ILT20 2025 – Desert Vipers vs Dubai Capitals Tips and Betting Preview

The last match in the regular season stage of ILT20 2025 takes place on Monday when the table topping Desert Vipers go up against the Dubai Capitals to round off the first stage of a very competitive campaign.

The Vipers know that they are going to get two chances to make the final once the postseason start next week while the Capitals now know that they will be in the finals but a win here would give them the two goes at making it to the title showdown.

Desert Vipers

This has been a wonderful campaign for the Desert Vipers so far but they will be well aware that it won’t mean a great deal if they don’t go on and crown it by winning the title now. They have won seven of their nine matches in the competition to date and know that whatever happens in this match they will finish the regular season on top of the table. That only earns them two goes to make the final next week should they need them so they need to maintain their intensity through to then.

The Vipers came out on top in a fairly low scoring match in the previous game and that was heavily assisted by their bowlers but when they have needed their batters to come to the party they generally have done. The thing I have liked about the Vipers this season is that they have contributed as a collective rather than having any exceptional individuals. They only have one batter in the top eight run scorers in the competition and just one bowler in the top seven wicket takers so this is a collective top effort.

Dubai Capitals

The Dubai Capitals guaranteed their progression in the competition when they beat the MI Emirates on Sunday and now they have a free crack at trying to make it into the top two in the table. Despite their win on Sunday, this has been an inconsistent campaign for the Capitals, although I highlighted at the beginning of the tournament that they would be the obvious candidates for getting better the longer the season went on as some key players were late arriving from the Big Bash League.

The Capitals have won four of their last five matches so they have definitely built their way into the competition. Their batting has tended to fire more often than it hasn’t and with Dave Warner and Sam Billings having joined up with the squad that has certainly helped in that regard. Their bowling hasn’t always got the job done for them and certainly does look like the weakest part of their game but they are just about holding their nerve more often than not.


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Key Players

Wanindu Hasaranga has had a solid tournament and you get the feeling that if the Desert Vipers are going to go on and be crowned champions he will need to have a decent final week. He can warm up for that here.

Dave Warner has arrived for the Dubai Capitals now and fresh from top scoring for the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League he is looking to contribute heavily to the fortunes of the Capitals. He doesn’t have any captaincy responsibilities here so he has complete freedom to bat well.

Betting

This match takes place in Sharjah and that is very welcome for us punters because this contest looks designed for sixes to be hit. This is a nothing game in essence for the Desert Vipers so they can attack it with freedom and on a ground like this that is very dangerous for the Dubai Capitals. The Capitals will want to win this match and enjoy the rewards which come with the second placed finish it would secure them but their season isn’t over should they lose so there is an element of pressure off them too.

The sixes line for this match is 13.5 which has been a low line for most of the tournament and without the greatest amount of competitive pressure on this game and one or two key bowlers potentially being rested to ensure that they are fresh for the business part of the competition. These two met in a low scoring match in Dubai earlier in the competition where 139 played 140 and there were 15 sixes in that game. Both batting units have been reinforced since then and this is a smaller ground with not so much pressure on the game so plenty points to the over in this one.

Tips

Back Over 13.5 sixes for a 3/10 stake at 2.00 with Betfair

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