Overview

• Former opener Virender Sehwag named Abhishek Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakravarthy as India’s likely match-winners, bypassing names such as Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill and Sanju Samson.
• India’s 15-member T20 squad is confirmed with Suryakumar Yadav as captain and Shubman Gill as vice-captain for the UAE tournament starting September 9.
• The BCCI will allow players to fly directly from their home cities to Dubai, targeting full assembly by the evening of September 4 and holding the first training session on September 5 at the ICC Academy.
• Standbys Prasidh Krishna and Washington Sundar will not travel as net bowlers, while several squad members are taking match time in the Duleep Trophy.
• India open against the UAE on September 10, play Pakistan in Dubai on September 14 and face Oman on September 19, with Sehwag also stressing careful workload management for fast bowlers.