IND vs UAE Highlights Asia Cup 2025 2nd Match: India Start Campaign With 9-Wicket Win Over UAE, Chase Down Target In 4.3 Overs

A sensational start to the Asia Cup 2025! India thrashes UAE by 9 wickets, with Shubman Gill striking the winning runs! India bowled UAE out for a mere 57 and then chased it down in just 4.3 overs. 

UAE's batting nightmare ends in disaster! India bowl them out for a paltry 57, with Kuldeep Yadav snaring his fourth wicket to seal the collapse.

Shivam Dube strikes for India! Asif Khan edges a delivery thickly, and Sanju Samson takes a brilliant catch behind the stumps.

Muhammad Zohaib's aggressive preferences backfire as he misfires a shot off Varun Chakravarthy, and Kuldeep Yadav takes a brilliant catch at short cover. UAE are two wickets down!

Jasprit Bumrah strikes gold, dismissing Alishan Sharafu with a devastating yorker that left the UAE opener with no chance. 

Alishan Sharafu is making a statement! The batter edges one through third man, and then follows it up with a sublime cut. Sharafu unleashes a powerful cut, thick-edging the ball over the slips for four! Another boundary sails past a diving Varun Chakravarthy at deep third man.

It's underway! Hardik Pandya takes to the field with the new ball, facing off against Muhammad Waseem and Alishan Sharafu as he opens the bowling for India.

The stage is set! Both teams, led by Suryakumar Yadav (India) and Muhammad Waseem (UAE), have taken to the field for the national anthems.

"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," India captain said.

United Arab Emirates (Playing XI): Muhammad Waseem(c), Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra(w), Asif Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Haider Ali, Dhruv Parashar, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Junaid Siddique, Simranjeet Singh

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

India won the toss and opted to bowl first against the UAE in their Asia Cup 2025 match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Wednesday.

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

India Predicted XI: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shivam Dube/Kuldeep Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy.

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

United Arab Emirates Squad: Muhammad Waseem(c), Alishan Sharafu, Rahul Chopra(w), Asif Khan, Muhammad Zohaib, Harshit Kaushik, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Saghir Khan, Haider Ali, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Aryansh Sharma, Dhruv Parashar, Matiullah Khan, Ethan DSouza, Simranjeet Singh.

The Dubai pitches for the Asia Cup have been relatively docile; some residual grass on the pitch is expected to offer help to the fast bowlers, particularly with the new ball.

Hello and welcome to our live blog of the Asia Cup 2025 match between India and the United Arab Emirates at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Wednesday.