The Indian team of Asia Cup 2025 started with a win. In their first match of the tournament, the Indian team had hosts UAE. India defeated UAE by 9 wickets in the match played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Batting first, the UAE team was reduced to 57 runs. In response, the Indian team won the match by losing 1 wicket off 27 balls. Kuldeep Yadav was the hero of India’s victory. After 14 months, Kuldeep, who came out to play T20 International, bowled economically and also took wickets. After the match, captain Suryakumar Yadav spoke on the match from Pakistan.
Suryakumar Yadav said about the decision to bowl first, I wanted to see how the wicket is playing. The same situation was in the second innings. Players performed brilliantly. We wanted good attitude and energy on the field and we found there there. Recently, many players came here for the Champions Trophy, the wickets looked good, but it was slow and the spinners were important.
Sky said that the UAE is still very hot and Kuldeep performed well. Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey and Jaspreet Bumrah also contributed well. Regarding Abhishek’s batting, Surya said that, he is the number one batsman in the world at this time, he sets the tone whether we chase 200 or 50. Their performance is incredible. Everyone is excited for the match against Pakistan.