IND vs UAE: What to expect from Dubai pitch?

IND vs UAE Match Preview

India will begin their Asia Cup 2025 campaign with a match against United Arab Emirates. The match will be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on September 10. India will be coming as defending

champions and will be looking to get their hands on the title one more time this year. India are looking like a different side in this Asia Cup as there is no Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma this time.

However, India have still formed a strong T20I side and remained the number team in the T20I format in the last one year. The Men in Blue will face UAE, Oman and Pakistan in their group and are among the favourites to win the title this year. Let’s have a look at today’s cricket match prediction, pitch report, head-to-head and key players ahead of the second match of Asia Cup 2025 between India and UAE.

IND vs UAE Match Details

Match	India vs United Arab Emirates, 2nd match
Venue	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Date & Time	Wednesday, September 10, 8:00 PM (IST)
Live Broadcast & Streaming Details	Sony Liv (app and website) and Sony Sports Network

IND vs UAE Pitch Report

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The surface of the Dubai International Cricket Stadium is known for its batting friendly surface. Especially in the T20I format, the team winning the toss majorly prefers to bowl first because of the due and chasing becomes an easy task at this ground. Out of 110 T20 matches played at this ground, the team batting first won 51 times while chasing side came out victorious on 58 occasions.

IND vs UAE Weather Report

IND vs UAE Head-to-Head Stats and Records

India and United Arab Emirates have faced each other just once in the T20I format where the Men in Blue registered an easy win over UAE.

Matches played	1
India won	1
UAE won	0

IND vs UAE Probable Playing XIs

India: Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh

UAE: Muhammad Waseem (c), Asif Khan, Alishan Sharafu, Rahul Chopra (wk), Ethan DSouza, Harshit Kaushik, Dhruv Parashar, Haider Ali, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Junaid Siddique

IND vs UAE Asia Cup 2025 Full Squads

India: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh

UAE: Muhammad Waseem, Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma, Asif Khan, Dhruv Parashar, Ethan DSouza, Haider Ali, Harshit Kaushik, Junaid Siddique, Matiullah Khan, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra, Simranjeet Singh, Saghir Khan, Muhammad Rohid Khan

IND vs UAE Predicted Top Batters

Suryakumar Yadav: Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav can turn out to be a key performer in the Asia Cup 2025 clash against UAE. Suryakumar has been a crucial player for India in the T20I format and will be looking to lead from the front in the first match of Asia Cup 2025.

IND vs UAE Predicted Top Bowlers

Jasprit Bumrah: Star Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah will be returning to play in the T20I format for India for the first time after the T20 World Cup 2024 final. It will be interesting to see how Bumrah will perform in the upcoming tournament and the Indian fans will be expecting him to guide Men in Blue to another trophy.