Harpreet Singh Bhatia to lead UAE in ICC CWC League 2 tri-series – Scotland 2026

Dubai, 24 July 2026: Batter Harpreet Singh Bhatia will lead UAE’s National Men’s Team on their tour of Jersey and Scotland (ICC CWC League 2 tri-series). The 15-member squad will leave for Jersey tomorrow (Saturday) where they will play two 50-over warm-up matches against the hosts on Monday, 27 July and Wednesday, 29 July at the NCC Grainville. 

The team will then travel to Scotland for the ICC CWC League 2 tri-series – the hosts Scotland and Canada are the two other participants. The UAE squad will play a practice match against Scotland A on Friday, 31 July. Their opening tri-series fixture is against Scotland which will be played on Monday, 3 August. They next play Canada on Wednesday, 5 August. 

UAE’s third match of their four tri-series matches’ will be played on Sunday, 9 August, the team will take on the hosts. The fourth and final match of the tri-series is against Canada – Tuesday, 11 August. 

All ICC CWC League 2 fixtures will be played at the Forfarshire CC, Dundee. The matches will begin at 11:00am local time. 

UAE squad for ICC CWC League 2 series matches: Harpreet Singh Bhatia (captain), Aayan Afzal Khan, Adeeb Usmani (wicketkeeper), Akshdeep Nath, Aryansh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Parashar, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Arfan, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Shahdad, Muhammad Mohsin, Rahul Chopra, Simranjeet Singh, Sohaib Khan and Tanish Suri (wicketkeeper).                     

Support Staff: Lalchand Rajput (head coach), Stanley Chioza (fielding coach), Azharuddin Qureshi (strength and conditioning coach), Manpreet Sidhu (video analyst) and Manish Pardeshi (physiotherapist). 

Tour of Jersey and Scotland – UAE matches schedule (local timings):

Monday, 27 July – Jersey vs UAE – 50 overs, NCC Grainville, Jersey – 11:00am

Wednesday, 29 July – Jersey vs UAE – 50 overs, NCC Grainville, Jersey – 11:00am

Friday, 31 July – Scotland A vs UAE – 50 overs, Forfarshire CC, Dundee – 11:00am 

ICC CWC League 2 (local timings):

Monday, 3 August – Scotland vs UAE, Forfarshire CC, Dundee – 11:00am 

Wednesday, 5 August – Canada vs UAE, Forfarshire CC, Dundee – 11:00am 

Sunday, 9 August – Scotland vs UAE, Forfarshire CC, Dundee – 11:00am 

Tuesday, 11 August – Canada vs UAE, Forfarshire CC, Dundee – 11:00am 

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