tt16257	Abu Dhabi Knight Riders v Gulf Giants
	International League Twenty20 2025/26
Venue	Dubai Sports City Stadium, Dubai on 28th December 2025 (20-over match) (night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gulf Giants won the toss and decided to field
Result	Abu Dhabi Knight Riders won by 32 runs
Points	Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 2; Gulf Giants 0
Umpires	MJ Saggers (England), RJ Tucker (Australia)
TV umpire	P Wilson (Australia)
Referee	RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire	Shiju Sam
Player of the Match	MS Pepper
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2

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Abu Dhabi Knight Riders innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
+PD Salt	not out	72	56	92	2	4	17	128.57
MS Pepper	c Adair b Aayan Afzal Khan	83	51	70	6	4	14	162.75
LS Livingstone	not out	18	13	22	1	-	2	138.46
AD Hales	did not bat
A Sharafu	did not bat
AD Russell	did not bat
B McMullen	did not bat
*JO Holder	did not bat
SP Narine	did not bat
PP Chawla	did not bat
A Kumar	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 4 w)	6
Total	(1 wicket, innings closed, 92 minutes, 20 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-131 (Pepper, 14.6 ov)

Gulf Giants bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Mayers	1	0	6	0	-	-	3	-	-	-	6.00
Adair	2	0	13	0	1	-	7	2	-	-	6.50
Azmatullah Omarzai	4	0	52	0	1	-	5	1	5	-	13.00
Aayan Afzal Khan	4	0	34	1	1	-	8	1	2	24.00	8.50
Zuhaib Zubair	2	0	17	0	-	-	3	2	-	-	8.50
Shamsi	4	0	29	0	1	-	5	2	-	-	7.25
Ali Khan	3	0	26	0	-	-	2	1	1	-	8.67

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Gulf Giants innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
+Rahmanullah Gurbaz	c Salt b Holder	0	4	4	-	-	4	0.00
*JM Vince	c Chawla b Holder	19	10	14	3	-	3	190.00
BI Kellaway	c Pepper b Kumar	5	8	17	-	-	4	62.50
MM Ali	c McMullen b Russell	78	49	69	5	5	16	159.18
Azmatullah Omarzai	c Salt b Stone	8	14	18	-	-	7	57.14
KR Mayers	c Russell b Narine	6	10	25	-	-	5	60.00
SR Dickson	c Russell b Narine	0	2	1	-	-	2	0.00
MR Adair	not out	15	14	29	2	-	6	107.14
Aayan Afzal Khan	c Chawla b Russell	0	1	1	-	-	1	0.00
Ali Khan	b Russell	5	6	8	-	-	2	83.33
Zuhaib Zubair	not out	2	2	3	-	-	0	100.00
Extras	(3 lb, 6 w)	9
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 98 minutes, 20 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 0.6 ov), 2-24 (Vince, 2.6 ov), 3-29 (Kellaway, 4.2 ov), 4-62 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 9.1 ov), 5-107 (Mayers, 14.2 ov), 6-107 (Dickson, 14.4 ov), 7-132 (MM Ali, 17.2 ov), 8-132 (Aayan Afzal Khan, 17.3 ov), 9-142 (Ali Khan, 19.1 ov)

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Holder	4	0	24	2	1	-	9	1	-	12.00	6.00
Kumar	4	0	39	1	4	-	9	4	1	24.00	9.75
Narine	4	0	14	2	-	-	15	-	1	12.00	3.50
Chawla	2	0	19	0	-	-	4	2	1	-	9.50
Livingstone	2	0	14	0	-	-	4	-	1	-	7.00
Stone	2	0	21	1	-	-	4	2	1	12.00	10.50
Russell	2	0	13	3	1	-	5	1	-	4.00	6.50

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Notes
--> Gulf Giants full substitute: SR Dickson for T Shamsi (after 19 overs of the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders innings) (impact player)
--> Abu Dhabi Knight Riders full substitute: OP Stone for AD Hales (after 20 overs of the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders innings) (impact player)
--> Abu Dhabi Knight Riders powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (56/0)
--> Gulf Giants powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (32/3)
--> Abu Dhabi Knight Riders innings: 50 in 5.4 overs
--> Abu Dhabi Knight Riders innings: 100 in 11.1 overs
--> Abu Dhabi Knight Riders innings: 150 in 17.4 overs
--> Gulf Giants innings: 50 in 8.2 overs
--> Gulf Giants innings: 100 in 13.2 overs
--> BI Kellaway made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> SR Dickson made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> MR Adair made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> Aayan Afzal Khan made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> Ali Khan made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> Zuhaib Zubair made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> PD Salt 50 in 44 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes
--> MS Pepper 50 in 31 balls with 5 fours and 3 sixes
--> MM Ali 50 in 31 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes
--> BI Kellaway made his debut in United Arab Emirates in Twenty20 matches
--> JO Holder reached 350 wickets in Twenty20 matches when he dismissed Rahmanullah Gurbaz, his 1st wicket in the Gulf Giants innings
--> PD Salt (16) and MS Pepper (31) added 50 in 34 balls for the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 1st wicket
--> PD Salt (31) and MS Pepper (65) added 100 in 67 balls for the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 1st wicket

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Over 9.4: Review by Dubai Capitals (Batting), Umpire - MJ Saggers, Batter - JM Cox (decision upheld)
Over 14.3: Review by Dubai Capitals (Batting), Umpire - WR Knights, Batter - SW Currie (decision overturned)
Over 18.1: Review by MI Emirates (Bowling), Umpire - WR Knights, Batter - SW Currie (decision upheld)
Over 6.3: Review by Dubai Capitals (Bowling), Umpire - WR Knights, Batter - Muhammad Waseem (decision overturned)

 

 

 

 

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