The UAE has decided to win the toss and bowl first. Amid the Boycott controversy, the Pakistan team will bat first in this do or die match. On one hand, the UAE team has made 2 major changes in their playing XI and Pakistan. On one side, Jawadullah was out and Simranjit Singh’s team has entered. On the other hand, Pakistan has excluded Sufian Mukim and Faheem Ashraf. Haris Rauf and Khushdil Shah have returned to the Pak team.
Shortly before the match started, PCB stopped its team from coming to the stadium. Meanwhile, the Pakistani board had sought an hour’s time, then the update came that the Pak team had left for Dubai International Stadium. Due to this, the match has started an hour late.
So far, spin bowlers have been dominated throughout the entire Asia Cup, but in the Pakistan-UAE match, the pitch says that the fast bowlers can get help here in the beginning. Spinners can get help, but will not be able to fully dominate.
Let us tell you that the team winning the match today will confirm the place in Super-4. The Indian team has already qualified for Super-4 from Group A. Today, one of Pakistan and UAE will qualify for Super-4.
Pakistan’s playing XI: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha (captain), Khushdil Shah, Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
UAE’s playing XI: Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Wasim (Captain), Asif Khan, Muhammad Johab, Harshit Kaushik, Rahul Chopra (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Parashar, Haider Ali, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Simranjit Singh, Junaid Siddiqui
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