Desert Vipers will face MI Emirates in one of the qualifiers 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, Qualifier 1:
Openers: Fakhar Zaman, Andries Gus (WK)
Desert Vipers will aim to challenge the strong lineup that MI Emirates has in all three departments of the game by putting in strong performances with the bat, ball and in the field and come out on the right side of the result.
The team led by Sam Curran has a good mix of young and experienced players who are capable of turning the match in favor of the team in any situation and he would like their performance to be good.
Desert Vipers will open the innings with Fakhar Zaman and Andries Goss and will hope that the pair provide a good start to the team in the first six overs to make things easier for the incoming batsmen.
Apart from this, the captain will also want both the batsmen to make significant individual contributions while setting and chasing the target.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Max Holden, Hasan Nawaz, Sam Curran (captain), Jason Roy, Dan Lawrence, Vritya Aravind.
When it comes to the Desert Vipers’ middle-order, it includes players like Max Holden, Hasan Nawaz, captain Sam Curran and Jason Roy, who are all match-winners with the bat.
Max Holden, who scored a match-winning half-century against Dubai Capitals in the last match, will look to build on that particular innings and score another big score in the next game.
Holden will be expected to get good support from captain Sam Curran, who will be entrusted with the responsibility of leading from the front, and experienced batsman Jason Roy.
The top five batsmen of Desert Vipers will be entrusted with the responsibility of scoring most of the runs for the team and will have to put MI Emirates bowlers under pressure in the middle phase of the team’s batting innings.
Bowlers: Khuzaima Tanvir, Naseem Shah, Qais Ahmed
The Desert Vipers bowling line-up, made up of bowlers like Khuzaima Tanvir, Naseem Shah and Qais Ahmed, will look to deliver a strong performance to keep the MI Emirates batsmen in check courtesy of some intelligent bowling.
This will require a complete effort from the Desert Vipers bowlers, with each bowler raising his hand and fulfilling the role assigned to him at a particular phase of MI Emirates’ batting innings.
Team captain Sam Curran will look to deliver match-winning performances with both bat and ball, batting in the top four and bowling in the middle overs, which is considered the most important time of an innings.
Curran will be assisted by Naseem Shah, who will support himself with wickets in the first six overs.