Desert Vipers will face MI Emirates in the finals of International League T20, This article provides details about the playing 11 of Desert Vipers vs MI Emirates for the upcoming match of the tournament.
Desert Vipers Playing XI vs MI Emirates- ILT20 2025-26, Final:
Openers: Fakhar Zaman, Andries Gus (WK)
When Desert Vipers take on MI Emirates in the ILT20 final, they will be aiming to make it back-to-back wins, having bettered them by 45 runs in the first qualifier and in doing so, win their second title.
The Sam Curran-led side will want its players to bring their A game against MI Emirates, a team that has covered all its bases, be it in the batting and bowling department, and will look to work hard to win the contest.
To start with, the onus of giving the team a good start will be on the opening pair of Fakhar Zaman and Andries Gaus, who were the players of the match in the last game.
The team management will also hope that both the batsmen score individual runs as well, so as to put pressure on the MI Emirates bowling attack.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Max Holden, Hasan Nawaz, Sam Curran (captain), Jason Roy, Dan Lawrence, Sanjay Pahal.
As far as the Desert Vipers’ middle-order for the final is concerned, it is expected to include Max Holden, Hasan Nawaz, captain Sam Curran and Jason Roy.
Being the captain of the team, Sam Curran will be expected to lead from the front with the other batsmen also providing him good support to challenge the MI Emirates bowlers.
However, before Curran comes into bat, all eyes will be on Max Holden, who is expected to perform well batting at number three.
Apart from the two batsmen mentioned, veteran English opener Jason Roy, who is batting in the middle order for the Desert Vipers, would like to face the spinners while batting in the middle phase of the innings.
Bowlers: Khuzaima Tanvir, David Payne, Usman Tariq
Like the batting department, Sam Curran, who will in all likelihood take the new ball and bowl an over or two in the powerplay, will be trusted to take wickets at that particular stage and in the middle overs as well.
Curran will be assisted by David Payne and Khuzaima Tanvir, both of whom will try to deliver match-winning spells of fast bowling for their team and make things easy for the spinners.
Desert Vipers’ spin bowling department will be handled by Usman Tariq, who had a good clash with Kieron Pollard in the last game, and Dan Lawrence will be at the helm again in the title clash.
All things considered, the Desert Vipers will need to put in a disciplined bowling effort to contain a powerful group of batsmen that MI Emirates has.