MI Emirates vs Gulf Giants match prediction and playing 11

• Option 2: Jordon Thompson in for Nicholas Pooran (335 expected points, against 337)
• Option 3: Muhammad Waseem in for Nicholas Pooran (335 expected points, against 337)

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Close call: Jos Buttler and Liam Livingstone are only 1.7 expected points apart, so either is a sound captain. Jos Buttler tops this XI more often in our simulations (16% against 15%). Captaining Liam Livingstone is a differential pick that fewer teams are likely to make.

• The captain earns double and the vice-captain one and a half times their points, so these two picks swing a fantasy team more than any other. Put your two highest expected scorers there.
• When expected points are close, prefer the player who tops the scoring more often (the simulated share and the record below), or pick the other one as a differential that fewer teams will have.
• All-rounders and top-order batters are steadier picks: they can score with the bat, the ball and in the field.

• Exp. pts: from the player's recent T20s (up to 25, shown under the name), newest counting most.
• Top scorer / top two: how often the player scores the most (or is in the top two) in this XI, over 4,000 simulated matches.
• Best C / VC: how often the player was the match's top (or second-top) fantasy scorer, across both teams, in their T20s of the last three years; not how many people picked them. How we calculate this

• MI Emirates vs Gulf Giants head to head
• MI Emirates: stats and players
• Gulf Giants: stats and players
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• ILT20 2026 points table
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