MI Emirates vs Desert Vipers Predictions - Hales to keep MI Emirates battling for the playoffs

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 26 Jan 2025

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Simon Lewis 26 Jan 2025

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Alex Hales hit five sixes in his 77* off 42 balls against the Sharjah Warriorz.
Tom Banton has scored 102* & 56 in his last four matches.
The Vipers have won six of their seven matches this season.

Alex Hales hits out in the BBL. (credit: Morgan Hancock/Getty Images)

MI Emirates vs Desert Vipers Predictions

The Vipers have been incredibly dominant this season, losing just once and winning their last two matches in a row. The Emirates have lost their last two matches on the bounce.

Desert Vipers’ Alex Hales has scored 34, 58, 34, 23* & 77* in his last 5 innings.
Desert Vipers’ Sam Curran scored 54* off 34 balls against the Sharjah Warriorz.
MI Emirates’ Tom Banton scored 59 off 39 balls against the Gulf Giants.
MI Emirates’ Nicholas Pooran has made scores of 61, 59 & 49 from his 6 innings this season.

Head-to-Head

The Vipers have won two of their three matches against the Emirates. They also won their group match against the Emirates in the seventh match of the season.

MI Emirates Form

After back-to-back wins against the Warriors and the Knight Riders, the Emirates suffered losses against the Knight Riders and then the Giants.

The Emirates had a top-order collapse against the Giants, slipping to 57/4 in the 11th over. Tom Banton’s 56 off 39 balls and some big hitting at the end lifted them to 151/6 off their 20 overs.

The Emirates bowlers made the Giants batters work hard for their runs, with Fazalhaq Farooqi (3/34) and Muhammad Rohid (2/15, econ 3.75) bowling exceptionally. The Giants snatched a thrilling two-wicket win with a single off the last ball of the match.

MI Emirates Team News

The Emirates have lost three of their last five matches and would expect to do better considering the strength of their squad. They should give the Vipers a good game, but will need to be at their best to push for the win.

Desert Vipers Form

After slipping up and losing by six wickets to the Dubai Capitals, the Vipers returned to winning ways, beating the Warriorz in back-to-back matches by 10 wickets and then eight wickets respectively.

Khuzaima Tanveer (4/22, econ 5.50) ran through the Warriorz’ middle- and lower-order. The Warriorz ended on 151/8 off their 20 overs.

After losing two early wickets, Alex Hales (77 off 42 balls) and Sam Curran (54 off 34 balls) took their side home for an easy win with 5.1 overs in hand. The pair added an unbroken 128 for the third wicket.

Desert Vipers Team News

The Vipers are in magnificent form and are unlikely to make any changes to their team.

Verdict

I am backing the Desert Vipers to win. I am also backing Alex Hales to top score for the Desert Vipers.

Tom Banton is a good bet to top score for the MI Emirates.

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