June 24 brings a triple header in the Emirates D20 League with an opportunity for all six teams to move up on the table. All teams would be looking to win their respective matches and would look to book a berth in the Semi-final now that the tournament is in its second half.
Let’s look at the preview of these three games on 23rd June 2022 and get important details for the upcoming matches.
Match 24: Dubai vs Ajman
Ajman, with six points from their six games, sit at fifth, whereas the Dubai team, with four points from their seven games, are sitting at bottom. Ajman have lost their last game after winning three on the trot and would be looking to get back to their best. Ajman were beaten by Emirates Blues in their last game despite making 168 runs which points to their sub-bar bowling performance.
Dubai on the other hand linger at the bottom with just two wins. Their two wins however have come in the last two matches. These two wins are against number two Sharjah and number three Emirates Blues. They would be massively confident coming into this next game.
Dubai Probable XI: Ronak Panoly (c), Rameez Shahzad, Ali Naseer, Harsh Bobade, Punya Mehra, Shamin Ali, Shaurya Singh, Shival Bawa, Shrey Sethi (wk), Ankur Sangwan, Muhamamd Farooq
Ajman Probable XI: Sagar Kalyan, Yasir Kaleem (WK)(C), Dawood Ejaz, Ansh Tandon, Nav Pabreja, Essam Muti ur Rab, Shahnawaz Khan, Nasir Aziz, Sultan Ahmad, Muhammad Azhar, Luqman Hazrat
Match 25: Sharjah vs Abu Dhabi
In the 25th match of Emirates D20, second-placed Sharjah clash with fourth-placed Abu Dhabi. Only two points separate these teams and Abu Dhabi could overtake Sharjah with a win. Both these teams have lost their last game and won the one previous to that. Sharjah were beaten by Dubai whereas Abu Dhabi got a thumping defeat from Ajman team.
Dubai would need to work on their bowling while Sharjah need to get better at batting in this next clash.
Sharjah Probable XI: Fayyaz Ahmad (c), Khalid Shah, Amjad Gul, Aayan Khan, Basil Hameed, Zahoor Khan, Abdul Shakoor(wk), Danish Qureshi, Muhammad Zahid, Ameer Hamza, Aryan Saxena
Abu Dhabi Probable XI: ttah Urrahim, Naik Muhammad(WK), Mohammad Kamran Atta(WK), Ali Abid(C), Ethan Dsouza, Adnan Danish, Osama Hassan, Fayyaz Ahmed, Mazhar Bashir, Zia Mukhtar, Faisal Shah
Match 26: Emirates Blues vs Fujairah
In the last game of 24th June, the table-toppers go against the third-placed Emirates Blues team. Both of these teams have had an exactly opposite route to this game. Fujairah have won four games in their last five while Emirates Blues have lost four. More interestingly, Fujairah lost their last game after winning four, whereas Emirates won their last after losing four. This is not where the interesting part ends.
The team that Fujairah lost to in their last game was Ajman. Meanwhile, Emirates Blues were able to defeat that very team in their last match. So take what you will from this fascinating run of both teams till here. Fujairah are the stronger team but cricket is often unpredictable.
Emirates Blues: Alishan Sharafu (c), Karthik Meiyappan, Nilansh Keswani, Aryan Lakra, Fahad Nawaz, Mohammed Faraazuddin, Rahul Bhatia, Ateeq Ur Rehman (wk), Sabir Rao, Sanchit Sharma, Matiullah Khan.
Fujairah Probable XI: Muhammad Waseem (c), Hamdan Tahir (wk), Usman Khan, Rohan Mustafa, Asif Khan, Vishnu Sukumaran, Maroof Merchant, Kashif Daud, Umair Ali, Zahid Ali, Saqib Manshad
Pitch Report:
All of Emirates D20 games are being held at the International Academy Stadium in Dubai. The average score of the ground is 149. The average temperature would be around 42-degree Celcius. The pitch is expected to have balanced behavior and both batters and bowlers would have some help from the pitch.
Match Details:
Match 24: Dubai vs Ajman
Date: 24 June 2022
Time: 4:30 PM
Venue: International Academy, Dubai
Live Streaming: Fan Code
Match 25: Sharjah vs Abu Dhabi
Date: 24 June 2022
Time: 8 PM
Venue: International Academy, Dubai
Live Streaming: Fan Code
Match 26: Emirates Blues vs Fujairah
Date: 24 June 2022
Time: 11:30 PM
Venue: International Academy, Dubai
Live Streaming: Fan Code
