Dubai (PR): UAE’s 14-member squad will take part in the eight-team ACC Men’s Premier Cup 2026 (50 overs) which will be played in Kuala Lumpur from Sunday, 30 August. Seasoned batter Harpreet Singh Bhatia will captain the team. UAE have been placed in Group B. Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Singapore are the four other teams in the group. UAE will play their tournament opener on Monday, 31 August against Qatar at the Bayuemas Oval. Their next match is against Kuwait which will be played at the same venue on Thursday, 3 September.
UAE next play Singapore at the UKM YSD Oval – Sunday, 6 September. Their last group match is against Oman which will also be played at the UKM YSD Oval. The semi-finals are scheduled for Thursday, 10 September while the tournament final and the third position playoff will be played on Saturday, 12 September.
*UAE squad – ACC Men’s Premier Cup 2026:* Harpreet Singh Bhatia (captain), Aayan Afzal Khan, Adeeb Usmani, Akshdeep Nath, Aryansh Sharma, Haider Ali, Ibrar Ahmed, Khuzaima Bin Tanveer, Mohsin Khan, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Shahdad, Rahul Chopra, Sohaib Khan and Tanish Suri.
*Support Staff:* Lalchand Rajput (head coach), Stanley Chioza (fielding coach), Azharuddin Qureshi (strength and conditioning coach), Manpreet Sidhu (video analyst) and Manish Pardeshi (physiotherapist).
*ACC Men’s Premier Cup 2026 – UAE matches schedule (Local time – Kuala Lumpur):*
Monday 31 August – Qatar vs UAE – 9:30am, Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Thursday, 3 September – Kuwait vs UAE – 9:30am, Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Sunday, 6 September – UAE vs Singapore – 9:30am, UKM YSD Oval
Tuesday, 8 September – UAE vs Oman – 9:30am, UKM YSD Oval
Thursday, 10 September – Semi-Finals 1 and 2 – 9:30am, Bayuemas Oval and UKM YSD Oval
Saturday, 12 September – Third position and Final – 9:30am, UKM YSD Oval and Bayuemas Oval
