Mark Adair to Kusal Perera, 1 run, skiddy good length ball shaping in

Mark Adair to Muhammad Waseem, 1 run, to third man

Mark Adair to Kusal Perera, 1 run, to mid-off

Mark Adair to Kusal Perera, no run, skiddy back of a length ball on middle and leg, tucked towards mid-wicket. Kusal Perera wants a single but it's not on

Kusal Perera and Muhammad Waseem are at the crease. Kusal Perera is on strike. Mark Adair will open the attack

The players and the umpires are making their way out to the middle.

Pitch Report: There's a good covering of grass on this surface. The other things the bowlers will be looking at is the 61m square boundary, on the far side it's 73m and down the ground, it's a 75m hit. I think the pacers will enjoy bowling on this surface and it will be good for strokeplay overall as well, reckons Alan Wilkins.

MI Emirates Impact subs: Aryan Lakra, Zahoor Khan, Thomas Draca, Nosthush Kenjige, Jordan Thompson, Waqar Salamkheil, Andre Fletcher

Pitch Report: There's a good covering of grass on this surface. The other things the bowlers will be looking at is the 61m square boundary, on the far side it's 73m and down the ground, it's a 75m hit. I think the pacers will enjoy bowling on this surface and it will be good for strokeplay overall as well, reckons Alan Wilkins.

Gulf Giants Impact subs: Muhammad Uzair Khan, Saghir Khan, Dipendra Singh Airee, Dushan Hemantha, Dominic Drakes, Wahidullah Zadran, Tom Alsop

Pitch Report: There's a good covering of grass on this surface. The other things the bowlers will be looking at is the 61m square boundary, on the far side it's 73m and down the ground, it's a 75m hit. I think the pacers will enjoy bowling on this surface and it will be good for strokeplay overall as well, reckons Alan Wilkins.

Nicholas Pooran: (On the team batting first having won 8 of the last 10 games at this venue) Hopefully, that stat continues, we are happy to bat first. In the last game, the result didn't go our way but today we will try our best. We have one change.

James Vince: We are gonna have a bowl first. This pitch looks reasonably good, so we will fancy a bowl. Back-to-back game today and tomorrow, first we need to think about this game and think about tomorrow.

Teams:

Gulf Giants (Playing XI): James Vince(c), Ibrahim Zadran, Jordan Cox(w), Gerhard Erasmus, Shimron Hetmyer, Mark Adair, Aayan Afzal Khan, Tom Curran, Muhammad Zuhaib, Blessing Muzarabani, Daniel Worrall

MI Emirates (Playing XI): Muhammad Waseem, Kusal Perera, Tom Banton, Nicholas Pooran(w/c), Kieron Pollard, Dan Mousley, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Alzarri Joseph

Gulf Giants have won the toss and have opted to field

17:00 Local Time, 13:00 GMT, 18:30 IST: The third edition of ILT20 is gradually approaching its business stage. The MI Emirates are set to lock horns against the Gulf Giants in the second game of today’s double-header at Abu Dhabi. The MI Emirates are holding the second position in the points table and have been pretty good so far this season. Although MI were outplayed by the Knight Riders in their last game, a win tonight will help them to further bolster their second position on the table. Gulf Giants, on the other hand, have been off-colour. A solitary win from their five games means that they are currently the table laggards. If they are to turn their season around, they have to get on a roll starting from today. Expect a cracking contest! Toss and team lineups will be announced shortly...

Squads:

MI Emirates Squad: Muhammad Waseem, Tom Banton, Nicholas Pooran(w/c), Kieron Pollard, Dan Mousley, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Zahoor Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Alzarri Joseph, Waqar Salamkheil, Thomas Draca, Kusal Perera, Andre Fletcher, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Nosthush Kenjige, Jordan Thompson, Aryan Lakra, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Ben Charlesworth, AM Ghazanfar