UAE T20I Tri-Series 2025: UAE announce 15-member squad, Muhammad Waseem to lead | CricTracker

Muhammad Waseem will lead UAE at the upcoming tri-nation series involving Pakistan and Afghanistan at home in Sharjah. The series will be followed by the 2025 Asia Cup, also in the UAE.

Harshit Kaushik, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Farooq and Muhammad Jawadullah are the new faces joining the squad from UAE’s last cricketing assignment, Pearl of Africa Cup in Uganda. Akif Raja, Matiullah Khan and Zuhaib Zubair are out from the squad. Kaushik, a 28-year-old left-handed middle-order batter who also bowls part-time left-arm spin, is yet to make his international debut while the others have represented UAE several times.

32-year-old Siddique, who last played a T20I in December 2024, has picked up 96 and 76 wickets in 71 ODIs and 59 T20Is, respectively. He has also played at the ILT20 and Global T20 Canada. Farooq is a 32-year-old legspin all-rounder who has played eight T20I and two ODIs until now. Jawadullah, a left-arm pacer, has played 33 T20Is and 12 ODIs so far.  

The remainder of the squad comprises the experience of Waseem, Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma and Rahul Chopra. They will be complemented by UAE’s best batter at the Pearl of Africa Cup, Muhammad Zohaib, and Saghir Khan. 

Former Indian opening batter Lalchand Rajput is the head coach of UAE. The squad for the Asia Cup is yet to be announced, and is expected to be named soon. The final of the tri-series will be played on September 7, a couple of days before the commencement of the Asia Cup, where UAE are grouped in Group A along with India, Pakistan and Oman.

UAE’s squad for tri-nation series

Muhammad Waseem (c), Alishan Sharafu, Aryansh Sharma (wk), Asif Khan, Dhruv Parashar, Ethan D’Souza, Haider Ali, Harshit Kaushik, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra (wk), Rohid Khan, Saghir Khan

UAE tri-series 2025 fixtures