Khurram to lead UAE in T20 World Cup

Khurram Khan will lead the UAE team in the ICC Twenty20 World Cup to Bangladesh from March 16 to April 6. The team will depart from Abu Dhabi on March 9.

UAE team are placed in Group B which also has Zimbabwe, Ireland and Netherlands. Group A has Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal and Hong Kong.

UAE will play their first warm up match against Bangladesh on March 12, and then the next against Nepal on March 14.

Their first group match is against Netherlands on March 17 followed by their second match against Ireland on March 19. UAE play their last group match against Zimbabwe on March 21.

Team: Khurram Khan (Captain), Rohan Mustafa (vice captain), Ahmed Raza, Amjad Javed, Shadeep Silva, Amjad Ali, Swapnil Patil, Shaiman Anwar, Vikrant Shetty, Manjula Guruge, Kamran Shahzad, Asadullah Shareef, Faizan Asif, Rohit Singh and Moaaz Ayub Qazi.

Reserves: Fayyaz Ahmed, Chirag Suri, Mohammad Azam.

Officials: Manager: Mohammad Sadiq Assi; Head Coach: Aaqib Javed; Assistant Coach: Mohammad Hyder Kazmi; Trainer/Physio: C Sudhaker; Video Analyist: Shah Hussain Afridi.