United Arab Emirates at the Men's T20 World Cup

The United Arab Emirates national cricket team is one of the associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). United Arab Emirates qualified for their first T20 World Cup in 2014 after finishing 4th in the 2013 Qualifier, they did not make a reappearance in the tournament till 2022 edition. In both the editions that they participated in, the team finished last. UAE hosted the 2021 tournament alongside Oman, with Board of Control for Cricket in India as the hosting body.

T20 World Cup record

ICC T20 World Cup record											Qualification record [a]
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ab [b]	Captain		Pld	W	L	T	NR
2007	Did not qualify										Did not participate
2009
2010											6	4	2	0	0
2012											5	4	1	0	0
2014	First stage	16/16	3	0	3	0	0	0	Khurram Khan		10	6	4	0	0
2016	Did not qualify										6	1	4	0	1
2021											12	9	3	0	0
2022	First round	16/16	3	1	2	0	0	0	CP Rizwan		5	4	1	0	0
2024	Did not qualify										4	3	1	0	0
2026	To be determined										To be determined
Total	0 Titles	2/9	6	1	5	0	0	0	—		48	31	16	0	1

1. WCL Division One served as the qualifier for the 2007 edition.
2. Abandoned matches are not counted in the official records.

Record by opponents

Opponent	M	W	L	T+W	T+L	NR	Ab	Win %	First played
Ireland	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2014
Namibia	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100	2022
Netherlands	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	2014
Sri Lanka	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2022
Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2014
Total	6	1	5	0	0	0	0	16.67	-
Source: [1] Last Updated: 20 October 2022

Tournament results

Bangladesh 2014

Main article: 2014 ICC World Twenty20

Squad

• Khurram Khan (c)
• Amjad Ali
• Faizan Asif
• Swapnil Patil (wk)
• Rohan Mustafa
• Shaiman Anwar
• Vikrant Shetty
• Amjad Javed
• Ahmed Raza
• Manjula Guruge
• Kamran Shazad
• Sharif Asadullah
• Shadeep Silva
• Moaaz Qazi
• Rohit Singh

Results

First stage (Group B)				Super 10		Semifinal	Final	Overall Result
Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Netherlands L by 6 wickets	Bangladesh L by 21 runs (DLS)	Zimbabwe L by 5 wickets	4	Did not advance				First stage
Source: ESPNcricinfo [2]

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Australia 2022

Main article: 2022 Men's T20 World Cup

Squad

• CP Rizwan (c)
• Vriitya Aravind (vc) (wk)
• Chirag Suri
• Muhammad Waseem
• Basil Hameed
• Aryan Lakra
• Kashif Daud
• Karthik Meiyappan
• Fahad Nawaz
• Ahmed Raza
• Zahoor Khan
• Junaid Siddique
• Sabir Ali
• Alishan Sharafu
• Aayan Afzal Khan

2022 kit

Results

Group stage (Group A)				Super 12		Semifinal	Final	Overall Result
Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Netherlands L by 3 wickets	Sri Lanka L by 79 runs	Namibia W by 7 runs	4	Did not advance				First round
Source: ESPNcricinfo [3]

Records and statistics

Team records

Highest innings totals

Score	Opponent	Venue	Season
151 (19.5 overs)	Netherlands	Sylhet	2014
148/3 (20 overs)	Namibia	Geelong	2022
123/6 (20 overs)	Ireland	Sylhet	2014
116/9 (20 overs)	Zimbabwe	Sylhet	2014
111/8 (20 overs)	Netherlands	Geelong	2022
Last updated: 20 October 2022 [4]

Batting statistics

Most runs

Runs	Player	Mat	Inn	HS	Avg	100s	50s	Period
93	Muhammad Waseem	3	3	50	31.00	—	1	2022–2022
73	Khurram Khan	3	3	31	24.33	—	—	2014–2014
68	Shaiman Anwar	3	3	32	22.66	—	—	2014–2014
53	Swapnil Patil	3	3	30	17.66	—	—	2014–2014
48	Vriitya Aravind	3	3	21	16.00	—	—	2022–2022
Last updated: 20 October 2022 [5]

Highest partnerships

Runs	Players	Opposition	Venue	Season
67 (3rd wicket)	Swapnil Patil (23) & Khurram Khan (31)	v   Netherlands	Sylhet	2014
58 (3rd wicket)	Swapnil Patil (30) & Khurram Khan (25)	v   Zimbabwe	Sylhet	2024
58 (2nd wicket)	CP Rizwan (21) & Muhammad Waseem (36)	v   Namibia	Geelong	2022
47 (5th wicket)	Shaiman Anwar (27) & Rohan Mustafa (20)	v   Netherlands	Sylhet	2014
42 (4th wicket)	Shaiman Anwar (30) & Khurram Khan (10)	v   Ireland	Sylhet	2014
Last updated: 20 October 2022 [6]

Bowling statistics

Most wickets

Wickets	Player	Matches	Avg.	Econ.	BBI	4W	5W	Period
5	Zahoor Khan	3	11.40	4.75	2/20	0	0	2022–2022
	Karthik Meiyappan	3	15.00	6.25	3/19	0	0	2022–2022
4	Junaid Siddique	3	23.75	7.91	3/24	0	0	2022–2022
3	Basil Hameed	3	12.33	7.40	2/17	0	0	2022–2022
2	5 players
Last updated: 20 October 2022 [7]

References

1. "Team records | Twenty20 Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
2. "Records | ICC World T20, 2024 Records | Team Match Results - United Arab Emirates". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
3. "Records | ICC World T20, 2024 Records | Team Match Results - United Arab Emirates". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
4. "Highest totals For ICC Men's T20 World Cup - United Arab Emirates". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
5. "Most runs in ICC Men's T20 World Cup - United Arab Emirates". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
6. "Highest partnerships for ICC Men's T20 World Cup - United Arab Emirates". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
7. "Bowling Most Wickets Career - United Arab Emirates". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2025.