On electric start ILT20 2025-26defending champions Dubai capitals face Desert vipers In the 1st match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 2 December 2025. Vipers Skipper Sam Curran He won the tusk and won the bowl, setting the stage for high stakes among last season’s finalists. After the Capitals loss, they fell to 32/3 on the power play Sadiqullah atal (16 off 13), Viceroy of Gulbad (0 off 1) and Jordan Cox (2 off 7).
Sam Curran takes a stunning catch to dismiss the Gulbadin viceroy
Curran caught the attention in 3.2 overs when he scooped a full ball outside off mid-wicket that was exposed. Instinctively reacting, Curran took a gasping breath, plucked from thin air, hit his right hand to give up the vice for a golden duck, and Vice’s signature Biceps Flex-A NOD hit the sippers, leaving the capitals at 26/2, the competition from end-curran to last season’s competition.
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Brb, curnan-tly-tly repeating this catching and chasing inflection 💪🔥# Ett20 pic.twitter.com/neaiauyvkj
– Fancode (@fancode) December 2, 2025
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Revenge the lesson with a drawn-out chase against Vipers Dubai Capitals
Capitals were restored Rovman powder22 (4 fours, 2 sixes, 2) explosive 39 Prophet Muhammad29 off 29 (2 fours, 2 sixes, 2 sixes), reaches 50 in 7.5 overs without hitting 100 at 14.4. However, Wickets fell: Many (2), David Willey (10), in Powell, Nabi 131, Dasun Shanaka (12) At 146, they are 14 kilograms at 150/8. Vipers’ bowlers parallel-David Payne (2/26), Khuzaima Tanveer (2/35), Noor Ahmed (2/25) – Effectively accepts champions.
Needing 151, Vipers were pushed to 50/1 in 4.3 overs. Fakhmer Zaman‘s 26 of 15 (1 four, 2 sixes, 2) and Andries gous‘Match-winning 58 off 36 (6 fours, 3 sixes, 50 off 32 balls). After being sacked at 109, the Capitals retreated Waqar salamkheil (2/18, including Curran for 7) and Scott Currie (2/36, withdrawal Shimron Hetmyer at 7 Hasan Nawaz 3).). And ridicule (19 * OFF 16) and Tanveer (12 * OFF 8) unbeaten, 151/6 from 19 to 151/6 in a 6-ball 4-wicket victory, six-match charge
GOOS, man of the match for their fireworks, grabbed early points as the champions rebounded. Curran’s all-round impact (1/28) highlighted this high-tension re-innings lead.
