Team India played its Champions Trophy matches in UAE a few months ago and won the title. In such a situation, Team India can be considered a contender for the title in the Asia Cup to be held at the same venue, but it is not that easy.

Before Asia Cup 2025, all the discussions about Team India are revolving around who will get the responsibility of opening in the playing eleven. This discussion is natural considering the dependence on explosive batting in T20 cricket. But along with this, the question is also important that what will be the bowling line-up of Team India? How many batsmen will the Indian team field and how many spinners will it field? Will the spinners who are in the squad be able to adjust to the conditions of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)? This question is being raised because when the tournament will be played in the month of September, it is not going to be easy for the spinners.

Asia Cup 2025 will be organized in UAE from 9 September to 28 September. This entire tournament will be played in only 2 cities - Dubai and Abu Dhabi. As far as Team India is concerned, it will play almost all its matches in Dubai. Team India played the Champions Trophy matches in February-March 2025 on this ground and won the title. In such a situation, Team India, which is returning to this ground within a few months, will once again be a contender for the title. Also, the team will again have the pair of Varun Chakraborty and Kuldeep in the name of spin attack.

This challenge for spinners in UAE

Kuldeep and Varun took 16 wickets between themselves in the Champions Trophy. In such a situation, the same expectation will be from both of them this time too. But these wishes and plans of Team India can be dashed and the reason for that is the current conditions in UAE. Actually, the weather in UAE at this time is not the same as it was in February-March, which will affect the spinners. UAE cricket team batsman Alishan Sharfu revealed this. He said, "Due to the heat and humidity, this time will be a bit difficult for the spinners. We also saw in the practice match that the spinners were having trouble gripping the ball because it is a humid weather, there is moisture in the air." This means that even if the outfield is dry, it is natural for the players to sweat due to heat and humidity. In such a situation, moisture will remain in the hands again and again and this can create problems in gripping the ball properly. These difficulties will be there because in an innings of just 20 overs, the shine of the ball does not go away immediately and in such a situation there will be a danger of the ball slipping from the hand. Due to this, spinners will have to face difficulties in controlling their line and especially the length. This will be even more difficult for wrist spinners like Kuldeep and Varun. What options does Team India have? This will trouble not only Team India, but also the rest of the team. But if we talk about India, then in view of this, it will have to make some changes in the playing eleven and will have to choose one of these two. This is because Akshar Patel will be in the role of the second spinner, and the Indian team cannot include 4 bowlers who cannot bat at all. The playing-11 will already have 2 fast bowlers in the form of Jaspreet Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh, who cannot bat. In such a situation, one of the two spinners may have to sit out, which will help Team India in two ways.