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IND vs UAE, Asia Cup 2025: India's spin maestro Kuldeep Yadav wreaked havoc with his menacing spin craft, while Shivam Dube's pace complemented the effort to steamroll the United Arab Emirates for 57 in their opening Asia Cup 2025 encounter at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Wednesday. 

After being put to bat first, Alishan Sharafu set a promising tone for the UAE, getting them off to a brisk start. However, pace ace Jasprit Bumrah's pinpoint accuracy soon paid dividends, dismissing Sharafu with a toe-crushing yorker, shattering the off stump.

Despite a decent start, the UAE yielded only 41 runs in the power play and after Kuldeep Yadav's introduction, they struggled to regain their footing.

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Kuldeep, who had a frustrating time in the UK after warming the bench for five straight Tests, was too skilful for the UAE batters to comprehend, ending with figures of 4 for 7 in 2.1 overs.

Jasprit Bumrah (1/19 in 3 overs) began the slide with an excellent yorker to remove Alishan Sharafu (22 off 17 balls), who had till then survived dauntlessly with three boundaries and a six.

Once Bumrah landed a perfect one at the base of Sharafu's boots, UAE's promising start turned into a sorry tale with batters making a beeline back to the dug-out.

The troika of spinners -- Kuldeep, Varun Chakravarthy (1/4 in 2 overs) and Axar Patel (1/13 in 3 overs) are bowlers whom the players from associate nations don't play regularly and the UAE had no clue how to counter them.

Shivam Dube (3/4 in 2 overs), whose bowling is going to be crucial heading into the T20 World Cup, helped himself with career-best figures, polishing off the tail in style.

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Rahul Chopra wanted to hit out of danger against Kuldeep and was holed out at long-on, while left-handed Harshit Kaushik had no clue how to tackle a chinaman's googly -- one that comes into the southpaw.

Skipper Muhammad Waseem (19 off 22 balls) found it challenging to get going, and when he tried to sweep Kuldeep, the ball bounced a tad extra.

In all, the Indian bowlers delivered 81 balls -- 13.1 overs plus two wides and UAE batters couldn't score off 52 deliveries.