Jamie Smith and James Vince are at the crease. Jamie Smith is on strike. Willey will open the attack
Teams:
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (Playing XI): Alishan Sharafu, Michael-Kyle Pepper(w), Sam Hain, Andre Russell, Laurie Evans, Sagar Kalyan, Imad Wasim, Sunil Narine(c), David Willey, Marchant de Lange, Ali Khan
Gulf Giants (Playing XI): Jamie Smith(w), James Vince(c), Chris Lynn, Jordan Cox, Usman Khan, Shimron Hetmyer, Zuhaib Zubair, Carlos Brathwaite, Jamie Overton, Dominic Drakes, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
James Vince - We would have bowled first as well, but this does look like a decent pitch. Runs on the board could be vital. It was nice to win the last game, backing up today wouldbe a pretty good performance. Thew ball does so a bit more in the air when compared to two months back when I played the T10 league here
Sunil Narine - We will bowl first. A good powerplay hopefully, some dew could set in later. If we do our work, anything is possible.
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders have won the toss and have opted to field
5:45 pm local: The Knight Riders are right at the bottom of the table, but they do have the same number of points as their opponent tonight, the Gulf Giants who are placed third with only the net run-rate separating four teams. Every game from here on will be crucial and the Knight Riders will be hoping for maximum points in front of their home crowd. The giants have played one match less though and can gain a significant advantage over the rest of the group. Toss and team sheets coming up shortly..
Squads:
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Squad: Joe Clarke, Michael-Kyle Pepper(w), Alishan Sharafu, Sam Hain, Andre Russell, Laurie Evans, Imad Wasim, Sunil Narine(c), David Willey, Matiullah Khan, Marchant de Lange, Ali Khan, Ravi Bopara, Charith Asalanka, Joshua Little, Andries Gous, Jake Lintott, Adhitya Shetty, Sabir Ali, Sabir Ali Rao, Brandon McMullen, Sagar Kalyan
Gulf Giants Squad: Jamie Smith(w), James Vince(c), Chris Lynn, Jordan Cox, Usman Khan, Shimron Hetmyer, Carlos Brathwaite, Chris Jordan, Dominic Drakes, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Zuhaib Zubair, Richard Gleeson, Gerhard Erasmus, Jamie Overton, Saurabh Netravalkar, Karim Janat, Blessing Muzarabani, Sanchit Sharma, Rehan Ahmed, Aayan Afzal Khan