After India brushed apart the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a contest that lasted a mixed 17.4 overs, UAE head coach Lalchand Rajput put his facet’s heavy defeat right down to the aura and ability of the Indian gamers.
UAE was skittled for 57—the bottom rating by a workforce in opposition to India in T20Is—with left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav inflicting the majority of the harm with returns of 4/7 in 2.1 overs.
“It’s not a turning monitor. It’s a good wicket to bat on. The ability degree of those bowlers, particularly the wrist spinners, they’ll at all times flip [the ball] on any sort of wicket. Our batsmen had been overawed by India’s large names… We should always have batted 20 overs,” Rajput admitted.
Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill began off just like the clappers, and their bruising 48-run stand for the primary wicket meant India cantered dwelling in simply 4.3 overs.
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Regardless of the drubbing, Rajput, who was appointed the UAE’s head coach in February final 12 months, mentioned that his gamers have began believing in themselves.
The 12 months has been a combined bag for the UAE. Whereas it got here from behind to beat Bangladesh 2-1 in a T20I sequence in Might, it misplaced to Uganda twice in the course of the Pearl of Africa sequence that adopted. Within the lead-up to the Asia Cup, for which it certified after 9 years, the UAE pushed Pakistan and Afghanistan shut in a few matches within the tri-series however couldn’t cross the road.
Whereas participating within the Asia Cup is itself an achievement, Rajput can also be creating a large pool of expertise for the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup Asia & East-Asia Qualifier, starting on October 8 in Oman, forward of subsequent 12 months’s showpiece. The UAE can be amongst 10 groups competing for 3 spots for subsequent 12 months’s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
“We had been trying ahead to the Asia Cup as a result of we certified after a very long time. We beat Bangladesh, that was an excellent sequence for us. Uganda was a sequence the place we might strive some extra gamers for the T20 World Cup Qualifiers. The gamers have began believing in themselves. We’re a greater workforce, and you will note that within the upcoming matches,” Rajput promised.
“India is a world champion workforce. They’ve class bowlers. It’s a large alternative for our gamers, as a result of they’ve by no means performed such a sort of bowling. This can be a large platform for them. It’s a studying course of for our workforce and gamers as nicely. I’m certain these matches will give them loads of confidence within the matches to return,” he added.
Revealed on Sep 11, 2025