DV vs DC Qualifier 1 Playing 11 Prediction, Fantasy Tips, Pitch Report, Live Streaming

A glimpse from the last DV vs DC match. [Source: @TheDesertVipers/X]

With a 30-match International League T20 2025 league stage coming to an end last night, all eyes are on a four-match knockout round which will decide the winner of the third season of the competition. Table-toppers Desert Vipers and Dubai Capitals will lock horns in Qualifier 1 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

DV vs DC Qualifier 1 Team Previews And Comparison

Desert Vipers

Qualifying for the playoffs for the second time in three seasons, Vipers have topped the table for the first time in ILT20 history. In doing so, they have become the first team in the tournament to win seven league matches twice. The fact that they have won five out of their six Dubai matches this season provides a shot in the arm to their chances of qualifying for the final for the second time.

Dubai Capitals

Having finished at the fourth position during the first two seasons, ILT20 2025 is Capitals’ best league stage performance. Much like their next opposition, even they’ve failed to win a final once in the past. What gives DC a head-start against DV is a four-match unbeaten spree since the second season. As far as playing at the DICS is concerned, they’ve won four and lost one match this season.

DV vs DC Qualifier 1 Match Details And Live Streaming

DV vs DC Qualifier 1 Pitch Report: How Will The Surface At The Dubai International Cricket Stadium Behave?

Out of the 13 league contests which Dubai hosted this season, teams batting first won four times in comparison to chasing teams’ nine victories. Until the last league match here, this ground hadn’t witnessed a single innings total in excess of 200 this season.

Therefore, expect the bowlers to continue putting curbs around the batters in the remaining two games as well.

Speaking particularly of this season, average innings total across eight 20-over matches at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium has been 149.8. Out of the 149 wickets at this stadium this season, 101 have been picked by pacers at an average and strike rate of 24.44 and 18 respectively. Spinners, on the other hand, have dismissed 48 batters at a comparatively better economy rate of 7.30.

DV vs DC Qualifier 1 Playing 11 Prediction

Desert Vipers’ Playing XI: 1) Azam Khan (wk) 2) Alex Hales 3) Dan Lawrence 4) Sam Curran 5) Adam Hose 6) Sherfane Rutherford 7) Wanindu Hasaranga 8) Michael Jones 9) Ali Naseer 10) Lockie Ferguson (c) 11) Khuzaima Tanveer

Dubai Capitals’ Playing XI: 1) Shai Hope (wk) 2) David Warner 3) Gulbadin Naib 4) Sam Billings (c) 5) Sikandar Raza 6) Rovman Powell 7) Dasun Shanaka 8) Dushmantha Chameera 9) Farhan Khan 10) Haider Ali 11) Qais Ahmad

DV vs DC Qualifier 1 Fantasy Tips And Key Players

• At an excellent average and strike rate of 11.10 and 13.8 respectively, Wanindu Hasaranga is the only bowler to pick 10 wickets in ILT20 2025 matches at this venue this season.
• Among players of these two squads, ILT20 highest run-scorer Shai Hope (467 runs at an average of 66.71) is the only player to have crossed the 400-run mark.
• Batting at No. 3 for the first time in ILT20, Gulbadin Naib has amassed 184 runs at an average and strike rate of 61.33 and 173.58 respectively across four innings in the recent past.
• DV Key Players: Alex Hales, Sam Curran, Wanindu Hasaranga
• DC Key Players: Shai Hope, Gulbadin Naib, Dushamantha Chameera

DV vs DC Qualifier 1 Winner Prediction

A match which is giving promising signs of being an archetype thriller could end up going Dubai Capitals’ way due to some players with better current form and their overall record against this opposition.

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