Esha Oza to lead UAE in GCC Women’s T20I Championship 2025
Publish at: December 09 2025
Dubai, 9 December 2025: All-rounder Esha Oza will lead the UAE Women’s team in the GCC Women’s T20I Championship 2025. The six-team tournament will be played in Oman from 12 to 19 December. UAE will play their opening match against the hosts on Friday 12 December at 2:00pm local time. Their second match is against Qatar and will be played from 9:30am on Saturday, 13 December. UAE take on Kuwait on Monday, 15 December at 6:30pm.
The side will take on Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, 16 December from 2:00pm local time and finish the group stage with a clash against Bahrain on Thursday, 18 December from 2:00pm local time.
The top two teams in the group stage will clash in the Friday, 19 December final from 6:30pm local time.
UAE squad for GCC Women’s T20I Championship: Esha Oza (captain), Al Maseera Jahangir, Indhuja Nandakumar, Katie Thompson, Keziah Miriam, Mehak Thakur, Michelle Botha, Rinitha Rajith, Samaira Dharnidharka, Siya Gokhale, Sashikala Silva, Theertha Satish (wicketkeeper) Udeni Kuruppuarachchige and Vaishnave Mahesh.
Support Staff: Subha Venkataraman (team manager), Ahmed Raza (head coach), Hithaishi Basavaraj (strength and conditioning coach) and Merin Saji (physiotherapist).
GCC Women’s T20I Championship, Oman – UAE matches
Friday, 12 December – UAE vs Oman, 2:00pm.
Saturday, 13 December – UAE vs Qatar, 9:30am.
Monday, 15 December – Kuwait vs UAE, 6:30pm.
Tuesday, 16 December – UAE vs Saudi Arabia, 2:00pm.
Thursday, 18 December – UAE vs Bahrain, 2:00pm.
Friday, 19 December – Final
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