International League T20 2025/26, Match 26

Gulf Giants v MI Emirates

Gulf Giants 141/6 20 ov
MI Emirates 142/2 16.3 ov

MI Emirates won by 8 wickets

Venue
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Date
Tue, 23 December 2025
Toss
MI Emirates won the toss and chose to field
Player of the match
Waseem Muhammad

The match

Before a ball was bowled the model made MI Emirates 71% favourites, from the two XIs that took the field.

Gulf Giants win

MI Emirates win

Gulf Giants batMI Emirates chase 142

Turning point −11 to MI Emirates. 3.6 wd, the chase: Azmatullah Omarzai to Nicholas Pooran, wide, 15/2, needing 127. Gulf Giants went from 49% to 38%.

Moved it most Waseem Muhammad +18.2 · Frederick Klaassen −16.9 · Tom Banton −12.9 · Fazalhaq Farooqi +11.2

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
Rahmanullah Gurbazb Fazalhaq Farooqi111011110.0−3.0
James Vinceb R Shepherd340075.0−8.2
Asif Khanc SP Krishnamurthi b R Shepherd12811150.0+1.7
Moeen Alic T Banton b Zahoor Khan514822106.3+1.5
Lorcan Tuckerlbw b Arab Gul131320100.0−2.5
Azmatullah Omarzaic T Banton b Fazalhaq Farooqi14191073.7−4.4
Kyle Mayersnot out28*1841155.6+2.5
Extras b 2, lb 1, w 69
Total 20 ov, 7.05 an over141/6

Did not bat Liam Dawson, Frederick Klaassen, Haider Razzaq, Mark Adair, Tabraiz Shamsi

Fall of wickets 10-1 (Vince, 1.3), 16-2 (Gurbaz, 2.5), 27-3 (Khan, 3.5), 49-4 (Tucker, 8.3), 89-5 (Omarzai, 14.1), 141-6 (Ali, 20)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
Shakib Al Hasan201005.00700−1.2
Romario Shepherd403629.001210+4.8
Fazalhaq Farooqi401724.251310+11.2
AM Ghazanfar302006.67600−1.4
Zahoor Khan4040110.00740−6.5
Arab Gul201115.50500+3.1
Kieron Pollard10404.00200+0.6

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The balls that decided it