Kuldeep Yadav celebrates with captain Suryakumar Yadav after taking the wicket of UAE’s Rahul Chopra through the Asia Cup 2025 match between India and UAE, in Dubai. | Photo: Creimas/Asian Cricket Council through PTI.
The UAE would have definitely wished for that to be the case on the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, for Kuldeep went on to not simply play but in addition declare 4 scalps because the Muhammad Waseem-led aspect rolled over for 57 in 13.1 overs in a nine-wicket defeat.
By together with the 30-year-old spinner from Uttar Pradesh alongside Varun, Suryakumar Yadav and Co. selected to decide for only one specialist pacer in Bumrah and omit Arshdeep. The paltry goal was knocked off by the Men in Blue in 4.3 overs. While Abhishek Sharma pummelled a 16-ball 30 within the chase, the successful runs had been hit by opening accomplice Shubman Gill.
The recreation appeared to start encouragingly for the UAE with opener Alishan Sharafu smashing three fours and a six. Twice within the opening over, delivered by a blonde-haired Hardik, Sharafu slashed via the off-side. When Bumrah erred ever so barely in line within the second over, he flicked in the direction of fantastic leg for one other 4. Particularly putting was the inside-out drive over further cowl that he nailed off Axar Patel’s left-arm spin for a most.
It helped the UAE race to 25 for none after three overs earlier than Bumrah sprinkled his magic contact on proceedings. In an over that started with a few off-cutters, the fourth supply was a pinpoint yorker at searing velocity that clattered the bottom of the stumps effectively earlier than the 22-year-old rookie may convey his bat down. It would have made batters way more completed than Sharafu look simply as foolish.
Shivam Dube celebrates the dismissal of UAE batter Junaid Siddique with teammates.
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Just because the Indian followers settled again into their seats, Muhammad Zohaib additionally made the lengthy stroll again to the dressing room. The southpaw at No. 3 skied a slider from Varun to Kuldeep at backward level.
Once Kuldeep was launched into the assault on the finish of the Powerplay, the UAE stumbled right into a deeper gap. In his second over, the left-armer struck thrice. While Rahul Chopra picked out Gill at long-on with a giant shot, Waseem fell leg-before wicket to a faster supply from Kuldeep. Next in Kuldeep’s checklist of victims was left-hand batter Harshit Kaushik who chopped a mistaken ’un onto his stumps.
There was merely no contest thereafter. Shivam capitalised on the chance to get some overs below his belt and bolster his confidence, scalping Asif Khan, Dhruv Parashar and Junaid Siddique together with his medium-pace for figures of 2-0-4-3.
Axar, too, received into the act when he trapped fellow left-arm spinner Simranjeet Singh leg-before. Kuldeep, fairly fittingly, took the ultimate wicket of tailender Haider Ali.
Published – September 10, 2025 10:19 pm IST
