India won the toss and chose to field first against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the second match of the ACC Men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.
Playing XIs
India: Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy and Jasprit Bumrah.
UAE: Muhammad Waseem(c), Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra(w), Asif Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Haider Ali, Dhruv Parashar, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Junaid Siddique and Simranjeet Singh.
Head-to-head
India and the UAE have only played each other once in T20Is, which was during the 2016 Asia Cup at Mirpur.
The former champions won the only game by nine wickets, thanks to a strong bowling performance and Rohit Sharma’s 39 off 28 and Yuvraj Singh’s 14-ball 25.
Matches: 1
India: 1
UAE: 0
Form Guide
India has only lost one of their past five T20Is, while the UAE is on a five-match losing run. This gives both teams different advantages going into the match.
The current world champions last played in the shortest format in February when they hosted England for a five-match series and won 4–1.
On the other hand, the UAE hosted Pakistan and Afghanistan in the T20I tri-series, which ended earlier this month, and they didn’t win a single game.
India: W, W, L, W, WÂ (most recent first)
UAE: L, L, L, L, L
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