Gulf Giants vs MI Emirates Match Preview: Gulf Giants will face MI Emirates in the 26th match of the DP World ILT20 2025. The two teams that have won the tournament so far are at opposite ends of the points table, although MIE has just two points more.
Gulf Giants vs MI Emirates: ILT20 2025 Match Preview
Both teams played their most recent match against Desert Vipers. Emirates won the match, but GG suffered a defeat on their way.
MI Emirates put up a big score against Vipers on the back of Tom Bantonโs second century of the season. Emirates bowlers then took the lead in the match and bowled Vipers out for just 74 runs to secure a big win.
Gulf Giants, however, had a tough time. The Giantsโ top order collapsed in front of Sam Curran and their middle order collapsed in front of Wanindu Hasaranga, before Tom Curran brought the team back with brilliant innings that allowed his team to reach only 129 runs, although at one stage they were 61/8.
The Giants bowlers struggled at various stages in the game, but Max Holden kept the game together and brought the Vipers home.
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Gulf Giants may take solace from their previous defeat against MIE this year. Both teamsโ bowlers had a good day on the field. MIE was restricted to 152 despite a half-century from Tom Banton.
The MIE bowlers then came out in full force and took wickets at regular intervals as GG needed all their 20 overs to chase down a modest total at the start.
Gulf Giants vs MI Emirates Match: Milestones to Watch
In this upcoming match, a few players are close to achieving big milestones:
- James Vince needs 38 runs to reach 1000 runs in DP World ILT20.
- Tom Alsop needs 50 runs to complete 2000 runs in T20 cricket.
- Fazlulhaq Farooqui needs 3 wickets to complete 50 wickets in DP World ILT20.
- Nicholas Pooran needs 5 sixes to hit 600 sixes in 20-over cricket.
- Zahoor Khan needs 3 wickets to reach 100 wickets in 20-over cricket.
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