🏏T20 Asia Cup 2025- Ind vs UAE 2nd Match, Group A, Dubai 🏏 - Page 4

Surya seemed in a jovial mood at the toss, just as he was in the captains' presser. "Don't look," he told Waseem as he was preparing to flip the coin in the air.

It's time for the toss. Suryakumar and Waseem are out there in the middle alongside Sanjay Manjrekar. India have not won a toss in, well, a while. Waseem calls heads but tails it is. India win the toss and this is not a drill. India will bowl first. He says there could be a bit of dew with it being quite humid, although he does add that they are flexible to do anything. They came in early and he reckons everyone looks prepared.

India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy

Pitch Report: Russel Arnold says the conditions should remain the same throughout. The square boundaries are skewed - 62m to one side and 75m to the other. There are a few cracks but they won't come into play, he says, and the pitch looks rock hard. There are a few bare patches too, meaning it could be slightly two-paced and unpredictable. Manjrekar chimes in, saying that it is quite clear which end spinners and seamers would want to operate from because one end seems barer than the other.

India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy

Surya seemed in a jovial mood at the toss, just as he was in the captains' presser. "Don't look," he told Waseem as he was preparing to flip the coin in the air.

United Arab Emirates (Playing XI): Muhammad Waseem(c), Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra(w), Asif Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Haider Ali, Dhruv Parashar, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Junaid Siddique, Simranjeet Singh

India XI: Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah

Surya seemed in a jovial mood at the toss, just as he was in the captains' presser. "Don't look," he told Waseem as he was preparing to flip the coin in the air. Oh wow, there are some interesting calls as we look at the team sheets. India are going with just one genuine fast bowler in Jasprit Bumrah along with Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube. There's no Arshdeep Singh. Instead, both Kuldeep and Varun are in. Also, Sanju Samon is playing over Jitesh Sharma.

India won a toss after ages

Teams:

United Arab Emirates (Playing XI): Muhammad Waseem(c), Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra(w), Asif Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Haider Ali, Dhruv Parashar, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Junaid Siddique, Simranjeet Singh

India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy