India Aim To Make It 3-In-A-Row Vs UAE In World Cup

Among the pacers, Umesh Yadav (two wickets in two games) has been slightly erratic despite working up lively pace while Shami (six wickets from two matches), who will not play on Saturday, has got important wickets at various junctures.

The revelation for India has been Mohit Sharma (four wickets in two matches), third pacer of the side. Call it Ishant Sharma's untimely injury or Bhuvneshwar Kumar's questionable fitness, fate played a big part in Mohit's induction and he has grabbed the chance that came his way with both hands.

Spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have also done well making life a little easier for skipper Dhoni.

For the UAE, the positive has been scoring in excess of 275 in both their earlier matches while the negative point is the inability of their bowlers to defend the scores.

In batting department, they have right-handed middle-order batsman Shaiman Anwar, who has had an exceptional start to the tournament, scoring 67 against Zimbabwe followed by a 83-ball-106 against Ireland just the other day.

They also have wicketkeeper-batsman Swapnil Patil, who had once played junior-level cricket against Ajinkya Rahane.

In short, it is going to be a contest between unequals and the UAE will really need to do something extra-special to pull off a miracle.
The Teams (From):
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain & wk), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Axar Patel, Ambati Rayudu, Stuart Binny, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

UAE: Mohammed Tauqir (captain), Amjad Ali, Amjad Javed, Andri Berenger, Fahad Alhashmi, Asanka Guruge, Khurram Khan, Kamran Shehzad, Krishna Chandran, Mohammed Naveed, Nasir Aziz, Swapnil Patil, Shaiman Anwar, Rohan Mustafa, Saqlain Haider.
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