India Kuldeep Yadav celebrates with teams after Muhammad Waseem of Sae during the Asia Cup match between India and the United Arab Emirates at the International Stadium in Dubai 10. September 2025 in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. (Photo: Francois Nel/Getty Images) Indian pitchers released a ruthless performance to create an exciting victory of nine goals on Tuesday in Dubai in the opening match of the Asia Cup in Dubai. Bowling coach Morne Morkel scored the intensive and disciplined preparation of the team for a roaring result in the opening. “Yeah, the very solid start of boys with the ball tonight. We didn’t play much cricket of the white ball for a while, so I thought the leadership of the game, our preparation was very focused. I think that’s one thing we did exceptionally well,” Morkel Tod Bcci after the match. Kuldeep Yadav led the charge with characters 4 for 7, while Shivam Dube supported it 3 for 4 because SAE was Skittled in just 57 at 13.1 overs. Only Alishan Shara (22) and Captain Muhammed Wasem (19) managed two -digit digits. When Morkel thought about his conversations with the players, he emphasized the focus on the intention and message they planned to send before the game. “I think it was our conversation that got into the game, was to find our legs, give a lot of energy, bring a little body language when we have the ball in our hands, and yeah, we nailed the first half,” he added.
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Indian persecution was equally clinical, with Abhishek Shama and Vice Captain Shaubman Gill raced to the target at 4.3 overs. The victory also saw that Yadav surpassed Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel’s T20i goals that moved to 73 Skalp in 41 matches on average 13.39.
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