International T20 League

4th Match: DV vs SW

Preview

The 4th match of the International T20 League will be taking place between DV and SW. Both sides will be playing their first match of this tournament and will try hard to start their campaign on a good note. The match is scheduled at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Saturday, January 14, 2023. 

Coming to their squad strength, both of them have powerful hard hitters along with good all-rounders and fierce bowlers who can turn the match at any point in time. 

The Desert franchise will be led by Colin Munro and has impactful batters in the form of Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Ben Duckett, Sherfane Rutherford and Benny Howell. Also, their middle order will have the support of all-rounders like Wanindu Hasaranga, and Tom Curran and their bowling side would be led by Sheldon Cottrell along with the assistance of Sherfane Rutherford, Benny Howell and Sandeep Lamichhane. 

On the other hand, Moeen Ali will lead the Sharjah side and they have a batting line-up that may be a nightmare for the opponent teams. Leaving the captain aside, coming down in the lower order, they have Dawid Malan, Evin Lewis and Rahmanullah Gurbaz who are exceptional talents in the T20 League fraternity. Other than that they have two of the world’s best all-rounders namely their skipper, Moeen Ali, and Mohammad Nabi. Their bowling line-up will have the services of Chris Woakes, Mark Deyal, JJ Smit and Naveen-ul-Haq along with the terrific all-rounder duo.

Match Details

Match: DV vs SW, 4th Match, International T20 League

Date: Saturday, January 14, 2023

Time: 07:30 PM

Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

Pitch & Weather Report

The pitch at the Dubai International Stadium is a well-balanced one for both the batting and the bowling side. The captain winning the toss will select batting first. The surface will support the pacers in the initial stage of the game. The spinners will come in handy in the middle overs. This venue is more of a batting-friendly pitch, and the batters will play their role in every half of the match. Therefore we are certainly going to witness a high-scoring match with both sides having impactful hard hitters. 

The weather predicted for the matchday on 13th January 2023 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium is expected to be sunny with patches of clouds surrounding the sky. The maximum and minimum temperatures will be 25 and 18 degrees Celsius with 54% humidity and an 18 kmph wind rate.

DV vs SW Squads

DV: Colin Munro (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Tom Curran, Sandeep Lamichhane, Saqib Mahmood, Sherfane Rutherford, Ben Duckett, Sheldon Cottrell, Ruben Trumpelmann, Azam Khan, Benny Howell, Rohan Mustafa, Shiraz Ahmed, Ali Naseer, Ronak Panoly, Aryan Lakra.

SW:  Moeen Ali (c), Dawid Malan, Evin Lewis, Mohammad Nabi, Chris Woakes, Noor Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Naveen-ul-Haq, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Danny Briggs, Mark Deyal, Bilal Khan, JJ Smit, Chris Benjamin, Karthik Meiyappan, Alishan Sharafu, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Jawadullah.

DV vs SW Probable XIs

DV: Colin Munro, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Ben Duckett, Sherfane Rutherford, Benny Howell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Tom Curran, Sheldon Cottrell, Sherfane Rutherford, Benny Howell

SW:  Moeen Ali (c), Dawid Malan, Evin Lewis, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Mohammad Nabi, Chris Woakes, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mark Deyal, JJ Smit, Junaid Siddique, Naveen-ul-Haq

Match Prediction

Both the teams have impactful players who can turn the game at any point but SW is a more complete side when compared to DV. They have more renowned power-hitters, all-rounders and bowlers. Hence we back the Sharjah side to clinch victory in the first match of the season.

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