Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Gulf Cricket T20 Championship - Final - UAE vs Kuwait - December 21st

Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for Gulf Cricket T20 Championship, Final - UAE vs Kuwait, to be played on the 21st of December at the ICC Academy, Dubai.

Match:  Final - UAE vs Kuwait (ICC Academy, Dubai)


Current Form Kuwait:

Kuwait finished at the 2nd position on points table after league stages and they have qualified for the Final where they will face UAE.

The top run scorer for Kuwait in the Gulf
Cricket T20 Championship is Meet Bhavsar with 150 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Kuwait in the Gulf Cricket T20 Championship is Sayed Monib with 7 scalps under his belt.

Kuwait have won their previous match against Oman by 3 wickets.

Oman batted first and they posted a total of 143 for 8 in 20 overs. Karan Sonavale and Jatinder Singh gave a decent start to Oman but they both got out at a wrong time. The middle order also struggled to get going except for Vinayak Shukla, who scored 52 runs in just 29 balls to help Oman get to a competitive total of 143 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Kuwait lost 2 early wickets and looked to be in deep waters. This is when Meet Bhavsar played a match winning knock of 63 runs in just 46 balls and helped Kuwait get home in the 20th over with 3 wickets in hand.


Current Form UAE:

UAE finished at the 1st place on points table after league stages and they have qualified for the Final Match of the tournament.

The top run scorer for UAE in the Gulf Cricket T20 Championship is Waseem Muhammad with 220 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for UAE in the Gulf Cricket T20 Championship is Junaid Siddique with 11 scalps under his belt.

UAE have won their previous match against Qatar by 23 runs.

UAE batted first and they posted a total of 162 for 6 in 20 overs. Tanish Suri got out without troubling the scorers much. Waseem Muhammad played well and scored 65 runs off just 36 balls. Asif Khan also flexed his muscles and made 41 runs in 39 balls to help UAE get past the 160 run mark as they finished at a competitive total of 162.

During the chase, Qatar lost their premier batters Saqlain Arshad and Imal Liyanage cheaply. Mohammed Rizlan also followed the suit and got dismissed after scoring 11 runs. Muhammad Tanveer as usual played nicely but barely got any support from the other batters. As a result, Qatar were restricted to 139 for 7 in 20 overs, losing the match by 23 runs.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

UAE: Aayan Khan, Ali Naseer, Alishan Sharafu, Asif Khan, Aryansh Sharma (wicket-keeper), Basil Hameed, Dhruv Parashar, Junaid Siddique, Mayank Kumar, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Waseem, Muhammad Zuhaib, Nilansh Keswani, Omid Rahman, Rahul Chopra (wicket-keeper), Sanchit Sharma, Simranjeet Singh Kang, Syed Haider (wicket-keeper), Tanish Suri (wicket-keeper), Vishnu Sukumaran, Vriitya Aravind (wicket-keeper)

Kuwait: Mohammed Aslam (captain), Ali Zaheer, Bilal Tahir, Clinto Anto, Meet Bhavsar (wicket-keeper), Mirza Ahmed, Mohammad Amin, Mohamed Shafeeq, Nimish Lathief, Ravija Sandaruwan, Shiraz Khan, Sayed Monib, Usman Patel (wicket-keeper), Yasin Patel


Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? –  Kuwait

Who will win?- UAE

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Waseem Muhammad (UAE), Adnan Idrees (Kuwait)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Dhruv Parashar (UAE), Yasin Patel (Kuwait)

Most Sixes – Waseem Muhammad (UAE), Adnan Idrees (Kuwait)

Player of the Match- Waseem Muhammad (UAE)

Team Scores Batting first – UAE 170+, Kuwait 155+

Match Handicap : UAE



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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.


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