Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) have announced their 14-member men’s national squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Global Qualifiers in Oman from February 15th – 25th, 2022. UAE will be competing in the 8-nation qualifiers in a bid to secure one of the two available qualification spots into the first round of 2022 Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia, for which the groupings and the schedule has been announced.
UAE squad will be in Oman much earlier, as they play a 3-match ODI series against their host’s from February 05th – 08th, following which the national squad will be playing in a 4-nation T20I quadrangular series in Oman against their host’s, Nepal and Ireland as part of their preparations towards the Global qualifiers. These matches will be the first time the team plays T20Is since their last outing in October 2021, when they played against the likes of Namibia and Ireland, who were preparing to take part in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
The following 14 players have been selected for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Global Qualifiers: Ahmed Raza (Captain), Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem, Alishan Sharafu, Vriitya Aravind, Muhammad Usman, Rohan Mustafa, Kashif Daud, Zahoor Khan, Raja Akifullah, Karthik Meiyappan, Junaid Siddique, Basil Hameed and Zawar Farid.
