Desert Vipers will be up against MI Emirates in qualifier one 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, Qualifier 1:
Openers: Fakhar Zaman, Andries Gous (wk)
Desert Vipers would aim to put on a strong performance with bat, ball, and in the field to challenge a strong lineup that the MI Emirates possesses in all three departments of the game and come out on the right side of the result.
The Sam Curran-led side has a good blend of young and experienced players who are capable of turning the game in the team’s favour from any situation, and would want them to have a good outing
Desert Vipers will open the innings with Fakhar Zaman and Andries Gous, and would hope for the pair to get the team off to a good start in the first six overs, so as to make things easy for the incoming batters.
In addition to that, the captain would also wish for both batters to make a significant contribution individually while setting a target, and while chasing.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Max Holden, Hasan Nawaz, Sam Curran (c), Jason Roy, Dan Lawrence, Vriitya Aravind
When it comes to the middle order that the Desert Vipers have, it includes the likes of Max Holden, Hasan Nawaz, captain Sam Curran, and Jason Roy, all of whom are match winners with the bat.
Max Holden, who scored a match-winning half-century against the Dubai Capitals in the last match, would look to build on that particular innings and make another substantial score in the next game.
Holden will hope to get good support from the captain, Sam Curran, who will be entrusted to lead from the front, and from experienced batter Jason Roy.
The top five batters of the Desert Vipers will be tasked to shoulder the responsibility of scoring the majority of the runs for the team and keep the MI Emirates bowlers under pressure in the middle phase of the team’s batting innings.
Bowlers: Khuzaima Tanveer, Naseem Shah, Qais Ahmad
The bowline up of the Desert Vipers, which is made up of bowlers like Khuzaima Tanveer, Naseem Shah, and Qais Ahmad, would wish to deliver a strong performance to keep the MI Emirates batters in check courtesy of some intelligent bowling.
It will have to be a complete effort from the Desert Vipers bowlers, with every bowler putting his hand up and fulfilling the role assigned to him in a particular phase of the MI Emirates batting innings.
The captain of the team, Sam Curran, would look to deliver a match-winning performance with both bat and ball while batting in the top four and bowling in the middle overs, which is considered to be the most crucial time of an innings.
Curran will be assisted by Naseem Shah, who will back himself to pick wickets in the first six overs.