Desert Vipers Playing XI vs MI Emirates- ILT20 2025-26, Match 9

MI Emirates will face Desert Vipers in the ninth match of the International League T20. This article provides details about Desert Vipers' Playing 11 vs MI Emirates for the ninth match of the tournament.

Desert Vipers Playing XI vs MI Emirates- ILT20 2025-26, Match 9:

Openers: Fakhar Zaman, Andries Gous (wk)

Desert Vipers would aim to win he upcoming match against the MI Emirates in order to strengthen their position in the points table of the ILT20 season four.

The team has had a good start to the ongoing tournament and would want to build on that by getting the better of a strong side like MI Emirates, which is coming into the match on the back of a close win against the Sharjah Warriors.

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Desert Vipers would bank on their batters to come good and put on a strong batting performance to challenge the opposition.

To begin with, the opening pair of Fakhar Zaman and Andries Gous will have to take the responsibility and build a strong platform for the middle order batters to capatalize on.

In addition to that, both openers would be entrusted to score runs individually as well, to be in good touch for the matches to come.

Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Sam Curran (c), Dan Lawrence, Shimron Hetmyer, Hasan Nawaz, Khuzaima Tanveer

As far as Desert Vipers, the middle order for the upcoming match is concerned, it has a good blend of power hitters and batters who can hold one end.

The likes of Hasan Nawaz and Shimron Hetmyer would be banked upon to clear the ropes on a consistent basis, which they are known to do.

While two Englishmen, Dan Lawrence and Sam Curran, will be banked upon to go through gears and carry forward the good work done by the openers to keep the pressure on the bowlers and make things easy for the team.

The onus will be on the top five batters to score the majority of the runs for the team and not leave things to lower-order batters, which may or may not get the job done against the likes of Naveen-ul-Haq and Shakib Al Hasan.

Bowlers: Qais Ahmad, Noor Ahmad, Naseem Shah, Matiullah Khan

When it comes to the bowling attack of the Desert Vipers, it looks strong on paper with the presence of a good variety of pacers and spinners, and the ya management would hope for them to have a good outing with he ball.

The bowling lineup of the Desert Vipers includes names like Sam Curran, Qais Ahmad, Noor Ahmad, and Naseem Shah, all of whom are rich in expierence when it comes to playing this particular format.

The responsibility to handle the fast bowling stocks of the team would be on experienced Pakistani pacer Naseem Shah, who will be supported by the captain of the team, Sam Curran.

Qais Ahmed and Noor Ahmed, the two Afghan bowlers, will handle the team's spin bowling attack with assistance from Dan Lawrence, who can chip in with an over or two if required.