India to Field First Against UAE in Asia Cup 2025

DUBAI: In the second match of the ACC Men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025, India won the toss and elected to bowl first against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

Squads
  • India: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson.
  • UAE: Muhammad Waseem (c), Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma (wk), Asif Khan, Dhruv Parashar, Ethan D’Souza, Haider Ali, Harshit Kaushik, Junaid Siddique, Matiullah Khan, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra (wk), Rohid Khan, Simranjeet Singh, Saghir Khan.
Head-to-Head Record

India and UAE have only met once in T20Is, during the 2016 Asia Cup in Mirpur.

The former champions secured a convincing nine-wicket victory in that match, driven by a strong bowling display, Rohit Sharma’s 39 from 28 balls, and Yuvraj Singh’s quickfire 25 off 14 deliveries.

  • Matches: 1
  • India: 1
  • UAE: 0
Current Form

India enters this match with significant momentum, having suffered only one defeat in their last five T20Is. In contrast, the UAE are currently on a five-match losing streak.

The reigning world champions last participated in a T20I series in February, hosting England for five matches and winning the series 4-1.

The UAE recently hosted Pakistan and Afghanistan in a T20I tri-series earlier this month but were unable to secure a win in any of their matches.

  • India: W, W, L, W, W (most recent first)
  • UAE: L, L, L, L, L