UAE vs Ireland 3rd T20I Betting Tips 10/10/2021

02:57, 10 Oct 2021

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02:57, 10 Oct 2021

Zohaib Ahmed is a sports journalist whose profession is to report and edit but whose passion is to predict and bet. He’s been in the industry for more than a decade and has worked/written for various bookmakers/tipsters. His expertise is in cricket, football, MMA, boxing and basketball.

The third and final T20I between UAE and Ireland will be played on October 10 (Sunday) at ICC Academy. The match is scheduled to begin at 10:30am IST.

Teams Status

UAE

Few gave UAE a chance in the series but they caused a massive upset in the second T20I, not just beating Ireland but doing it by quite a margin.

The 54-run victory kept the series alive and set us up for an exciting finale.

The architects of UAE’s surprise win were several. Batting first, their opener Chirag Suri scored 51 off 44, which though important, was a bit on the slower side. Thus, Basil Hamid (39 off 20) and Kashif Daud (12 off 7) provided late fireworks.

With the ball, they had two distinct heroes. Palaniapan Meiyappan was the star of the show stats-wise, as evident by his figures of 25-4. That said, the impact of Akif Raja up front could not be ignored. His demolition job up front wrecked the Irish top order and laid the ground work on which Meiyappan did his work.

Ireland

As in the opening T20I, the Irish got off to a brilliant start in the second T20I, removing UAE opener Muhammad Waseem for a duck but that’s where the similarities ended.

Instead of rolling over their hosts again, they faced uncharacteristic and unlikely resurgence, and a stubbornness missing in the series opener.

A target of 164 should still not have troubled the Irish batting unit that carries much more talent than the Middle East side. But UAE bowlers never let the Irish batters settled, dealing damage at regular intervals and eventually folding their visitors for a mere 109.

The highest scorer was Curtis Campher with 22, but other than that no one could really do anything of note.

What Do the Sportsbooks Say?

Brand	UAE	Ireland
	2.75	1.44
	2.765	1.448
	3.20	1.38

Ireland are the favourites for this fixture. 22Bet has Ireland priced at 1.448 and UAE at 2.765. MelBet has Ireland available for 1.44 and UAE for 2.75. Lastly, Dafabet has Ireland priced at 1.38 and UAE at 3.20.

Tipster’s Angle

Tip: Ireland to win @ 1.448

Ireland have had their wakeup call and for our purpose their stunning defeat has boosted the odds for them. Now it makes much more sense for us to back Ireland. It is still a heavy chalk play but we think the disparity in talent still exists, and the chances of Ireland losing again are slim. The play can be found on 22Bet.

Tip: Paul Stirling total runs over 28.5 @ 1.83

After a half century in the opening T20I, Paul Stirling failed in the last game, scoring just one off five balls before perishing. A batsman of his caliber must respond after such a failure. The spread at 28.5 runs is a bit high but we think he has what it takes to cover that. The play can be found on 22Bet.