Gulf Cricket T20 Championship 2024 - Match 7 - Saudi Arabia vs Bahrain and Match 8 - UAE vs Kuwait - Betting Tips and Predictions: December 16

Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for Gulf Cricket T20 Championship, Match 7 - Saudi Arabia vs Bahrain and Match 8 - UAE vs Kuwait, to be played on the 16th of December at the ICC Academy, Dubai.

Match 7 - Saudi Arabia vs Bahrain (ICC Academy, Dubai)


Current Form Saudi Arabia:

Saudi Arabia are currently placed at the 5th position on points table with 1 loss to their credit.

The top run scorer for Saudi Arabia in the Gulf Cricket T20 Championship is Usman Khalid with 88 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Saudi Arabia in the Gulf Cricket T20 Championship is Ishtiaq Ahmed with 4 scalps under his belt.

Saudi Arabia have won their previous match against Qatar by 9 wickets.

Qatar batted first and they were restricted to 123 for 9 in 20 overs. The top order simply crumbled like a pack of cards. Muhammad Asim Liaqat Ali then tried his best to revive the innings with a knock 60 runs in 47 balls. However, Saudi Arabia bowlers didn't let the other batters settle down and as a result, Qatar were restricted to a low total of 123 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Saudi Arabia lost Faisal Khan on in the innings. Abdul Waheed and Usman Khalid then took the responsibility of taking Saudi Arabia over the line. Waheed made 35 runs while Khalid smashed 75 runs to win the match for Saudi Arabia with 9 wickets in hand.

Current Form Bahrain:

Bahrain are currently placed at the 4th position on points table with 1 win and 1 loss to their credit.

The top run scorer for Bahrain in the Gulf Cricket T20 Championship is Ahmer Bin Nasir with 100 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Bahrain in the Gulf Cricket T20 Championship is Imran Javed with 4 scalps under his belt.

Bahrain have won their previous match against Kuwait by 4 runs.

Bahrain batted first and they posted a total of 125 for 8 in 20 overs. Prashanth Kurup played well at the top of the order and scored 33 runs off 27 balls. The rest of the top order batters didn't support him enough to lay the foundation for a big total. It was Ahmer Bin Nasir who smashed 42 important runs to help Bahrain get to 125 in their innings.

During the chase, Kuwait lost their premier batters Ravija Sandaruwan and Clinto Velookkara Anto cheaply. Meet Bhavsar tried to revive the innings with a knock of 27 runs but he could never play flamboyant strokes to bring Kuwait back into business. They were eventually bowled out for 121, losing the match by 4 runs.


Let’s have a look at the squads:

Bahrain: Abdul Majid, Ahmer Bin Nasir, Ali Dawood, Asif Ali, Fiaz Ahmed, Haider Butt, Imran Ali (wicket-keeper), Imran Anwar, Imran Khan, Junaid Aziz, Mohd. Asif Shahizan, Muhammad Basil, Muhammad Salman, Rizwan Butt. Sachin Kumar, Shahbaz Badar (wicket-keeper), Sohail Ahmed, Umer Toor (wicket-keeper), Yousif Wali

Saudi Arabia: Waji Ul Hassan (captain), Abdul Manan Ali (wicket-keeper), Abdul Waheed, Abdul Wahid, Ahmad Raza, Anwar Saleem, Faisal Khan, Hisham Shaikh, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Sajid Imran Cheema, Saud Syed, Shahzaib, Sidharth Sankar (wicket-keeper), Syed Ali Abbas, Usman Khalid, Usman Najeeb, Zain Ul Abidin


Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Saudi Arabia

Who will win?- Bahrain

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Haider Ali Butt (Bahrain), Abdul Waheed (Saudi Arabia)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Muhammad Rizwan Butt (Bahrain), Zain Ul Abidin (Saudi Arabia)

Most Sixes – Haider Ali Butt (Bahrain), Abdul Waheed (Saudi Arabia)

Player of the Match- Muhammad Rizwan Butt (Bahrain)

Team Scores Batting first – Bahrain 155+, Saudi Arabia 150+

Match Handicap : Bahrain

Match 8 - UAE vs Kuwait (ICC Academy, Dubai)


Current Form UAE:

UAE are currently placed at the 2nd position on points table with 1 win to their credit.

The top run scorer for UAE in Gulf Cricket T20 Championship is Waseem Muhammad with 98 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for UAE in Gulf Cricket T20 Championship is Ali Naseer with 4 scalps under his belt.

UAE have won their previous match against Oman by 24 runs.

UAE batted first and they posted a total of 157 for 7 in 20 overs. Tanish Suri and Waseem Muhammad started off really well. Suri made 40 runs off 38 balls while Waseem scored 48 runs off just 31 balls. The rest of the batters failed to capitalise on the momentum they got and UAE had to settle for an ordinary total of 157 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Jatinder Singh and Aamir Kaleem started off really well. They scored 26 and 23 runs respectively. The middle order really struggled to get going as UAE bowlers were too disciplined. Junaid Siddique picked up 2 wickets and helped restrict Oman to 133 for 8 in 20 overs, as Oman lost the match by 24 runs.


Current Form Kuwait:

Kuwait are currently placed at the 3rd position at the points table with 1 win and 1 loss to their credit.

The top run scorer for Kuwait in the Gulf Cricket T20 Championship is Usmangani Patel with 50 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Kuwait in the Gulf Cricket T20 Championship is Mohammed Aslam with 4 scalps under his belt.

Kuwait have lost their previous match against Bahrain by 4 runs.

Bahrain batted first and they posted a total of 125 for 8 in 20 overs. Prashanth Kurup played well at the top of the order and scored 33 runs off 27 balls. The rest of the top order batters didn't support him enough to lay the foundation for a big total. It was Ahmer Bin Nasir who smashed 42 important runs to help Bahrain get to 125 in their innings.

During the chase, Kuwait lost their premier batters Ravija Sandaruwan and Clinto Velookkara Anto cheaply. Meet Bhavsar tried to revive the innings with a knock of 27 runs but he could never play flamboyant strokes to bring Kuwait back into business. They were eventually bowled out for 121, losing the match by 4 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? – UAE

Who will win?- UAE

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Alishan Sharafu (UAE), Adnan Idrees (Kuwait)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Dhruv Parashar (UAE), Mirza Ahmed (Kuwait)

Most Sixes – Alishan Sharafu (UAE), Adnan Idrees (Kuwait)

Player of the Match- Alishan Sharafu (UAE)

Team Scores Batting first – Kuwait 135+, UAE 145+

Match Handicap : UAE



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