Desert Vipers will be up against MI Emirates in the final of the International League T20. This article provides details about Desert Vipers’ Playing 11 vs MI Emirates for the upcoming match of the tournament.
Desert Vipers Playing XI vs MI Emirates- ILT20 2025-26, Final:
Openers: Fakhar Zaman, Andries Gous (wk)
Desert Vipers would aim to earn back-to-back wins when they take on the MI Emirates in the final of the ILT20, having got the better of them in the first qualifier by 45 runs and win their second title by doing so.
The Sam Curran-led side would want its players to bring their A game to the fore against MI Emirates, a team that has got all its bases covered, be it in the batting and bowling departments, and would come hard at them in a bid to win the contest.
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To begin with, the onus will be on the opening pair of Fakhar Zaman and Andries Gous, who was the player of the match in the previous game, to get the team off to a good start.
The team management would also hope for the two batters to score runs individually as well, so as to get the MI Emirates bowling attack under pressure.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Max Holden, Hasan Nawaz, Sam Curran (c), Jason Roy, Dan Lawrence, Sanjay Pahal
As far as the makeup of the middle order of the Desert Vipers for the final is concerned, it is expected to comprise Max Holden, Hasan Nawaz, captain Sam Curran, and Jason Roy.
Sam Curran would be relied upon to lead from the front, being the captain of the team, with other batters providing him good support in order to challenge the MI Emirates bowlers.
However, before Curran comes into bat, all eyes will be on Max Holden, who is expected to bat at number three to deliver a good performance.
Other than the two batters that have been mentioned, experienced English opener Jason Roy, who is batting in the middle order for the Desert Vipers, would look to take on the spinners while batting in the middle phase of the innings.
Bowlers: Khuzaima Tanveer, David Payne, Usman Tariq
Like in the batting department, Sam Curran, who in all likelihood will take the new ball and bowl an over or two in the powerplay, will be trusted to pick wickets in that particular phase and in the middle overs as well.
Curran will be assisted by Davud Payne and Khuzaima Tanveer, both of whom will also look to deliver a match-winning spell of fast bowling for their team and make things easy for the spinners.
The spin bowling department of the Desert Vipers will be taken care of by Usman Tariq, who had a good tussle with Kieron Pollard in the last game, and will be up for it again in the title clash, and Dan Lawrence.
All things said, Desert Vipers will have to come up with a disciplined bowling effort to restrict a powerful group of batters that the MI Emirates have at their disposal.
