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Gulf Giants vs Desert Vipers Prediction: ILT20 Season 5 Match 29

Match preview · By the ILT20 Web Desk · Published 29 October 2026, 4:09 pm GST (5:09 pm PKT)

Match preview. Last updated: 31 October 2026.

Gulf Giants vs Desert Vipers Prediction is the note for ILT20 Season 5 Match 29, a League game on Sunday 13 December 2026 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. 6:30 pm GST. Our one-line opinion sits in the prediction section and is not a result. The full list of dates is the ILT20 Season 5 schedule. Last updated: 31 October 2026.

Gulf Giants vs Desert Vipers Match 29: Date, Time and Venue

Match 29 is on Sunday 13 December 2026 in Dubai. This is meeting number 2 between these sides in the Season 5 fixture list. Opener on 21 November and the final on 20 December are both here. Fifteen of the 34 matches are scheduled in Dubai. Add it from the schedule if you want a reminder. Gulf Giants pages sit with the Gulf Giants team guide and Desert Vipers with the Desert Vipers team guide.

Kickoff clocks for this match: 6:30 pm GST. GST is the default on the page. The buttons move PKT, IST and UTC together.

Gulf Giants vs Desert Vipers Head-to-Head Record in ILT20

The finals record below is the part this desk will stand behind for Gulf Giants and Desert Vipers. League meetings outside finals are not invented into a win column. A final is one night, not a law for the next one. This page is for meeting 2 of these two clubs on the Season 5 list.

Gulf Giants Form and Team News

For Match 29, Gulf Giants meet Desert Vipers on Sunday 13 December 2026 in Dubai. Jos Buttler is captain and Simon Helmot is head coach. Titles on this record: 2023. The inaugural champions loaded the top order with Buttler, Klaasen, Miller and Livingstone. Established names on the current list include Jos Buttler, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Liam Livingstone. The reported fee was USD 350,000 to Gulf Giants, via auction. This tournament has not started, so there is no Season 5 streak to quote. Injuries and call-ups are to be announced, not guessed from a surname.

Desert Vipers Form and Team News

For Match 29, Desert Vipers meet Gulf Giants on Sunday 13 December 2026 in Dubai. Babar Azam is captain and James Foster is head coach. Titles on this record: 2025-26. Defending champions, with Babar Azam taking the armband for his first ILT20 season. Established names on the current list include Babar Azam, Joe Clarke, Andries Gous, Shimron Hetmyer. The reported fee was USD 150,000 to Desert Vipers, via auction. This tournament has not started, so there is no Season 5 streak to quote. Injuries and call-ups are to be announced, not guessed from a surname.

Gulf Giants vs Desert Vipers Probable Playing 11

Gulf Giants predicted XI

This is a predicted group from the published Gulf Giants squad, not a confirmed playing XI. Jos Buttler is the listed captain, so the name is first. The other ten places are not knowable from an October list. Injuries and international call-ups are to be announced.

1. Jos Buttler (predicted)
2. David Miller (predicted)
3. Heinrich Klaasen (predicted)
4. Liam Livingstone (predicted)
5. Curtis Campher (predicted)
6. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (predicted)
7. Ibrahim Zadran (predicted)
8. Azmatullah Omarzai (predicted)
9. David Wiese (predicted)
10. Alzarri Joseph (predicted)
11. Shamar Joseph (predicted)

Desert Vipers predicted XI

This is a predicted group from the published Desert Vipers squad, not a confirmed playing XI. Babar Azam is the listed captain, so the name is first. The other ten places are not knowable from an October list. Injuries and international call-ups are to be announced.

1. Babar Azam (predicted)
2. Joe Clarke (predicted)
3. Andries Gous (predicted)
4. Shimron Hetmyer (predicted)
5. Harry Tector (predicted)
6. Dan Lawrence (predicted)
7. Mujeeb Ur Rahman (predicted)
8. Shadab Khan (predicted)
9. Naseem Shah (predicted)
10. Fakhar Zaman (predicted)
11. David Payne (predicted)

Dubai International Cricket Stadium Pitch Report and Conditions

Match 29, Gulf Giants against Desert Vipers on Sunday 13 December 2026, is at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Opener on 21 November and the final on 20 December are both here. Fifteen of the 34 matches are scheduled in Dubai. Capacity on the list used here is 25,000. Also called Dubai International Stadium in some reports. An average first-innings score for this Season 5 date is to be announced. This page does not paste an old sample and call it new. Sharjah has a reputation for shorter boundaries. Abu Dhabi has often played slower in day games in past winters. Dubai hosts both the opener and the final. Those are reputations, not a toss rule for Match 29. Weather for this date is to be announced.

Key Players to Watch in Gulf Giants vs Desert Vipers

Jos Buttler

Jos Buttler is the wicketkeeper to watch for Gulf Giants against Desert Vipers in Match 29. No auction price is listed for this player because we could not verify one in the reports we checked. A squad place is still not a confirmed start.

David Miller

David Miller is the batter to watch for Gulf Giants against Desert Vipers in Match 29. The league highlighted this name as a pre-auction signing on 11 August 2026. A squad place is still not a confirmed start.

Heinrich Klaasen

Heinrich Klaasen is the wicketkeeper to watch for Gulf Giants against Desert Vipers in Match 29. The league highlighted this name as a pre-auction signing on 11 August 2026. A squad place is still not a confirmed start.

Babar Azam

Babar Azam is the batter to watch for Desert Vipers in this Match 29 meeting with Gulf Giants. The reported fee was USD 80,000 to Desert Vipers, via auction. Form from Season 5 is to be announced.

Joe Clarke

Joe Clarke is the wicketkeeper to watch for Desert Vipers in this Match 29 meeting with Gulf Giants. No auction price is listed for this player because we could not verify one in the reports we checked. Form from Season 5 is to be announced.

Andries Gous

Andries Gous is the wicketkeeper to watch for Desert Vipers in this Match 29 meeting with Gulf Giants. No auction price is listed for this player because we could not verify one in the reports we checked. Form from Season 5 is to be announced.

Gulf Giants vs Desert Vipers Match Prediction: Who Will Win?

Our opinion, not a model and not a guarantee: the lean is Desert Vipers. The reasons are public and narrow. Defending champions, with Babar Azam taking the armband for his first ILT20 season. The other side still has Jos Buttler as captain and a full squad list. A toss, a dew note and an injury can reverse a sentence written in October. There is no win percentage on this page, because we did not run one.

Read the Gulf Giants squad and the Desert Vipers squad before you treat any name as locked. The Gulf Giants vs Desert Vipers Prediction above is a pre-season lean for Match 29. Check the sheet on the day. Source note: the season compilation on Wikipedia's 2026 ILT20 page and the reports cited on the auction page. Checked 30 October 2026.

Match 29 scorecard

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