India vs UAE Playing 11: Sanju Samson is expected to be left out in IND's Asia Cup 2025 opener today. (AP)Suryakumar Yadav’s Men in Blue will open their Asia Cup defence with their opening Group A match against UAE in Dubai on Wednesday evening.
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While India will undoubtedly start as firm favourites, plenty of debates and discussions have emerged over the probable Indian XI for the tournament. Despite doing reasonably well in recent outings, wicket-keeper Sanju Samson is expected to vacate the opener’s slot for the returning Shubman Gill, named vice-captain of the squad. Designated finisher Rinku Singh, too, could be on the sidelines with India primed to slot in a slew of middle-order all-rounders and a wicket-keeper in Jitesh Sharma lower down the order, should Samson miss out.
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Left-arm wrist-spin sensation Kuldeep Yadav too is expected to be on the sidelines as India attempt to find a balance between departments. Varun Chakaravarthy and left-arm spin all-rounder Axar Patel are likely the first-choice tweakers for the side as Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and all-rounder Hardik Pandya lead the seam-bowling charts.
India Predicted Playing 11: Shubman Gill (vc), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Hardik Pandya, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy
UAE Predicted Playing 11: Muhammad Waseem (C), Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra (wk), Asif Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Muhammad Farooq, Saghir Khan, Haider Ali, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Jawadullah
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
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