India captain Suryakumar Yadav took a cheeky dig at his United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterpart Muhammad Waseem during the coin toss ahead of their Asia Cup 2055 Group A encounter in Dubai on Wednesday. The incident happened just when Suryakumar was getting ready to flip the coin at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

As the Indian captain was about the flip the coin, Suryakumar cheekily said “don’t look (laughs)” to Waseem, thus keeping his reputation of being a jovial individual. At the toss, Suryakumar elected to bowl first. With this, India’s record-breaking streak of losing tosses finally came to an end.

As far as the team combinations are concerned, India opted to play an extra spinner in Kuldeep Yadav, and leave out left-armer Arshdeep Singh. Meanwhile, Sanju Samson kept his place in the playing XI, thus ending all the speculations. Samson’s spot in the playing XI was doubtful considering Shubman Gill’s inclusion in the T20I setup after more than a year.

India vs UAE playing XIs

UAE: Muhammad Waseem(c), Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra(w), Asif Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Haider Ali, Dhruv Parashar, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Junaid Siddique, Simranjeet Singh

India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy