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CLAIM NOWToss Winner - United Arab Emirates won the toss and choose to bowl first
United Arab Emirates beat Kuwait by 7 wickets
UAE look to continue their dominance over Kuwait
UAE to win the match
Tournament: | ACC Mens T20I Premier Cup, 2024 |
Format: | t20 |
Venue: | Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1), Oman, Oman |
Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
Weather: | 31.0°C|Partly cloudy |
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UAE will be taking on Kuwait in the 2nd Group B match of the ACC Men’s T20I Premier Cup 2024. In their last T20I series, UAE lost to Scotland 1-2 in Dubai.
Kuwait, on the other hand, finished in 3rd place in the Malaysia Open T20I Championship where they delivered a few impressive performances. However, Kuwait struggled against competitive teams like Malaysia and Bahrain.
At the same time, UAE has a better record at this venue and also against Kuwait in T20Is. As a result, UAE will be starting with a slight edge as far as the stats go.
However, they must improve their batting performance if they are to continue dominating Kuwait. They were bowled out for 62 runs while chasing 95 against Scotland in their last outing in Dubai.
And though Kuwait won the 3rd place play-off against Vanuatu, they were quite inconsistent with the bat and were bowled out for less than 100 runs against Malaysia.
A lot of room for improvement for both teams as they come to Oman for the final stage of qualification for the Asia Cup 2025.
62/10 in 15.2 4.04
UAE vs SCOT 2024
Scotland beat United Arab Emirates by 32 runs94/10 in 19.4 4.78
112/9 in 20.0 5.6
UAE vs SCOT 2024
Scotland beat United Arab Emirates by 9 runs121/8 in 20.0 6.05
126/9 in 20.0 6.3
UAE vs AFG 2023-24
Afghanistan beat United Arab Emirates by 4 wickets128/6 in 18.3 6.92
166/7 in 20.0 8.3
UAE vs AFG 2023-24
United Arab Emirates beat Afghanistan by 11 runs155/10 in 19.5 7.82
156/3 in 20.0 7.8
GCT20IC
Qatar beat Kuwait by 1 runs
155/10 in 20.0 7.75
123/9 in 20.0 6.15
GCT20IC
Kuwait beat Bahrain by 8 wickets
127/2 in 13.5 9.18
123/9 in 20.0 6.15
GCT20IC
Kuwait beat Bahrain by 8 wickets
127/2 in 13.5 9.18
143/5 in 18.3 7.73
GCT20IC
Kuwait beat Saudi Arabia by 5 wickets
142/9 in 20.0 7.1
143/5 in 18.3 7.73
GCT20IC
Kuwait beat Saudi Arabia by 5 wickets
142/9 in 20.0 7.1
UAE are one of the strongest sides of this tournament and will be expecting to get off to a winning start against an opposition they’ve dominated in the past.
Muhammad Waseem will be leading a strong and promising batting order in the ACC Men’s T20I Premier Cup. However, in the recent outings, UAE’s middle-order failed to live up to the expectations.
As a result, a lot will depend on the skipper Muhammad Waseem to give a steady start at the top and build some partnerships with Aryan Lakra and Alishan Sharafu in the middle order.
The last time these two teams met at this venue in Oman, UAE had Chirag Suri opening the innings alongside Waseem. He led the team to 173 for 5 with an unbeaten knock of 88 runs.
This time there is no Chirag but Tanish Suri, wicket-keeper batsman who opens the innings alongside Muhammad Waseem. The skipper will be expecting more from his key bowlers like Junaid Siddique, Basil Hameed, and Aayan Afzal Khan.
Kuwait had chased down a 174-run target against UAE in the 2022 Asia Cup Qualifier at this venue. There are some new faces in the bowling department this time around and they seem to be in good form.
Muhammad Waseem (c), Tanish Suri (wk), Alishan Sharafu, Aryan Lakra, Ashwanth Chidambaram, Rahul Chopra, Basil Hameed, Aayan Afzal Khan, Akif Raja, Junaid Siddique, Omid Rahman
Alishan Sharafu, Asif Khan, Vishnu Sukumaran, Tanish Suri, Akif Raja, Junaid Siddique, Aayan Khan, Ali Naseer, Basil Hameed, Muhammad Farooq Momand, Mohammad Waseem
Kuwait will be up against a tough opposition whom they’ve managed to defeat only once so far. And that only win came at this venue two years ago. Kuwait struggled with the bat in the recent Malaysia Open T20I Championship.
They managed to win only against inexperienced teams that lacked any competitive spirit. When they were up against tough opposition like Bahrain and Malaysia, Kuwait were much behind in the contest.
The skipper Mohamamd Aslam will be crucial to this setup with the ball. He will be well ed by Yasin Patel and Mohammad Shafeeq, two of the more experienced bowlers in the squad.
Meet Bhavsar and Ravija Sandaruwan are likely to open the innings for Kuwait. The two have been crucial for Kuwait’s wins lately. Since the middle-order batters haven’t delivered consistently, Kuwait have made constant changes to the batting order.
There have been a few promising players like Clinton Anto, Yasin Patel, and Shiraz Khan who will be expected to build crucial partnerships in the middle.
It doesn’t look like a very promising overall squad but they can give a tough fight to UAE and can have a good chance of winning.
Meet Bhavsar (wk), Ravija Sandaruwan, Clinto Anto, Mohammad Amin, Shiraz Khan, Mohammed Aslam (c), Yasin Patel, Nimish Lathief, Parvinder Kumar, Bilal Tahir, Mohamed Shafeeq
Bilal Tahir, Clinto Anto, Meet Bhavsar, Usman Patel, Ilyas Ahmed, Sayed Monib, Shahrukh Quddus, Yasin Patel, Mohammed Aslam, Nimish Lathif, Ravija Sandaruwan
It looks like a balanced wicket that has something for everyone. Though the average 1st innings score isn’t very high, teams have managed to post big scores on this ground. The weather will be partly cloudy with a high of 36 degrees Celsius in Al Amerat on the match day.
Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 2) will be the venue for this match. The average 1st innings score here is 137 runs and the highest total chased at this venue is 189 runs. The team batting first should look to score a big total to have a solid chance of winning the match. There is enough help on offer for batters and even a 185-190 runs total can be chased down.
Teams bowling first have won 12 of the 22 T20Is played at this venue. There doesn’t seem to be a clear advantage to either batting first or second here. However, both teams have a strong bowling attack and they could gain the upper hand bowling first.
There are some big concerns in the batting department for both teams. And they will be looking to bounce back as they come to Al Amerat. UAE have been dominant not only in this part of the world but also against this particular opposition. With these stats and their overall squad strength, UAE will start as favorites to win in our match prediction.
UAE to win the match
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