UAE also handed a debut to medium-pace bowler Saghir Khan in Sharjah

Mohammad Isam

19-May-2025 • 3 hrs ago

UAE captain Muhammad Waseem decided to field first after winning the toss against Bangladesh in the second T20I in Sharjah. The hosts left Sanchit Sharma and Mohammad Zuhaib out. In their place, they handed a debut to medium-pace bowler Saghir Khan, and also brought in wicketkepeer-batter Aryansh Sharma.

Bangladesh, meanwhile, made four changes to the side that went 1-0 up in the series opener on Saturday. They didn’t play Parvez Hossain Emon, Mahedi Hasan, Hasan Mahmud and Mustafizur Rahman, and replaced them with Nahid Rana, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Rishad Hossain and Shoriful Islam.

Emon missed out despite scoring a century in the first game, with the BCB putting his absence down to a “precautionary measure” after he experienced “discomfort in his left groin” while batting in the previous match.

Mustafizur, meanwhile, wasn’t playing due to him having flown to India to play for Delhi Capitals in the IPL, where he got into action immediately on the day after playing the first T20I against UAE.

Earlier on Monday, the day of the second T20I, another T20I was added to the tour, which initially comprised only two games. Thus, victory for Bangladesh in the second T20I would mean they gain an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

Bangladesh: 1 Tanzid Hasan, 2 Litton Das (capt), 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Towhid Hridoy, 5 Shamim Hossain, 6 Jaker Ali (wk), 7 Rishad Hossain, 8 Tanzim Hasan, 9 Shoriful Islam, 10 Nahid Rana, 11 Tanvir Islam

United Arab Emirates: 1 Muhammad Waseem (capt), 2 Aryansh Sharma (wk), 3 Alishan Sharafu, 4 Rahul Chopra (wk), 5 Asif Khan, 6 Dhruv Parashar, 7 Muhammad Zuhaib, 8 Saghir Khan, 9 Mati Ullah, 10 Haider Ali, 11 Muhammad Jawadullah

Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84