1. Dubai stadium pitch report
The Dubai International Cricket Stadium have often produced a middling pitch with a total in the vicinity of 160 often proves a winning one. Like any other pitch in the UAE, the Dubai strip too is on the sluggish side that goes slow as the match progresses. The average first innings score at this venue in IPL is 144 as compared to the overall T20 average first innings score of 158 at this venue.
2. Dubai weather
Even considering the fact that matches are conducted in the late evening time and this is generally the winter season in the Middle East, the temperature at Dubai will hover around the 40 degree Celsius mark at day time here, and the evening will some dip, bringing in the dew factor into play.
3. T20 records at Dubai
T20 matches: 93
Matches won by teams batting first: 38
Matches won by teams batting second: 54
Highest 1st innings score: 219/2 - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals, 2020
Lowest 1st innings score: 59 -- Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi, 2017
Highest successful run chase: 203/8 - Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars, 2016
Average 1st innings score: 158
4. IPL 2020 records
Total Matches: 26
Matches won by the team batting first: 14 + (2 in super over): 16
Matches won by the team batting second: 9 + (1 in super over): 10
Tied: 3 (went to the Super Over)
Highest team score while batting first: Sunrisers Hyderabad - 219/2 vs DC
Highest team score while batting second: MI - 201/2 while chasing RCB's 201
Lowest team score while batting first: Delhi Capitals - 110/9 vs Mumbai Indias
Lowest team score while batting second; RCB - 109/10 when chasing PBKS's 206
Biggest total chased: CSK chased Punjab's 178
Best bowling figures for a spinner: Rashid Khan of Sunrisers - 3/7 vs DC
Best bowling figures for a pacer: Jasprit Bumrah of Mumbai - 4/14 vs DC
Total wickets taken by spinners: 95 (3.6 wickets per match)
Total wickets taken by pacers: 188 (7.2 wickets per match)
The fifties scored by batsmen: 48 (Average 2 fifties per match)
Highest individual score: KL Rahul (Punjab Kings) - 132 (69) vs RCB