Marcus Stoinis

FULL NAME

Marcus Stoinis

TEAMS

Dubai Capitals

Marcus Stoinis was part of the Australia side that won the T20 World Cup in 2021, and his career since has been defined by innings that change matches in ten balls. His unbeaten 124 off 63 balls for Lucknow Super Giants against Chennai Super Kings in the 2024 IPL — chasing 211 with three balls to spare — is one of the great T20 chases, and it captures his game: power, calm, and a refusal to be beaten by the asking rate. He has played more than 70 T20 internationals for Australia and has been a regular in the IPL and the Big Bash.

• Role: All-rounder
• Team: Dubai Capitals
• Batting: Right-handed
• Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast
• Born: 16 August 1989

He was one of four players the Capitals pre-signed before the auction, alongside Mustafizur Rahman, Noor Ahmad and Rovman Powell. That is a statement of intent: the champions built their retention around their match-winners, and Stoinis is the one who can win a game with either discipline.

Stoinis bats at four or five for the Capitals, behind du Plessis and Salt, and his job is to take the innings from the powerplay to the finish. He is at his best when the asking rate is climbing and the bowlers are under pressure — the exact situation the Capitals' top order creates when it fires, and the exact situation they need rescuing from when it does not. His bowling is the other half of the deal: two or three overs of medium pace, usually at the death, where his slower balls and yorkers have won games.

In a squad with Shanaka and Powell as fellow finishers, Stoinis is the senior one — the player du Plessis will look to when the game is on the line. His experience in World Cups and IPL playoffs is the reason the Capitals pre-signed him rather than risking the auction.

The Capitals' batting does not have a quiet phase. Salt and du Plessis attack the powerplay, Stoinis attacks the middle, and Shanaka and Powell finish — and if one of them fails, the next one hits just as hard. That is the champions' identity: a batting order where every player from one to seven can clear the ropes, and where a collapse is never fatal because the next batter is a match-winner too.

The champions open at home, and Stoinis walks into a middle order built for the ground: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders on Sunday 22 November, in the evening in Dubai.

• Match 3 — vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders: Sunday 22 November 2026, evening session, Dubai.
• Match 6 — vs Desert Vipers: Wednesday 25 November 2026, evening session, Dubai.
• Match 8 — vs Sharjah Warriorz: Friday 27 November 2026, evening session, Sharjah.

Qualifier 1 is on Tuesday 16 December, the Eliminator on Wednesday 17 December, Qualifier 2 on Friday 18 December in Sharjah, and the final on Sunday 20 December in Dubai.

The full list of every ILT20 fixture is on the ILT20 Schedule page. Follow every result as it happens on SialTV, with the points table updated after every match day.