With lots of assumptions and predictions for T20 World Cup, team United Arab Emirates is all set to face off Netherlands at the qualifier rounds on 16th of October (19:00 pm onwards) at Kardinia Park Stadium, Geelong. However, both of the teams United Arab Emirates and Netherlands are placed in Group A, along with Sri Lanka and Namibia.
The United Arab Emirates team have been successful in making it to the T20 World Cup, 2022. Further, they are considered to have been qualified for the 2nd time, after they successfully competed in the tournament of 2014, held in Bangladesh. The team have registered their place in the T20 World Cup 2022 by achieving a victory at the T20 World Cup Qualifier in February 2022. They were successful in defeating the Ireland team in the final match.
Squad of United Arab Emirates
The team comprises of total 15 players.
Chundangapoyil Rizwan (Captain of the team), Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem, Basil Hameed, Alishan Sharafu, Aayan Afzal Khan, Aryan Lakra, Kashif Daud, Ahmed Raza, Vriitya Aravind, Zawar Farid, Karthik Meiyappan, Zahoor Khan, Junaid Siddique, Sabir Ali.
On the other hand, after facing off a tough ODI series, team of Netherlands is expected to showcase their progress over the recent years at the T20 World Cup of 2022. Along with the other competitors, Netherlands has a great opportunity of making it to Top 12. While being ranked towards the bottom, the team is considered to have the capability of defeating the above ranked competitors.
Squad of Netherlands
This team also comprises of total 15 players.
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Scott Edwards (Captain of the team), Tom Cooper, Bas de Leede, Stephan Myburgh, Vikramjit Singh, Colin Ackermann, Fred Klaassen, Max O’Dowd, Roelof van der Merwe, Shariz Ahmad, Teja Nidamanuru, Tim van der Gugten, Tim Pringle, Logan van Beek, Paul van Meekeren and Brandon Glover.
Past Records Between the Two Teams
According to reports, this qualifier round is going to be the 9th encounter between these two in T20Is. However, in their previous 8 face offs, both of the sides managed to win four matches.
And, while talking about the last five encounters between the two teams, United Arab Emirates seems to be leading the tally by a huge margin of 4-1. Hence, it will be interesting to see how the head-to-head battle goes on. Also, with lots of excitement and challenges regarding the World Cup, it is difficult to predict anything at the moment.
