Asia Cup Updates: India steamroll UAE in 4.3 overs

Wed, 10 September 2025

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22:06

Gill hits the winning run

India 60-1 (4.3 ovs) vs UAE 57 | Scorecard

Simranjeet Singh continues and Gill drives the good length delivery to long-off and picks up a single.

Suryakmar then gets off the strike with a push to deep backward square leg.

And it's over! Gill hits a boundary through mid-on to win the contest for India.

India needed just 27 balls to reach the target! The new opening combo of Abhishek and Gill made their intentions clear from the word go, carting the hapless UAE bowlers all around the park.

Abhishek blazed his way to a 16-ball 30, hitting three sixes and two boundaries, before he mistimed one off Junaid Siddique. Gill remained unbeaten on 20 off nine deliveries (2x4, 1x6). Skipper Suryakumar Yadav hit the first ball he faced for a maximum and remained unbeaten on 7 off 2 balls.

The world champions will be high on confidence when they meet Pakistan on September 14.

21:53

Abhishek departs; but India on top

India 54-1 (4 ovs) vs UAE 57 | Scorecard

Junaid Siddique comes into the attack and Gill drives the full delivery outside off to mid-off and steals a single.

Abhishek then picks up a single through deep backward point.

A wide outside off follows.

Gill then dabs one to mid-on and gets off the strike.

Six! Abhishek pulls the short of a length delivery over the deep backward square-leg fence.

And he's out! Abhishek goes for another heave but the ball takes a thick edge and goes up in the air. Haider Ali runs back and completes a safe coach.

Abhishek returns after a quickfire 30 off 16 balls studded with two boundaries and three sixes.

Skipper Suryakumar Yadav comes to the crease and he gets off the mark with a huge six over the fine leg boundary.

India need just four more runs.

21:47

India need just 20 more

India 39-0 (3 ovs) vs UAE 57 | Scorecard

Dhruv Parashar comes into the attack. Starts with a dot and a wide.

Abhishek then picks up a couple by pulling one over mid-wicket.

A dot later, he slams another sixer! He rocks back and hits one over long-off for a maximum.

A four through deep extra-cover to end the over. 13 come off the over.

India are in a hurry! They now need just 20 more runs.

21:44

Gill, Abhishek go berserk

India 25-0 (2 ovs) vs UAE 57 | Scorecard

Childhood friends Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma to open the innings for India. An ideal scenario for Shubman to mark his return to the T20 side in grand style.

Haider Ali will open the attack for the UAE. Abhishek is on strike and he hammers the first ball for a six! He deposits the full delivery outside off over the extra cover boundary with utter disdain.

Four! Good length delivery outside off and Abhishek slashes it through extra cover for a boundary.

He then taps the tossed up full delivery back to the bowler. No run on offer.

Two more dots to end the over. 10 come off it.

Muhammad Roshid Khan comes into the attack. Gill is on strike and he drives the full delivery outside off-stump but misses.

A wide slip is in place. A wide outside the off-stump follows.

Four! Gill dances down and slashes the length delivery through point for a boundary.

A couple through deep mid-wicket follows. Gill then gets off the strike with a tap to cover.

Abhishek then carves one behind third man and gets a single.

Six! Gill smashes the length ball on the pads over deep square-leg.

15 come off the over.

21:26

Kuldeep scalps four

UAE 57 all out (13.1 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Junaid Siddique comes to the crease and Dube continues. Junaid defends the short of a length delivery.

And he's out, stumped by Sanju Samson! Junaid backs away to pull but misses. Dube drops his towel as he goes back to his run-up and Junaid points it to the bowler, forgetting to get back to the crease. Suryakumar withdraws the appeal and Junaid survives.

A wide down the leg follows. And Junaid goes, caught by Suryakumar. The batter heaves but the ball goes up in the air after taking an edge. Surya runs backwards and takes a tough catch. Junaid is out for a duck. The UAE lose their ninth wicket.

Muhammad Roshid Khan is the new man in.

After a dot, he slogs one and clear the in-field for a couple. He is lucky that the ball falls in no-man's land.

Kuldeep Yadav with his third over and he gets the final wicket. Haider Ali gets an inside edge and Samson completes the catch. No review left and the UAE are all out for 57, their lowest score in T20Is.

Kuldeep scalped four while Dube picked up three. Bumrah, Axar and Varun have a wicket apiece. Alishan Sharafu with 22 is the UAE's top-scorer. After a decent start, the UAE batters lost their way as they struggled to pick Kuldeep and Varun.

India need just 58 runs to win the contest.

21:05

UAE fall like ninepins!

UAE 54-8 (12.1 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Axar Patel is back with his third over. Stars with a flatter delivery on off-stump and Simranjeet prods forward and defends it.

The batter then attempts a sweep shot but misses it completely. India appeal the finger goes up. The batter reviews the on-field decision but the UltraEdge shows its umpire's call. The UAE lose their seventh!

Simranjeet walks back after making 1 off five balls.

Haider Ali comes to the crease and gets off the mark straight away by pushing one to point.

Two dots later, Parashar pushes one to long-on and will keep the strike.

Dube continues and goes full and straight. Given out LBW! UAE have one review left and the batter goes for it. And the UltraEdge show three dots. The UAE lose their eighth!

Dhruv Parashar goes for 1 off 7 balls.

20:57

Kuldeep gets his third

UAE 52-6 (11 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Dhruv Parashar comes to the crease.

Varun Chakravarthy with his second over and Asif Khan mistimes the full delivery. No run.

Another dot follows as Varun hits him on the pads. India review the on-field decision of not out but the ball was going down the leg.

Asif Khan then edges one the mid-wicket and gets off the strike.

Parashar then sees off the remaining three deliveries. Just a single come off it.

Shivam Dube comes into the attack. Starts with a good length delivery outside off and Asif pushes it to cover. No run on offer.

Another dot follows.

Out! Asif Khan is gone, caught by Sanju Samson! A tad shorter delivery and the batter trying to play it off the backfoot edges it to the keeper. Sanju Samson takes a brilliant catch behind the stumps.

Asif could make on 2 off seven balls.

Simranjeet Singh comes to the crease and Dube greets him with a full delivery outside off-stump. The batter drives it straight to the man at cover.

A dot later, he gets off the mark with a drive through cover point.

Just a single off Dube's first over.

20:44

Kuldeep picks three in an over!

UAE 50-5 (9 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Axar Patel with his second over and he bowls three consecutive dot balls before nudges one to long-on to get off the strike.

Chopra then sweeps one to deep backward square leg and picks a single.

Waseem defends the final delivery of the over off his backfoot.

Just two runs come off it.

Kuldeep continues and he strikes off the first ball! Chopra, looking to go over long-on chips it straight to Shubman Gill who completes a simple catch.

Chopra departs after making 3 off seven balls.

Asif Khan comes to the crease and gets off the mark straight away by tapping quicker delivery straight back to the bowler.

Kuldeep then sends down a flatter delivery and Waseem nudges it to the off-side. No run.

Out! Kuldeep strikes again! UAE skipper Waseem is out LBW attempting a sweep shot. He reviews the on-field decision but has to depart.

He goes after making 19 off 22.

Harshit Kaushik is the new man in. He gets off the mark by edging one through off-side for a couple.

Out! Kuldeep has his third as he clean bowls Kaushik with a Googly that disturbs his stumps after taking an inside edge.

20:33

Bumrah, Varun strike

UAE 45-2 (7 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Bumrah continues and drives straight to beat Hardik at mid-on for a boundary.

After three dots, he hits consecutive boundaries, fine one through wide of third man and the next off an attempted yorker through mid-wicket.

Three boundaries have come off Bumrah's third over.

Kuldeep Yadav comes into the attack. He starts with a flighted delivery and Chopra drives it to long-on for a single.

A dot later, Waseem punches the full delivery down the ground and crosses over.

Two singles through square leg and long-off follow.

A dot to end the over. Four runs come off it.

20:27

Bumrah, Varun strike

UAE 29-2 (5 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Varun Chakravarthy comes into the attack and Waseem chops it to short third man for a single.

A dot later, Zohaib tries to loft Varun but could not clear the in-field. Two runs.

Out Zohaib is gone, caught by Kuldeep Yadav! Zohaib had a lucky escape off the previous ball but this time he tries to slog and finds the fielder at backward point.

He goes after making just 2 off 5 balls.

Rahul Chopra comes to the crease and survives an LBW appeal. India do not go for the review as the ball appears to be going over the stumps.

A dot to end the 3-run over.

20:21

Bumrah cleans up Sharafu

UAE 26-1 (4 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

Axar Patel comes into the attack and starts with a flat delivery on off-stump. Waseem drops it into the leg side and gets a single.

A dot later, Sharafu hits one straight back to the bowler and picks up a couple.

Another dot follows.

Six! Sharafu goes inside out and slams the fuller delivery over cover for the first maximum of their innings.

A dot to end the over. 9 runs come off it.

Bumrah continues and Waseem goes deep and tries to cut but fails to connect.

Another short of a length delivery and Waseem attempts the cut shot again but mistimes it. The batters cross over for a single.

Out! Bumrah strikes, cleans up Alishan Sharafu! A typical Bumrah toe-crusher and the young batter has no answer to that.

He departs after making 22 off 17 balls with three fours and a six.

Muhammad Zohaib is the new man in and he sees off the last two deliveries of Bumrah's second over. Just a single off it.

20:12

UAE off to a decent start

UAE 16-0 (2 ovs) vs India | Scorecard

The teams are out in the middle for the national anthems.

Hardik Pandya is opening the bowling for India.

Alishan Sharafu and Muhammad Waseem will open for the hosts. Sharafu is on strike.

And here we go! Hardik begins with an away-swinger and Sharafu drives it but mistimes it to cover for a couple.

A short of a length delivery follows and Sharafu defends it solidly off the backfoot. No run.

Hardik then shortens his length and Sharafu taps it back to the bowler.

Four! Sharafu swings hard but gets an outside edge and ball flies past the slip fielder to the boundary.

Four more! Sharafu goes deep and cuts the short and wide delivery through the backward point.

10 runs come off the over.

Jasprit Bumrah to operate from the other end. He bangs in a full angling delivery and Waseem clips it to deep fine leg for a single.

Follows it up with a length delivery on off-stump and Sharafu defends it with soft hands.

Sharafu swings and misses the next delivery before Bumrah sends in a wide delivery outside the leg stump and Sanu Samson does well to stop it.

Four! Sharafu makes room and glides one through backward square leg for a boundary.

Six runs come off the over. The UAE are off a decent start.

19:59

Jitesh, Arshdeep excluded

Team India skipper Suryakumar Yadav has won the toss and has elected to field in their Asia Cup 2025 opener against the UAE in Dubai.

Finally, Suryakumar has ended India's record-breaking 15-match losing streak at toss in international cricket.

"We'll bowl first. Looks a nice fresh wicket. Humid also today, might be dew later. If we get an opportunity, we're flexible to do anything but today we want to bowl. We came here early, had 3-4 good practice sessions and also a day off," Suryakumar said.

Muhammad Waseem, captain of the UAE, said, "We were also looking to bowl. Pitch is fresh and maybe the ball will do something early. We had a good series, took many positive points and we're confident from that series. We're going with a good combination with spinners and fast bowlers, and juniors and seniors."

Playing XIs

India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (Wicketkeeper), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy.

UAE: Muhammad Waseem (Captain), Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra (Wicketkeeper), Asif Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Haider Ali, Dhruv Parashar, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Junaid Siddique, Simranjeet Singh.

19:26

Predicted XIs

India: Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma (Wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, and Varun Chakaravarthy.

UAE: Muhammad Waseem (Captain), Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra (Wicketkeeper), Asif Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Muhammad Farooq, Saghir Khan, Haider Ali, Junaid Siddique, and Muhammad Jawadullah.

19:13

Men In Blue overwhelming favourites against UAE

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the Asia Cup 2025 Group A match between India and the UAE at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Defending champions India, who look almost invincible in the shortest format, will be eager to continue their impressive record in the continental event by winning a record-extending ninth crown.

Despite the format's unpredictable nature, India, world's No. 1 ranked T20 side, start as the overwhelming favourites against the hosts, who are ranked 14 rungs below them.

India and the UAE have met only once in T20Is, back in the 2016 Asia Cup, when the Men in Blue registered a commanding win in Mirpur, Bangladesh. Batting first, UAE could muster up only 81-9 and India chased down the target inside 11 overs.

Out of the 10 T20Is that India have played in the UAE, they have emerged victorious in six.

India flaunt arguably the most balanced team in the fray. They possess a formidable top-order and a lethal pace attack besides a number of proven all-rounders who can turn the game on its head single-handedly.

"We are playing T20 as a team after a long time. But we are here three-four days back, had some good time together as a team, and we are really looking forward to this tournament," said Team India skipper Suryakumar Yadav in the pre-tournament press conference.

Against the perceived minnows, India will be keen to get their combinations right before the crucial match against Pakistan on September 14.

Following the retirement of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from T20Is, Indian selectors have a problem of plenty when it comes to picking the top batting order.

Over the past one year, Sanju Samson has established himself as a strong contender for the opener's role with a string of excellent performances, but the return of Shubman Gill to the T20 side has led to the Kerala batters potential exclusion from the playing XI.

Rinku Singh, once seen as Indias designated T20 finisher, could also be seen warming the bench as the selectors could be inclined towards a more versatile and impactful Shivam Dube.

The UAE, on the other hand, will have a home advantage due to familiarity with pitch conditions, weather, and crowd support. However, the Muhammad Waseem-led side will have to play out of their skins to stop the Indian juggernaut.

Young batter Alishan Sharafu, who finished as the fourth-highest run-scorer in T20Is in 2024 with 770 runs, will be their trump card. The hosts will also be pinning their hopes on skipper Waseem, who is their all-time T20I top scorer with 2,922 runs at an impressive strike rate of 155.57.

India have won four of their last five T20Is, while the UAE could not register a single win in their last five international outings.

Since the pitch is expected to favour both pacers and spinners, the teams would go for a balanced attack.

The match will be televised live in India on the Sony Sports Network and also will be streamed live on the Sony LIV app and website.

Full Squads

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

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

00:12

Rashid picks two wickets, Omarzai puts on star display

HK 94-9 (20 ovs) vs Afg 188-6 | Scorecard

Afghanistan beat Hong Kong by 94 runs in the Asia Cup opener in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

Hayat was the only standout batter for Hong Kong with 39 off 43 balls.

Rashid Khan picked two wickets as Hong Kong lost early wickets and got no momentum in their chase of 189, eventually closing 94 runs short of the target.

Another dot later, Iqbal takes a single to third man.

A dot to end the over as Afghanistan beat Hong Kong by 94 runs.

Farooqui is back in the attack and after a dot, Ehsan chips it back to the bowler who holds on to it on his follow through and he is out for 6 and HK lose their 9th wicket.