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Best performances - Batsmen

AD Hales
AD Hales
53(37) 4x4 - 3x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • on drive
  • 19 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
4 4 2 9 2 14 11 7
SO Hetmyer
SO Hetmyer
48(25) 3x4 - 3x6
Control %60%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 12 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
11 6 0 6 10 8 3 4

Best performances - Bowlers

Ajay Kumar
O4
M0
R21
W3
Eco5.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Qais Ahmad
Qais Ahmad
O4
M0
R29
W2
Eco7.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Match Details

Players per side

12(11batting, 11 fielding)

Toss

Desert Vipers , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50

Match days

5 December 2025 - night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Desert Vipers 2, Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 0

Scorer: Binoy George | Commentator: @himanshu_a30

That's it from us today. Don't forget, though, that more cricket begins with the New Zealand vs West Indies game in only another three-and-a-half hours. It was a thriller in the ILT20 tonight, with DV at the top of the points table after their second win in as many games. Until next time, this is Himanshu signing off. Goodnight!

Shimron Hetmyer is the Player of the Match: "I try to not have the smile, but it comes out naturally! Stay in it for long as I possibly can... I kind of like the tag [of the finisher]."

Sam Curran, DV captain: "It was a quite a lucky escape, you could say. It was amazing. Such a powerful batting line-up [ADKR have]. We thought we bowled really well. A little twist with Hetty and Dan getting out."

Sunil Narine, ADKR captain: "We felt short by 15-20 runs. We started well in the powerplay. Powerplay was key. The situation made it a bit easier for them. It was a bit tough for the spinners [due to the dew]. At the end of the day, it's part of the game."

Time for the presentations

10.06pm A thrilling finish in the end. The pendulum kept swinging this way and that in the chase: DV were 71 for 4 in ten overs, 61 for 0 in the next five, and then 22 for 3 in the next three overs. In the end, though, it took a match-defining knock from No. 8 Tanveer, who smashed 31* off 12 balls, for DV to cross the line. Hetmyer flicked the switch in the middle overs as Lawrence played anchor, although Ajay's strikes kept ADKR in the hunt. His effort of 3 for 21 went in vain, however. Join us for the presentation soon.

19.3
4
Stone to Naseem Shah, FOUR, full ball swinging into off, and driven down the ground. The ball goes between the stumps and the non-striker, and Naseem starts celebrating just after the ball leaves his bat. He presented the full face of the bat, and drove confidently and Vipers win by two wickets to start their campaign with two wins

Shadow-Shell: "Khuzaima is playing a gem of an innings here"

19.2
1
Stone to Khuzaima Tanveer, 1 run, yorker on off, and flicked to short fine leg
19.1
6
Stone to Khuzaima Tanveer, SIX, wow!! Nearly a great catch. I think it's a six eventually. Yup, he signals it himself - before the umpire does that as well. Stone swung the ball in, and bowled on a fullish length on the stumps. Tanveer thumped it back down the ground, and Livingstone went to his right from long-off while diving. The ball landed in his right hand as he touched the boundary cushion. He seems to have hurt his right eye there, which rammed into the boundary cushion

Stone to Tanveer.

Eight to win off six balls. This is a proper thriller.

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs | DV: 164/8 (8 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.63, RRR: 8.00)

  • Khuzaima Tanveer24 (10b)
  • Naseem Shah2 (2b)
  • Andre Russell3-0-33-1
  • Olly Stone3-0-37-1
18.6
1
Russell to Khuzaima Tanveer, 1 run, yorker again, and bang on middle and off. Tanveer jams his bat down for a single to cover
18.5
4
Russell to Khuzaima Tanveer, FOUR, sliced over backward point. Lovely shot by Tanveer. He opens the face of the bat at his very full ball outside off, and finds the boundary at a crucial stage
18.4
2
Russell to Khuzaima Tanveer, 2 runs, two more, and that will do for DV. Short delivery around off, and pulled to deep square even as it's a slower ball

ILT20 News

Vipers 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st22AGS GousFakhar Zaman
2nd10Fakhar ZamanMDE Holden
3rd2MDE HoldenSM Curran
4th32DW LawrenceSM Curran
5th68DW LawrenceSO Hetmyer
6th0SO HetmyerHasan Nawaz
7th4SO HetmyerKhuzaima Tanveer
8th7Qais AhmadKhuzaima Tanveer
9th30Naseem ShahKhuzaima Tanveer