Fantasy XI: Back KL Rahul and Mohammad Rizwan to deliver

Fantasy XI: Mohammad Rizwan (vice-capt), Babar Azam, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (capt), Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Jasprit Bumrah, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Shami, Varun Chakravarthy

Captain: KL Rahul
He has scored 606 runs in 11 innings in Dubai at an average of 67.33 and a strike rate of 146.02.

Vice-captain: Mohammad Rizwan
He is the leading run-scorer in T20Is this year with 752 runs in 14 innings at a staggering average of 94.

Other players
Babar Azam: Second-highest run-scorer in T20Is this year, with 523 runs in 14 innings at a strike rate of 132.74.

Rohit Sharma: Three scores of 60 or more in his last five outings for India in T20Is.

Virat Kohli: Leading run-scorer for India in T20Is since 2020 with 526 runs in 15 games at an average of 52.60.

Asif Ali: He scored an 18-ball 32 in the warm-up game against South Africa recently.

Imad Wasim: He picked up nine wickets in six games in CPL 2021 and played some crucial knocks with the bat coming lower down the order.

Jasprit Bumrah: He has picked up 15 wickets in his last six outings at the Dubai International Stadium.

Shaheen Shah Afridi: He has picked up 15 wickets in his last eight outings at the Dubai International Stadium.

Mohammed Shami: He went wicketless only once in his last ten IPL outings, picking up 15 wickets.

Varun Chakravarthy: He loves bowling in the UAE as he has picked up 28 wickets in 23 games at a brilliant economy of 6.35.