The men in blue under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav will take on the up-rising UAE in Dubai International Cricket Stadium at 8:00 PM IST. The toss here will be crucial, and both India and UAE would want to gain early dominance. Captains would be considering hot weather conditions and pitch while deciding to bat or bowl first.
Fans are eager to know whether India carry on with their good T20 streak or UAE surprise at home. With the support of the crowd, UAE will hope to turn this into a better contest than anticipated.
India's skipper Suryakumar Yadav flips the coin and it lands in the favour of India. Suryakumar Yadav opts to bowl first, aiming to put on some pressure on the up-rising UAE.
Here's what the captains said at the toss:
Suryakumar Yadav:
"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."
Muhammad Waseem:
"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."
Talking about the DICS pitch, it has some grass on it, so fast bowlers will get assistance early on. Batting will become easier as the game progresses, but the heat will challenge the players throughout.
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Playing XI of Both the Teams
India
Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy
UAE
Muhammad Waseem (c), Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra (wk), Asif Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Haider Ali, Dhruv Parashar, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Junaid Siddique, Simranjeet Singh
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