India vs UAE, Asia Cup 2025 2nd Match – Toss, Pitch Report, Win Prediction & Playing XIs

The India vs. UAE match is scheduled to start at 6:30 PM on 10 September 2025 at the Dubai International Stadium. It will be a great match between the hosting team and India. It is a T20I game, so predicting the win before the game is difficult. However, here is the expert prediction, pitch report, and expected playing XIs.

Toss and Pitch Report

Dubai International Stadium has a good bounce and swing. It generally favors the pace bowlers. The wickets offer much swing in the first innings. It means batting first has a significant chance of losing.

Both the India and the UAE teams will try to win the toss and bowl first, as pace bowlers can take wickets with the new ball in Dubai. It offers reverse swing to the fast bowlers. In the last 10 matches in Dubai, batting first has a winning percentage of just 20%. It means 2 out of 10 games were defended here.

If a team bats first, it can lose early wickets due to swing and grass. It is 80M distance on the leg-side boundary and 65M on the front. The pitch will offer swing to the pacers in the first 10 overs. Overall, it is offering a good batting track. If a team wins the toss, it wins the match.

Win Prediction & Head-to-Head Records

India and the UAE have a clear difference in team strength and batting depth. Both teams will try to reach the top. However, India is the favorite today. Here are both teams’ head-to-head records in T20Is.

Head-to-Head Records in T20Is

• Matches Played: 01
• India won: 01
• UAE won: 00

Although both teams have not played much cricket, India will remain the favorite. If we examine these records, India has clearly dominated. According to the experts’ analysis, India has an almost 97% chance of winning this match.

India vs UAE Asia Cup 2025 match officials

Here is the list of all match officials for the India vs UAE match.

• On-field umpires: Gazi Sohel, Izatullah Safi
• TV umpire: Ruchira Palliyaguruge
• Fourth umpire: Masudur Rahman
• Match referee: Andy Pycroft

Andy Pycroft will be the match referee, and experienced Afghan umpires have been selected for on-field umpiring. Let’s see how umpires make the tense decisions.

India – Expected Playing XI, IND vs UAE

• Shubman Gill—Right-Handed Batsman
• Abhishek Sharma—Left-Handed Batsman, Left-Arm Off-Spin Bowler
• Suryakumar Yadav (C)—Right-Handed Batsman
• Tilak Varma—Left-Handed Batsman
• Jitesh Sharma (Wk) – Right-Handed Batsman
• Hardik Pandya—Right-Handed Batsman, Right-Arm Medium-Fast Bowler
• Axar Patel—Left-Handed Batsman, Left-Arm Off-Spin Bowler
• Varun Chakaravarthy—Right-arm Leg Spin Bowler
• Kuldeep Yadav—Left-arm Leg Spin Bowler
• Jasprit Bumrah—Right-arm Fast Bowler
• Arshdeep Singh—Left-Arm Medium-Fast Bowler

UAE – Expected Playing XI, UAE vs IND

• Muhammad Waseem (C)—Left-Handed Batsman (Aggressive Opener)
• Aryansh Sharma (Wk) – Right-Handed Batsman (Wicketkeeper & Opening Partner)
• Alishan Sharafu—Right-Handed Batsman (Solid Top-Order Batsman)
• Asif Khan—Right-Handed Batsman (Power-hitting Middle-Order Batsman)
• Dhruv Parashar—Right-Handed Batsman, Right-Arm Off-Spin Bowler (Batting All-rounder)
• Harshit Kaushik—Left-Handed Batsman, Left-Arm Off-Spin Bowler (Spin-bowling All-rounder)
• Haider Ali—Left-arm Off-Spin Bowler (Primary Spinner who can bat)
• Junaid Siddique—Right-Arm Medium-Fast Bowler (Lead Pacer)
• Muhammad Jawad Ullah—Left-arm Fast-Medium Bowler (Pace and Variety)
• Muhammad Farooq—Right-arm Leg Spin Bowler (Wicket-taking Spinner)
• Muhammad Rohid—Left-arm Medium-Fast Bowler (Pace and Variety)