NEW DELHI: India kick off their Asia Cup 2025 marketing campaign on Wednesday towards hosts United Arab Emirates on the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. With eight Asia Cup titles, essentially the most by any crew, the defending champions will goal for a report-extending ninth crown below skipper Suryakumar Yadav and head coach Gautam Gambhir.India arrive in the UAE as favourites, carrying an impressive report of 24 wins and solely three losses since final 12 months’s world event.
Suryakumar upbeat forward of opener
At the pre-match press convention, Suryakumar highlighted each the problem of dealing with UAE and the posh of having half-time bowling choices in the squad.“They (UAE) play an exciting brand of cricket. Recently they came very, very close against strong teams. We are really excited to play them,” he mentioned.On India’s depth, he added: “We don’t want to rely too much on part-timers, but when a top or middle-order batter gives you an extra over, it’s always good for the captain. On slow pitches, that flexibility can be crucial.”
Asia Cup 2025: Players to look at
Shubman Gill (VC): In crimson-sizzling kind after the Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy in England, Gill has already scored 578 runs in 21 T20Is, together with a blazing 126 and 4 half-centuries*.Jasprit Bumrah: India’s strike bowler was good in the 2024 T20 World Cup, taking 15 wickets in 8 matches at 8.27 apiece. Across 70 T20Is, he has 89 wickets with a miserly economic system of 6.27.
Head-to-head: India vs UAE
The groups have met simply as soon as in T20Is — the 2016 Asia Cup, the place UAE have been restricted to 81/9 earlier than India chased the goal inside 11 overs.
Match particulars
Date: September 10, WednesdayTime: 8:00 PM IST / 6:30 PM nativeVenue: Dubai International Cricket StadiumLive on: Sony Sports Network, SonyLIV
India – UAE Squads
India: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (WK), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh.Reserves: Prasidh Krishna, Washington Sundar, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal.UAE: Muhammad Waseem (C), Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma, Asif Khan, Dhruv Parashar, Ethan D’Souza, Haider Ali, Harshit Kaushik, Junaid Siddique, Matiullah Khan, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra, Rohid Khan, Simranjeet Singh, Saghir Khan.