Today Cricket Match Prediction, Dubai Capitals vs Desert Vipers, IL T20, 25 Match. Who Will Win, On February 02, 2023

The 25th match of the International League 2023 is scheduled to play between Dubai Capitals and Desert Vipers on Thursday, 2nd February 2023 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.

Dubai Capitals are a strong team but had not been much impressive in this tournament. They had played eight matches with just three wins to their name. They had lost four matches while their one match came with no result. They are laying at the second position from the bottom of the ladder. On the other side, the way how Desert Vipers performed in this tournament is just outstanding. They had won six out of eight matches played. They had lost just two matches and are leading the points table.

Dubai Capitals are coming to this match on the back of a massive win over Abu Dhabi Knight Riders with a handsome margin of seven wickets. They won the toss and decided to field first and the performance of their bowling unit was good. They leaked 149 runs in 20 overs. Adam Zampa was the most successful and highest wicket-taker from their side. He picked up three wickets in four overs against 16 runs. Akif Raja and Hazrat Luqman also performed well and picked two wickets each. Sikandar Raza could manage to pick one wicket.

The batting order of Dubai Capitals also performed well and chased the target of 150 runs in 17.4 overs. Almost all batsmen from their side put some runs on the board. George Munsey was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side. He scored 57 runs on 43 balls with the help of six boundaries and one huge six. Niroshan Dickwella also performed well and scored some runs. He scored 37 runs on just 22 balls and smashed four boundaries and two huge sixes. Dasun Shanaka scored 28 runs while the skipper, Rovman Powell remained not out after scoring 21 runs.

The most recent win of Desert Vipers came against Sharjah Warriors with a margin of 22 runs. The performance of their batting order was not much impressive. They could manage to score 148 runs in 20 overs. Benny Howell was the highest run-scorer from their side with 34 runs to his name on 23 balls with the help of four boundaries. He remained not out till the 20th over. Rohan Mustafa also performed well and scored 31 runs while Sam Billings scored 27 runs.

Desert Vipers won the previous match due to the best and most outstanding performance by their bowling unit. They defended the target of 149 runs and leaked just 126 runs in 20 overs. Wanindu Hasaranga was the most successful and highest wicket-taker from their side. He picked up three wickets in four overs against just 13 runs. Luke Wood was the other bowler with three wickets to his name in four overs while he was charged with 20 runs. Gus Atkinson picked one wicket while Sheldon Cottrell, Benny Howell, and Shiraz Ahmed were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket.

Desert Vipers is a strong team and have strong batting and bowling departments. As per cricket match prediction, Desert Vipers is the favorite team who will win this match. There are many factors that make Desert Vipers a favorite team to win this match. Some key factors are mentioned as under:

• Desert Vipers are the best-performing team in this tournament
• Desert Vipers had won six out of eight matches played till now
• Dubai Capitals had not performed well in this tournament
• Dubai Capitals have a strong batting order but had failed to perform well
• The key players of Desert Vipers are in superb form

Desert Vipers is overall a strong team than Dubai Capitals. They have the best players in the t20 format of cricket. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Desert Vipers have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction is mentioned as under.

Desert Vipers have a 58% chance to win this match
Dubai Capitals has a 42% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play important in the result of each and every match of IL 2023. According to the toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to field first as defending had been difficult in the conditions of the United Arab Emirates.

The 25th match of IL T20, 2023 is going to be held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai. We had observed in the most recent matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting especially in early overs. The track has a good amount of pace and bounce which allows the batsmen to the good cricketing shorts but this ground also has big boundaries which can be a plus point for the bowlers. The dew will play a major part in the second inning. A score of 180 plus seems to be a par score on this venue.

The weather forecast for Dubai is good for this cricket match. There are almost no chances of rain in the region and the weather will be good at night as we know that the nights are cooler in UAE in the winter season.

Dubai Capitals: Niroshan Dickwella (wk), George Munsey, Rovman Powell (c), Dasun Shanaka, Yusuf Pathan, Sikandar Raza, Chamika Karunaratne, Hazrat Luqman, Adam Zampa, Akif Raja, Fred Klaassen.

Desert Vipers: Rohan Mustafa, Alex Hales, Colin Munro (c), Sam Billings (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Benny Howell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Luke Wood, Gus Atkinson, Sheldon Cottrell, Shiraz Ahmed.

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• Date: Thursday, 2nd February 2023
• Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 06:00 PM LOCAL / 07:30 PM IST

• Stadium: Dubai International Cricket Stadium
• Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Capacity: 25,000
• Known as: Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium
• Ends: Emirates Road End, Dubai Sports City End
• Time Zone: UTC +04:00
• Home to: United Arab Emirates
• Floodlights: Yes
• Curator: Tony Hemming

• Total matches: 85
• Matches won batting first: 39
• Matches won bowling first: 45
• Average 1st Inns scores: 144
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 127
• Highest total recorded: 212/2 (20 Ov) by IND vs AFG
• Lowest total recorded: 55/10 (14.2 Ov) by WI vs ENG
• The highest score chased: 184/8 (19.2 Ov) by SL vs BAN
• The lowest score defended: 134/7 (20 Ov) by OMAN vs HK

Robin Uthappa, Hazratullah Zazai, Chirag Suri, Jake Ball, Ravi Bopara, Isuru Udana, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Fabian Allen, Daniel Lawrence, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), George Munsey, Rovman Powell (c), Dasun Shanaka, Yusuf Pathan, Sikandar Raza, Chamika Karunaratne, Hazrat Luqman, Adam Zampa, Akif Raja, Fred Klaassen.