KnightRiders vs Vipers, 17th Match at Abu Dhabi, ILT20, Dec 16 2025 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
17th Match (N), Abu Dhabi, December 16, 2025, International League T20
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders  (20 ovs maximum)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Khuzaima Tanveer | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Aravind b Ferguson | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |||
| c Hasan Nawaz b Ferguson | 25 | 18 | - | 2 | 2 | 138.88 | |||
| b Ferguson | 76 | 48 | - | 6 | 3 | 158.33 | |||
| c †Aravind b Curran | 39 | 35 | - | 1 | 3 | 111.42 | |||
| not out | 24 | 14 | - | 1 | 2 | 171.42 | |||
| not out | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 200.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 4, w 7) | 11 | |||||||
| Total | 20 Ov (RR: 9.05) | 181/5 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Phil Salt, 0.1 ov), 2-9 (Michael Pepper, 1.3 ov), 3-43 (Alex Hales, 4.6 ov), 4-111 (Alishan Sharafu, 14.5 ov), 5-179 (Liam Livingstone, 19.5 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 9.50 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
0.1 to PD Salt, Over the wicket, spears it full into the toes and swung in the air a bit, hits the shoe and after a bit of deliberation, Vipers decide to send it upstairs so action straightaway! Surprised him with a heat-seeking yorker! No bat involved, pitching in line, impact in line and hitting leg-stump and the ball holds its line as per ball tracker so that's a sensational start! No looseners to start the proceedings and he was right on money, got the big wicket of the fiery opener. 0/1 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 8.50 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
1.3 to MS Pepper, That's a ripper! Extraordinary stuff. Hurls down a thunderbolt on a shortish length on a teasing off-stump line, jams the bat down to defend and gets a feather edge to the keeper. Top bowling and Vipers have got a dream start, continuing along their merry way. 9/2 4.6 to AD Hales, Oh, that's a big fish, usually he makes it count and goes big once he gets a start but the fireworks stop as he miscues a skier to deep square and Hassan takes a neat catch. Was a slower fuller delivery and he went onto a drag a hook, just not able to get enough distance. 43/3 19.5 to LS Livingstone, Pace-off shorter delivery plugging away a touch from middle and clattering the off-stump. Zingers are alight and it's a terrific delivery. 179/5 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 9.00 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
14.5 to A Sharafu, Edged and taken! He gets his man and has the last laugh! Change in length, pulls it back and gets it to shape across wide of off, tries to upper-cut and gets a thick edge to the keeper! Was a slow rising one and he goes after adding 39 to the board, now was the time to cash in and he will be gutted to throw it away at this stage. 111/4 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 8.00 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 9.25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
Desert Vipers  (T: 182 runs from 20 ovs)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Russell | 44 | 32 | - | 4 | 1 | 137.50 | |||
| c Ajay Kumar b Russell | 52 | 43 | - | 6 | 0 | 120.93 | |||
| c Livingstone b Ajay Kumar | 23 | 14 | - | 1 | 2 | 164.28 | |||
| c †Pepper b Holder | 11 | 10 | - | 0 | 1 | 110.00 | |||
| not out | 11 | 7 | - | 1 | 0 | 157.14 | |||
| b Stone | 7 | 4 | - | 1 | 0 | 175.00 | |||
| c van Schalkwyk b Ajay Kumar | 16 | 9 | - | 2 | 1 | 177.77 | |||
| not out | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 3, nb 1, w 5) | 14 | |||||||
| Total | 20 Ov (RR: 9.00) | 180/6 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-97 (Max Holden, 11.3 ov), 2-114 (Fakhar Zaman, 13.5 ov), 3-131 (Hasan Nawaz, 15.4 ov), 4-143 (Sam Curran, 16.4 ov), 5-152 (Shimron Hetmyer, 17.3 ov), 6-177 (Khuzaima Tanveer, 19.4 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7.00 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
16.4 to SM Curran, Taken by the keeper, simplest of the catches! Hurls down a shorter thunderbolt and doesn't offer much leeway in the channel, he tries to spank it with force past point and the bounce - which Holder invariably gets - makes it tough to negotiate, another timely wicket for ADKR! Couldn't get on top of the bounce and knew he was in trouble the moment he mistimed the pull. 143/4 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 11.75 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
15.4 to Hasan Nawaz, Is it one big shot too many? Yes, it is, he is that kind of a batter who doesn't stop once he is on a roll and gets that hitting momentum, cleverly speared fuller and wide of off, bat turned and ended up slicing it in the air to Livingstone at deep point, was in the air for a while, fielder charged in from the rope and took a neat catch, big wicket! Perhaps, he should have relaxed a bit, got plenty off the over already, ball landed a bit outside his radar. Nawaz is livid with himself, throws the bat in frustration. 131/3 19.4 to Khuzaima Tanveer, Over the wicket, gobsmacked him with a pitch-perfect slower one, it's a fuller leg-cutter outside off and he does down on one knee to slog sweep it, miscued and taken at deep midwicket, hung in the air for a while and that allowed Shadley to line under it, made it look very easy in the end, still got some firepower in their batting line-up. Will Vipers suffer their first defeat of this season?. 177/6 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 11.00 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
17.3 to SO Hetmyer, zingers are alight. gets it spot on and attacks the stumps, unable to hoist it leg side and the ball rip through the stumps. 152/5 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14.00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5.33 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11.3 to MDE Holden, Spiteful shorter delivery on middle, steps leg-side and stabs it straigh to the man at short cover, taken right down his throat but a lot of damage has already been inflicted. 97/1 13.5 to Fakhar Zaman, nails a perfect yorker and he tries to manufacture for a scoop and missed it, umpire adjudges it lbw and he sends it upstairs for another look, three reds and he will have to leave, six runs shy of a half-century! Excellent yorker barrage with unerring accuracy. 114/2 | ||||||||||
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Match Flow
- Abu Dhabi Knight Riders innings
- Over 0.1: Review by Desert Vipers (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - WR Knights, Batter - PD Salt (Upheld)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 3 wickets)
- Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 6
- Strategic Timeout: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 66/3 in 9.0 overs (LS Livingstone 16, A Sharafu 15)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (LS Livingstone 17, A Sharafu 32, Ex 2)
- Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: 100 runs in 13.4 overs (82 balls), Extras 7
- LS Livingstone: 50 off 36 balls (1 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 129/4 in 16.0 overs (LS Livingstone 51, SE Rutherford 2)
- Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: 150 runs in 17.2 overs (104 balls), Extras 9
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 20 balls (LS Livingstone 26, SE Rutherford 23, Ex 1)
- Innings Break: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 181/5 in 20.0 overs (SE Rutherford 24, AD Russell 2)
- Desert Vipers innings
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 0 wicket)
- Desert Vipers: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 6
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (Fakhar Zaman 21, MDE Holden 26, Ex 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Desert Vipers - 80/0 in 9.0 overs (Fakhar Zaman 32, MDE Holden 39)
- MDE Holden: 50 off 41 balls (6 x 4)
- Desert Vipers: 100 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 9
- Strategic Timeout: Desert Vipers - 110/1 in 13.0 overs (Fakhar Zaman 42, Hasan Nawaz 7)
- Over 13.5: Review by Desert Vipers (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - MJ Saggers, Batter - Fakhar Zaman (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Desert Vipers: 150 runs in 17.2 overs (104 balls), Extras 12
Match Details
| Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | |
| Toss | Desert Vipers, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2025/26 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Hours of play (local time) | 18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50 |
| Match days | 16 December 2025 - night (20-over match) |
| DV Player Replacement | Impact player: in,  out (1st innings, 16.6 ov) |
| ADKR Player Replacement | Impact player: in,  out (1st innings, 19.6 ov) |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
| Points | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders 2, Desert Vipers 0 |
Language
English
Win Probability
ADKRÂ 100%
ADKRDV100%50%100%
Over 20 • DV 180/6
Khuzaima Tanveer c van Schalkwyk b Ajay Kumar 16 (9b 2x4 1x6) SR: 177.77
KnightRiders won by 1 runW
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