ILT20 2025: Sharjah Warriorz vs Desert Vipers – Match Preview

Sharjah Warriorz will square off against Desert Vipers in the 18th match of the ongoing ILT20 2025 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on Saturday. While Desert Vipers is at the top of the standings, Sharjah Warriorz is in penultimate place in the points table.

When these two teams met recently, Desert Vipers registered a convincing 10-wicket win against Sharjah Warriorz. We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.

Current form of Desert Vipers: W L W W W 

Desert Vipers is in pole position after five wins in six games and they would aim to carry the good show. Lockie Ferguson’s team registered a thumping win against Sharjah Warriorz after Mohammad Amir bagged four wickets.

Current form of Sharjah Warriorz: L L W L W

Sharjah Warriorz were skittled out for a paltry score of 91 runs against Desert Vipers in their previous game and they must come up with an improved batting show to challenge the table-toppers.

Head to Head: Matches: 6, Won by Desert Vipers: 4, Won by Sharjah Warriorz: 2.

Players to watch out for: Tim Southee, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Adam Milne, Adil Rashid, and Jason Roy will hold the key for Sharjah Warriorz.

Sam Curran, Daniel Lawrence, Fakhar Zaman, Alex Hales, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammad Amir, and Wanindu Hasaranga will be the crucial players for the Desert Vipers.

Desert Vipers Squad: Fakhar Zaman, Alex Hales, Daniel Lawrence, Sam Curran, Sherfane Rutherford, Tanish Suri(w), Ali Naseer, Lockie Ferguson(c), Nathan Sowter, Luke Wood, Mohammad Amir, Max Holden, Azam Khan, Michael Jones, David Payne, Adam Hose, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kushal Malla, Dhruv Parashar, Khuzaima Tanveer

Sharjah Warriorz Squad: Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Johnson Charles(w), Jason Roy, Rohan Mustafa, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Karim Janat, Keemo Paul, Harmeet Singh, Adil Rashid, Adam Milne, Tim Southee(c), Muhammad Jawadullah, Luke Wells, Kusal Mendis, Avishka Fernando, Virandeep Singh, Dilshan Madushanka, Junaid Siddique, Treveen Mathew, Ethan DSouza