By Admin 
The second match of Asia Cup 2025 will be played between India and UAE (India vs UAE Asia Cup) today. This is only the second time in T20 when these two countries will be face to face. If we say that in the Asia Cup match today, not 11 but 17 Indian players can play, will you be able to believe? Actually, 6 Indian origin players are present in the UAE Squad Asia Cup.
India vs mini India match
In today’s match, 11 Indian players will be playing, while the UAE team has Simranjit Singh, Harshit Kaushik, Dhruv Parashar, Alisha Sharafu, Rahul Chopra and Aa Aryansh, all these 6 players are of Indian origin. When more than half of the players in the UAE team are from India, then there is nothing wrong in calling it ‘Mini India’. If all these 6 players get a chance in the playing XI in today’s match, then a total of 17 Indian players will go to the field in the India vs UAE match.
Harshit Kaushik (bowling all -rounder), Simranjit Singh (left -handed spinner), Dhruv Parashar (all -rounder), Alishan Sharafu (opening batsman), Aryansh Sharma (wicketkeeper) and Rahul Chopra are also wicketkeeper by profession.
India vs UAE: Head to Head
India and UAE have come to the fore in T20 cricket history only once. His only clash came in the 2016 Asia Cup, in which the UAE team lost by 9 wickets. The Indian team won that match in just 10.1 overs.
Indian squad: Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice -captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Akshar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh
UAE’s squad: Muhammad Wasim (Captain), Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma, Asif Khan, Dhruv Parashar, Ethan D’Souza, Hyder Ali, Harshit Kaushik, Junaid Siddiqui, Matiullah Khan, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Johab, Rahul Chopra, Rohid Khan, Simranjit Singh, Sagir Khan
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