KnightRiders vs DC, Eliminator at Dubai, ILT20, Jan 01 2026 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
Eliminator (N), Dubai (DICS), January 01, 2026, International League T20
Abu Dhabi Knight Riders  (20 ovs maximum)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c sub (SW Currie) b Mohammad Nabi | 43 | 34 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 126.47 | |||
| run out (Muhammad Jawadullah/Haider Ali) | 72 | 49 | 68 | 7 | 3 | 146.93 | |||
| b Haider Ali | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| c Willey b Mohammad Nabi | 4 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |||
| st †Shayan Jahangir b Mohammad Nabi | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |||
| c Powell b Waqar Salamkheil | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |||
| not out | 22 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 200.00 | |||
| run out (†Shayan Jahangir/Willey) | 3 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 2, w 5) | 9 | |||||||
| Total | 20 Ov (RR: 7.90) | 158/7 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-122 (Phil Salt, 13.3 ov), 2-124 (Michael Pepper, 14.1 ov), 3-124 (Andre Russell, 14.3 ov), 4-127 (Alishan Sharafu, 15.1 ov), 5-130 (Alex Hales, 16.1 ov), 6-142 (Liam Livingstone, 17.4 ov), 7-158 (Brandon McMullen, 19.6 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 6.25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
13.3 to PD Salt, Touch fuller on middle and leg, skips down the track and tries to hit along his merry way, hasn't got all if it, plenty of height but not enough distance, gobbled by sub S Currie at cow corner, a responsible knock on a big night. 122/1 15.1 to A Sharafu, Around the wicket and he bowls it quick through the air, shorter on leg-stump, skedaddles down the track in a bid to club it downtown and plays down the wrong line, keeper it quick to light up the zingers and Sharafu is short of his crease, great passage of play for Capitals and a fabulous opportunity to restrict them under 180. 127/4 17.4 to LS Livingstone, Livingstone's ebullience comes to an end as well, what a comeback from Capitals, shows how important it is to keep wickets and for the set batters to stay long on this pitch! Once again, a quicker one with not much room to break free, he has to go for the boundaries and tries to lift it up and over midwicket, not much force behind the shot and gobbled by Willey at midwicket, still some batting left. 142/6 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 8.25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 8.50 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
14.3 to AD Russell, Capitals are on fine! Outfoxed him with a pinpoint accurate yorker and totally gobsmacked him with a full delivery, he wasn't expecting this at all, opened the face to cut and the shot wasn't on, perhaps still recovering from the terrible mix-up on the last delivery and not quite in the moment. 124/3 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
16.1 to AD Hales, Gets the big fish! Tossed up from over the wicket, fuller and moves away a touch outside off, tries to go big downtown, plenty of height but not enough distance to clear the rope at long-on, Powell, is safe as a house, and makes no mistake, was lured with a bat and he bit it. 130/5 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Dubai Capitals  (T: 159 runs from 20 ovs)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Sharafu b Holder | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 137.50 | |||
| lbw b Narine | 8 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 133.33 | |||
| c Pepper b Ajay Kumar | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 200.00 | |||
| c Russell b Narine | 7 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 70.00 | |||
| b Narine | 7 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 70.00 | |||
| c sub (GHS Garton) b Livingstone | 12 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 | |||
| c Sharafu b Livingstone | 19 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 146.15 | |||
| c Pepper b Holder | 27 | 21 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 128.57 | |||
| lbw b Livingstone | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| not out | 1 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| c Pepper b Holder | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 1, nb 1, w 2) | 4 | |||||||
| Total | 16.2 Ov (RR: 6.61) | 108 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Toby Albert, 1.2 ov), 2-31 (Jordan Cox, 2.5 ov), 3-35 (Shayan Jahangir, 3.4 ov), 4-43 (Navin Bidaisee, 5.4 ov), 5-49 (Gulbadin Naib, 7.3 ov), 6-64 (Rovman Powell, 9.4 ov), 7-79 (James Neesham, 11.3 ov), 8-84 (David Willey, 13.1 ov), 9-108 (Mohammad Nabi, 16.1 ov), 10-108 (Muhammad Jawadullah, 16.2 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 8.00 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
2.5 to JM Cox, On a length and sends it whooshing away in the channel, follows it and gets beaten on the outside edge and a belated appeal for a caught behind, they want another look and it's masterstroke, gets a feather edge and another timely scalp for ADKR. 31/2 | ||||||||||
| 3.2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 5.40 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1.2 to TE Albert, Touch short and decimates a touch from middle-stump, sharp bounce as he always gets, caught up in two minds, plays a nothing shot in the end, gets the leading edge and is taken by Sharafu, not through the shot fully and the error costs him a wicket, exactly the doctor prescribed for ADKR, captain leads the way. 11/1 16.1 to Mohammad Nabi, Around the wicket, edged and taken and that looks like the killer blow! Pushed wider across off on a length and he was not going to hold back, tries to hammer it up and over extra cover, gets the toe-end part of the bat and snaffled by the keeper, with his wicket, he takes away all the hopes for any upset. 108/9 16.2 to Muhammad Jawadullah, Sensational comeback and Jason Holder, you beauty, galvanized his team superbly and ADKR made a roaring comeback in this game, gets back-to-back wickets, asking him to flay at the fuller wide once and he obliges, chases it for a drive and another edge gobbled by Pepper! That will the end of defending champions campaign and Knight Riders will have another chance to make it to the final!. 108/10 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3.4 to Shayan Jahangir, That looks very close and hits the pads, triggers a prolonged and convincing lbw appeal in unison, Rod Tucker takes a his time before raising his finger, send upstairs. Pitching outside off, impact in line and hitting wickets on leg-stump, hitting it fully and so the on-field decision stands. Capitals in a spot of bother. 35/3 5.4 to N Bidaisee, Rips through the stumps! What a teasing angle, from around the wicket, he lands it on a shortish length and it jags back viciously as he attempts an ambitious off-drive and the ball moves in to wreck the stumps, that's a Narine special for you, big players step up in big games! four batters back in the room and we're still not done with the powerplay!. 43/4 7.3 to Gulbadin Naib, Fielders swarming around the bat and the West Indians are turning it on, they are champions and have done it for so many franchises and for their national team, shortish ball veering away and tempting him to follow the line, he wad drawn forward to pat it away and got a tiny edge to the slip. ADKR are on a fire, half of the team is back in the hut, and now the 159 total looks a very steep mountain to climb. Excellent bowling upfront, haven't erred at all and the bowlers have brought their AAA game forward, kept them on a leash. 49/5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 6.50 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
9.4 to R Powell, Oh, that has been tanked out of the screws and sent miles up in the sky, lures him with the bait with an extra bit of flight, landed on a length and spins into his pads, he gives him a charge and got plenty of it but the fielder was perfectly stationed for the ploy and Garton takes a gem. 64/6 11.3 to JDS Neesham, Landed fuller and outside off, nothing working for Dubai Capitals, he got down to get underneath and drags it flat to long-on, taken in the deep with no fuss, reverse cupped by Sharafu, arms aloft from Livingstone in celebration. Terrific response from the bowlers, they have a game out of a modest total and Capitals have looked out of sorts right from the start. 79/7 13.1 to DJ Willey, wheels continue to come off and another one perishes! Livingstone with a golden arm gets another apparently, given. by the on-field umpire but sent upstairs. Livingstone can do no wrong tonight, irksome angle from around the wicket, shaping it in from a length and gets just enough drift and inward movement to cause confusion in the batter's mind, he lunged at it and missed, hitting middle and leg, all reds mean Willey has to take the long walk back to the pavilion. What a power packed performance from ADKR! It will be statement win and they seem to be fully ready for the Qualifier 2. Asking rate demands big shots but it's all chaos at the moment from Capitals. 84/8 | ||||||||||
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Match Flow
- Abu Dhabi Knight Riders innings
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 55 runs, 0 wicket)
- Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 7
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (PD Salt 12, MS Pepper 31, Ex 7)
- Strategic Timeout: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 72/0 in 8.0 overs (PD Salt 19, MS Pepper 46)
- MS Pepper: 50 off 35 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- MS Pepper: 50 off 36 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: 100 runs in 10.4 overs (64 balls), Extras 8
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 64 balls (PD Salt 37, MS Pepper 58, Ex 8)
- Strategic Timeout: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 127/4 in 15.1 overs (LS Livingstone 1)
- Over 17.5: Review by Dubai Capitals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - B McMullen (Struck down)
- Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: 150 runs in 19.2 overs (116 balls), Extras 9
- Innings Break: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 158/7 in 20.0 overs (JO Holder 22)
- Dubai Capitals innings
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 2.5: Review by Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Asif Iqbal, Batter - JM Cox (Upheld)
- Over 3.4: Review by Dubai Capitals (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - Shayan Jahangir (Struck down)
- Over 7.1: Review by Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - R Powell (Struck down)
- Dubai Capitals: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (47 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Dubai Capitals - 61/5 in 9.0 overs (R Powell 11, JDS Neesham 4)
- Over 13.1: Review by Dubai Capitals (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batter - DJ Willey (Struck down)
- Dubai Capitals: 100 runs in 15.2 overs (93 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Dubai Capitals - 108/8 in 16.0 overs (Mohammad Nabi 27, Haider Ali 1)
Match Details
| Dubai International Cricket Stadium | |
| Toss | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2025/26 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | Abu Dhabi Knight Riders advanced |
| 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 | 1 January 2026 - night (20-over match) |
| ADKR Player Replacement | Impact player: in,  out (1st innings, 19.6 ov) |
| DC Player Replacement | Impact player: in,  out (1st innings, 16.6 ov) |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
Language
English
Win Probability
ADKRÂ 100%
ADKRDC100%50%100%
Over 17 • DC 108/10
Mohammad Nabi c Pepper b Holder 27 (21b 1x4 2x6 29m) SR: 128.57
W
Muhammad Jawadullah c Pepper b Holder 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 1m) SR: 0
KnightRiders won by 50 runsW
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