The inaugural season of the International League T20 is set to be played at three venues in UAE. The pitches in Dubai have been more balanced between batting and bowling as compared to the Sharjah ground in UAE.
The first match of the league will be played on January 13th (Friday) in Dubai, where Rovman Powell's Dubai Capitals will clash against Sunil Narine's Abu Dhabi Knight Riders.
A total of eight 5-wicket hauls have been registered in Dubai in T20s. Here are the best bowling figures and 5-fers in T20s at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai.
6/24 – Former ace Pakistan pacer Umar Gul holds the record for the best T20 bowling figures at Dubai International Stadium. Playing for Multan Sultans in PSL 2018, Umar Gul picked up 6 wickets for just 24 runs against Quetta Gladiators.
Shaheen Shah Afridi, Bhuveneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Sami, Imad Wasim, Adam Zampa, Qasim Zubair and Arshdeep Singh are other bowlers to have taken five-wicket hauls at the venue.
Here are the most runs conceded by a bowler in T20s at Dubai International Stadium.
60 runs – Ace Australia pacer Mitchell Starc holds the unwanted record of conceding the most runs in a T20 match at this venue, conceding 60 runs in his 4 overs against New Zealand in the final of the T20 World Cup 2021.
Anwar Ali – PSL, Fareed Ahmad – Asia Cup, Sohail Khan – PSL and Dale Steyn – IPL have all conceded 57 runs in four-over T20 spells at the venue.
T20 Hat-tricks at Dubai International Stadium:
A total of 3 hat-tricks have been registered at Dubai International Stadium. Mohammad Amir did the first T20 hat-trick at this venue in PSL 2016 match against Lahore Qalandars while playing for Multan Sultans.
In turn, Junaid Khan picked up a hat trick while playing for Multan Sultans against Lahore Qalandars in PSL 2018 match.
Harshal Patel was the third bowler to achieve this feat in Dubai with his hat-trick against Mumbai Indians while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2021.