Dubai [UAE], January 30 (ANI): Muhammad Waseem has been named because the captain of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) cricket staff for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup, which is starting subsequent month.
On Friday, the Emirates Cricket Board introduced a 15-member squad for the 20-team event for which they certified following a victory over Japan within the Super Six stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Asia & East Asia-Pacific (EAP) Qualifier held in Oman final yr, in line with ICC.
Lalchand Rajput, who helped India clinch the trophy within the first-ever T20 World Cup in 2007, will lead the aspect as head coach, supported by former Pakistan worldwide Yasir Arafat as quick bowling coach and Zimbabwe’s Stanley Chioza serving as fielding coach for the event.
The UAE have beforehand participated within the T20 World Cup twice, ending on the group stage in each 2014 and 2022.
Ahead of their World Cup marketing campaign, they’ll face Ireland in a two-match T20I sequence and can play warm-up matches towards Nepal on February 3 and Italy on February 6.
The staff is drawn in Group D alongside Canada, Afghanistan, former champions New Zealand, and final yr’s finalists South Africa, with their event opener towards New Zealand scheduled for February 10 in Chennai.
The squad will then journey to Delhi to play their remaining three Group D matches.
The UAE will face Canada on February 13 and Afghanistan on February 16. Their ultimate Group D match is towards South Africa, scheduled for February 18.
The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Super Eights stage will start on February 21.
The UAE squad contains three gamers from the staff that competed within the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 (Australia), the UAE’s final T20 World Cup look. In addition to Waseem, Alishan Sharafu and Junaid Siddique travelled to Australia.
Waseem has remained the UAE’s captain for the final three years. In his 92-match profession, the right-hander has led the aspect in 66 matches. The UAE squad contains a mixture of skilled and rising abilities.
UAE Squad: Muhammad Waseem (c), Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma, Dhruv Parashar, Haider Ali, Harshit Kaushik, Junaid Siddique, Mayank Kumar, Muhammad Arfan, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Zohaib, Rohid Khan, Sohaib Khan, and Simranjeet Singh. (ANI)