India will lock horns against the United Arab Emirates in the second match of the ongoing Asia Cup 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai on Wednesday. India will begin the tournament as red-hot favorites and they would want to kick off their campaign on a high. 

India has been ticking the right boxes in the shortest format and the team has adopted an ultra-aggressive approach in T20Is, which has worked wonders under head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav.

India has adopted an aggressive batting approach in T20Is and the young batters have grabbed their chances with both hands. 

As per the reports, Jitesh Sharma could be India’s first-choice wicket-keeper in the final XI ahead of Sanju Samson.

On the other hand, UAE players would look to make the most of their home conditions and come up with a collective effort.

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Suryakumar Yadav needs four sixes to complete 150 maximums in T20Is. 

Abhishek Sharma needs four fours to reach 50 boundaries in T20Is.

Hardik Pandya needs five sixes to complete 100 maximums in T20Is. He needs six more wickets to reach 100 scalps in the shortest format.

Sanju Samson needs one six to complete 50 sixes in T20Is.

Rinku Singh needs five fours to complete 50 boundaries in T20Is.

Arshdeep Singh needs one wicket to complete 100 scalps in T20Is. 

UAE captain Muhammad Waseem needs 78 runs to complete 3000 runs in T20Is.

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