UAE vs BAN, 2025: United Arab Emirates vs Bangladesh, 1st T20I Match Preview

Bangladesh have travelled to the United Arab Emirates to play against them for a two-match T20 International series, the first of which will be played on Saturday, May 17 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah. Bangladesh, who have appointed Litton Das as their T20I skipper, will be playing their first series under his fresh stint as the new leader. Spin-bowling all-rounder Mahedi Hasan will be acting as the deputy to Litton for this competition.

UAE, on the other hand, will also see a leadership transition with Muhammad Waseem back as their skipper in the shortest format of the game. The squad for the series is fairly inexperienced and as a result, it will pose as a challenge to the hosts if they are to come good against the Bangla Tigers.

Match Details

Pitch Report

The Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah is one of the most iconic venues around the cricketing world. The smaller boundary dimensions at this historic venue coupled with a slow nature of the pitch combine to offer an evenly-balanced game of cricket. The game is yet to witness a thrilling game of at least 400 runs being aggregated across the 40 overs of the match, meaning it is going to be a wiser decision to be batting first at the venue.

Head-to-Head Record

Bangladesh and United Arab Emirates have crossed swords thrice in T20Is, and the former have won on all the occasions. UAE have been promising against Bangladesh, but never tasted victory. They will be hopeful of adding a win to their tally on Saturday.

Predicted Playing 11s

United Arab Emirates

Muhammad Waseem (C), Alishan Sharafu, Simranjeet Singh, Aryansh Sharma, Asif Khan, Rahul Chopra (wk), Dhruv Parashar, Ethan D' Souza, Haider Ali, Muhammad Zuhaib, Sanchit Sharma

Bangladesh

Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Jaker Ali, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nahid Rana