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Desert Vipers vs Lahore Qalandars Global Super League Predictions - Qalandars to claim back-to-back GSL wins

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The Desert Vipers are the defending International League T20 champions.
Lahore Qalandars finished outside the playoff spots in the Pakistan Super League.
This looks like a tight contest between two strong T20 sides.

Andries Gous has scored 96, 132, 73 & 40 in his last 4 knocks (Getty Images).

Desert Vipers vs Lahore Qalandars Predictions

The Qalandars start as favourites after pulling off an impressive 16-run win over the Perth Scorchers in the opening match of the Global Super League season.

Desert Vipers vs Lahore Qalandars Predictions
Head-to-Head
Desert Vipers Form
Lahore Qalandars Form
Team news

Desert Vipers’ Andries Gous has scored 96, 132, 73 & 40 in his last 4 knocks.
Desert Vipers’ Daryl Mitchell has scores of 100*, 65, 28 & 28 in his last 4 innings.
Desert Vipers’ Vitel Lawes has taken 3/54, 3/39 & 2/63 in 5 matches.
Lahore Qalandars’ Farhan Yousaf has scored 58* & 50 in his last 3 matches.
Lahore Qalandars’ Shayan Jahangir top-scored with 65 against the Scorchers.
Lahore Qalandars’ Usama Mir has taken 2/14, 2/17, 2/38, 2/28 & 2/35 in 5 matches.

Head-to-Head

The Lahore Qalandars have never played against the Desert Vipers.

Desert Vipers Form

The Vipers have a strong squad that should be pushing for the title. South African-born batter Andries Gous has been in superb form and topped the runs list in the recent Major League Cricket season, scoring 547 runs at an average of 45.58.

New Zealand batter Bevon Jacobs has scored 34 & 64* in his last four innings. Rilee Rossouw has scored 10,201 runs in T20 cricket and can be a devastating batter but does tend to blow hot and cold.

Vitel Lawes is the Vipers’ in-form bowler, with figures of 3/54, 3/39 and 2/63 in his last five matches. Jason Behrendorff is a seasoned T20 left-arm fast-medium bowler with 218 wickets to his credit at an average of 22.68, while fellow left-arm quick Ramon Simmonds has taken six wickets in his last three matches.

Lahore Qalandars Form

The Qalandars got off to a winning start in the opening match of the Global Super League season, beating the Perth Scorchers by 16 runs.

Shayan Jahangir hit three sixes in his 45-ball 65 as the Qalandars slipped to 80/3 off 11.5 overs. Farhan Yousaf continued his good form with a 23-ball 50 that included five sixes to lift the Qalandars to 171/7 off their 20 overs.

Usama Mir (2/35) picked up two wickets in the innings for the fifth match in a row as the Qalandars put the squeeze on the Scorchers. Mohammad Imran (2/18) picked up two of the Scorchers’ top four batters as they kept them down to 155/7 off their 20 overs.

Team news

Desert Vipers squad: Vriitya Aravind, Zachary Carter, Andries Gous, Bevon Jacobs, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Rilee Rossouw, Shadab Khan, Kyle Mayers, Khary Pierre, Nathan Smith, Chris Green, Daryl Mitchell, Vitel Lawes, Matiullah Khan, Sanjay Pahal, Ramon Simmonds, Jason Behrendorff, Khuzaima Tanveer

Lahore Qalandars squad: Abdullah Shafique, Farhan Yousaf, Mohammad Basit Ali, Mohammad Naeem, Parvez Hossain Emon, Delano Potgieter, Shamyl Hussain, Shayan Jahangir, Michael Bracewell, Mohammad Imran, Mehran Mumtaz, Shahab Khan, Usama Mir, Ali Shabbir.