Strengths
United Arab Emirates have a good set of spinners and a few pacers who can do well with some help from the surface. On tricky pitches their bowling unit is capable of doing well and restricting the opposition.
Weaknesses
UAE do not have the batters to put up above par score on good pitches. Their batting depends a lot on Muhammad Waseem and Alishan Sharafu. The rest of the batters have not been able to do well consistently.
X Factor
Junaid Siddique is an experienced pacer and is very good with the new ball. He has enough variations and has done well in this format. He will be an X factor for UAE in this WT20.
Preferred Playing XI
Aryansh Sharma(w), Muhammad Waseem©, Muhammad Zohaib, Alishan Sharafu, Harshit Kaushik, Muhammad Arfan, Dhruv Parashar, Mayank Kumar, Haider Ali, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Jawadullah
Key Players to Watch
Muhammad Waseem – The captain of UAE is one of the most capped players of the squad and has an excellent record in this format with more than 3000 runs. He will be crucial at the top of the order.
Aryansh Sharma – He has been in good form leading into this tournament. The wicket-keeper bat scored a half century against Ireland in the last game and will be a player to watchout for in this WT20.
T20 World Cup history Snapshot
UAE did not play in the 2024 WT20 but have qualified for this 2026 WT20 and this will be the third appearance for them at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. They qualified after finishing third behind Nepal and Oman at the conclusion of the Super Six stage of the Asia-EAP Regional Qualifier.
World Cup 2026 Fixtures
- 10th FEB vs New Zealand
- 13th FEB vs Canada
- 16th FEB vs Afghanistan
- 18th FEB vs South Africa
United Arab Emirates Squad T20 World Cup 2026:
Muhammad Waseem ©, 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, Simranjeet Singh
