154/5

Did not Bat

Rovman Powell, Haider Ali-I, Obed McCoy, Dushmantha Chameera

Bowlers

EXT

4.50

11.50

9.33

3.4

10.36

Aayan Afzal Khan

5.75

Dushan Hemantha

10.00

Zohaib Zubair

7.33

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Ben Dunk

c J Vince b MR Adair

1-25

4.3

Khalid Shah

c S Hetmyer b AA Khan

2-41

6.5

Gulbadin Naib

lbw b AA Khan

3-60

9.6

Najibullah Zadran

c Gerhard Erasmus b Z Zubair

4-77

12.2

Shai Hope

c I Zadran b B Muzarabani

5-110

16.1

Match Info

Date & Time

23 Jan, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

16th T20,

International League T20

Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Alex Wharf (England), Martin Saggers (England), Paul Wilson (Australia, TV)

Referee

Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Dubai Capitals elected to bowl

1 2 3 1 1 1

Over 16

Runs: 9

W 4 1wd 4 6 1 2

Over 17

Runs: 18

1 2 4 1 1 0

Over 18

Runs: 9

6 6 4 1

Over 19

Runs: 17

All Overs

Player of the Match Shai Hope

47(39)

Commentary

10:15 PM Local time (11:45 PM IST): So that is it from this game won by the Dubai Capitals, courtesy of Dasun Shanaka's firepower to justify his role as a finisher in the side. While for the Giants this loss has left a lot of work to do or else they might miss a place in the top four. For now, I, Keshav, on behalf of my colleague Bidipto, bid you a goodbye. Wadaean wadaean.

Shai Hope is the Player of the Match: The surface is a little bit slow, so I had to be a little bit closer than I wanted to be. It was just one of those balls that stick to your hands and it was a sharp catch. I am just trying to grow and to adapt quickly in any of the conditions we play on. I just try to do things in the nets, try to improve the game. The way our side has been going is pretty commendable. I am just trying to find ways to get better.

Sikandar Raza (Dubai Capitals captain): We adjusted to the conditions quite well I guess! But we won't mind playing here more often! At the halfway stage, I thought that 165 would have been a difficult chase. We did take it a bit too deep, but got the job done. Shai Hope actually held the innings together, batted really well. That helped Dasun Shanaka and me to finish things off the way we did. We still haven't played out best game yet, but there are areas of improvement for sure which we will work on.

James Vince (Gulf Giants captain): Dasun Shanaka was the only batter who struck it so clean! We got ourselves into a good position tonight, but made some costly mistakes. Gerhard Erasmus is such a good fielder, but even he misjudged one at the wrong time, but I guess it happens. Fine margins in this format as we know, we've got to find out way back into it from here on.

10:02 pm local time (11:32 pm IST): It's time now for the post-match presentation!

9:53 PM local time (11:23 PM IST): Dubai Capitals win by five wickets and with eight balls remaining

Dubai Capitals: 154/5 (18.4 overs) | Gulf Giants: 153/5 (20 overs)

Shai Hope: 47 (39) | Aayan Afzal Khan: 2/23 (4)
Jordan Cox: 70 (53) | Gulbadin Naib: 1/8 (1)

The Dubai Capitals have climbed to third place with this win against the Gulf Giants. For the Capitals, Shai Hope's wicket came as a blessing in disguise as Dasun Shanaka wreaked havoc with the bat to smack two four and a six in the over. However, same can't be said for the bowler Blessing Muzarabani who was at the receiving end of Shanaka's whacking and the Zimbabwean created a chance in the over, however, the fielder at long-off misjudged it and the ball raced to the fence. Dasun Shanaka then went on to showcase a repeat with two sixes and a four to take his side across the line.

Shai Hope started off well and took the bowlers front on in the first two bowlers, however, two economical overs from Muzarabani and Dominic Drakes put the pressure on the Capitals and Ben Dunk lost his wicket in the subsequent over, with an ill-timed shot to mid-on. Gulbadin Naib played a cameo knock but lost his wicket just after the strategic timeout post the ninth over to Aayan Afzal Khan.

Shai Hope held tight on to one end as wickets fell at regular intervals.He added 30 odd runs with the skipper Sikandar Raza but he too felt right after the second strategic timeout. In walked Dasun Shanaka and he bludgeoned Muzarabani to pull the game towards the hosts. With 26 runs needed off 18 deliveries, Raza smacked another boundary in the subsequent over to grip the game. With Shanaka on the crease, the Capitals crossed the line with with eight deliveries remaining.

For the Gulf Giants, Aayan Afzal Khan was the pick of the bowlers with two wickets at an economy of 5.75 runs per over while Gerhard Erasmus's two overs proved costly to the Giants as he leaked 23 runs. With yet another loss, the Giants have a lot of work to do to qualify for the playoffs as they currently sit at the bottom of the table with 2 points from five games.

18.4 Dominic Drakes to Dasun Shanaka, DUBAI CAPITALS GET THE WIN! Back of a length and slow on off-stump. Pulled away off the back foot down to wide long-on for a single to seal the deal!

18.3 Dominic Drakes to Dasun Shanaka, FOUR RUNS! Full and wide outside off-stump. Nicely squirted to the gap between short third and backward point for a boundary! Scores are level.

Two back to back sixes and the hosts now require just five runs

18.2 Dominic Drakes to Dasun Shanaka, SIX MORE! Full and wide outside off-stump. Powered away off the front foot over the right of deep cover point for a flat maximum!

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