At the end of 17 overs, Hales left the field with a score of 173, with 10 fours and 5 sixes in his innings. In the end, Sherfane Rutherford took the score to 200 runs in 15 balls.

In reply, Gulf Giants lost 3 wickets for 30 runs. After that, the scene of the match changed with the 117-run partnership of Hetmyer and Lynn. Hetmeyer stopped at 70 runs in 35 balls with 5 fours and sixes. Lynn scored 71 runs in 42 balls with 8 fours and 3 sixes.

In both these innings, the foundation of victory was formed, which was finished by David Wiese and Liam Dawson. They left the field with an unbroken partnership of 34 runs. Wiese was unbeaten on 22 and Dawson on 16. Gulf Giants scored 196 runs for 5 wickets in 19.3 overs.

Gulf Giants are at the top with 8 points from four matches. After the first defeat, Desert Vipers is in second place with 6 points.

On Sunday (January 22), Rovman Powell’s batting storm made a mountain of 222 runs in Dubai, which the Emirates could not reach. After winning three matches in a row, they lost.

Dubai won by 16 runs. They lost just 3 wickets and scored the highest runs of this season. In response, Emirates stopped at 206 runs for 5 wickets.

Dubai scored 59 runs in just 6 overs, without losing any wickets. Robin Uthappa and Joe Root broke the partnership in the ninth over, the team scored 78 runs. Uthappa stopped at 26 runs. Then root and Rovman’s batting dominated. The 119-run partnership was broken in the 19th over of the innings. Root scored 82 runs in 54 balls with 8 fours and 3 sixes. Rovman was out on the last ball.

The Windies batsman was running towards the century by hitting three sixes in the last over. It took three runs off the last ball, but Schmidt was caught. Rovman scored 97 runs in 41 balls with four fours and 10 sixes. Later, he took 1 wicket for 28 runs with the ball.

Emirates could not get the controlled bowling of Dubai. They lost 3 wickets for 26 runs. If Kieron Pollard gives a hint of a fight by storming. Najibullah Zadran and Samit Patel reduced the gap after he was dismissed for 86 off 38 balls with 8 fours and 6 sixes. In the end, they had to stop at 206 runs. Najibullah scored 30 off 9 balls and Samit scored 18 runs off 6 balls.

Emirates is in third place in the table with 6 points from 4 matches. Dubai is in fourth place with 4 points in 5 matches.