List of United Arab Emirates Twenty20 International cricketers

The UAE was first granted T20I status in January 2014, by virtue of being granted One Day International (ODI) status. This was a result of their performance at the 2014 World Cup Qualifier, where they placed second to qualify for the 2015 World Cup.^[1] The team had made its ODI debut as early as 1994, against India, but received ODI status on a non-temporary basis only in 2014.^[2] The UAE's first full Twenty20 Internationals came at the 2014 World Twenty20 in Bangladesh, where the team played against the Netherlands, Ireland, and Zimbabwe. The team played further T20Is at the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier, but failed to qualify for the 2016 World Twenty20 tournament.^[3]

This list comprises all members of the UAE cricket team who have played at least one T20I match. It is initially arranged in the order in which each player won his first Twenty20 cap. Where more than one player won his first Twenty20 cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.

Key

General ‡ – Captain † – Wicket-keeper First – Year of debut Last – Year of latest game Mat – Number of matches played

Batting Runs – Runs scored in career HS – Highest score 50 – Half-centuries scored 100 – Centuries scored Avg – Runs scored per dismissal * – Batsman remained not out

Bowling Balls – Balls bowled in career Wkt – Wickets taken in career BBI – Best bowling in an innings Ave – Average runs per wicket

Fielding Ca – Catches taken St – Stumpings affected

List of players

Last updated 21 May 2025.^[4][5][6]

United Arab Emirates T20I cricketers

General					Batting					Bowling				Fielding		Ref
No.	Name	First	Last	Mat	Runs	HS	50	100	Avg	Balls	Wkt	BBI	Ave	Ca	St
01	Amjad Ali	2014	2015	5	42	20	0	0	10.50	–	–	–	–	1	0	[7]
02	Amjad Javed‡	2014	2017	22	271	76	1	0	18.06	446	33	3/12	16.96	4	0	[8]
03	Faizan Asif	2014	2015	6	80	28	0	0	13.33	–	–	–	–	0	0	[9]
04	Manjula Guruge	2014	2015	5	3	1*	0	0	3.00	96	5	2/18	25.00	1	0	[10]
05	Kamran Shazad	2014	2015	3	21	21	0	0	10.50	52	2	2/19	38.50	1	0	[11]
06	Khurram Khan‡	2014	2014	3	73	31	0	0	24.33	6	1	1/8	8.00	2	0	[12]
07	Swapnil Patil†	2014	2016	18	187	37	0	0	14.38	–	–	–	–	9	4	[13]
08	Rohan Mustafa‡	2014	2023	58	1,006	77	4	0	20.95	1,106	61	4/18	21.03	25	0	[14]
09	Shaiman Anwar	2014	2019	32	971	117*	6	1	33.48	–	–	–	–	11	0	[15]
10	Vikrant Shetty	2014	2014	2	1	10	0	0	11.00	–	–	–	–	1	0	[16]
11	Shadeep Silva	2014	2014	2	16	13*	0	0	16.00	42	2	1/20	29.00	1	0	[17]
12	Ahmed Raza‡	2014	2022	55	122	22	0	0	12.20	1068	37	5/19	31.83	20	0	[18]
13	Sharif Asadullah	2014	2014	1	–	–	–	–	–	18	2	2/21	10.50	0	0	[19]
14	Abdul Shakoor†	2015	2019	6	35	20*	0	0	17.50	–	–	–	–	0	1	[20]
15	Mohammad Naveed‡	2015	2019	31	176	27*	0	0	12.57	688	37	3/14	19.70	4	0	[21]
16	Mohammad Shahzad	2015	2017	20	281	52	1	0	15.61	289	13	3/34	31.61	1	0	[22]
17	Mohammad Tauqir‡	2015	2015	3	4	4	0	0	4.00	42	0	–	–	1	0	[23]
18	Umair Ali	2015	2015	3	22	13	0	0	22.00	24	1	1/13	28.00	0	0	[24]
19	Fayyaz Ahmed	2015	2015	1	11	11	0	0	11.00	18	1	1/29	29.00	1	0	[25]
20	Nasir Aziz	2015	2015	1	–	–	–	–	–	24	0	–	–	0	0	[26]
21	Amjad Gul	2015	2016	4	28	24	0	0	9.33	–	–	–	–	2	0	[27]
22	Qadeer Ahmed	2015	2019	10	7	5*	0	0	7.00	192	9	2/18	28.11	2	0	[28]
23	Zaheer Maqsood	2015	2016	3	2	2	0	0	2.00	54	1	1/29	80.00	1	0	[29]
24	Fahad Tariq	2016	2016	6	19	8	0	0	4.75	18	0	–	–	4	0	[30]
25	Farhan Ahmed	2016	2016	3	4	4	0	0	4.00	54	3	2/28	22.00	1	0	[31]
26	Muhammad Kaleem	2016	2016	9	97	50	1	0	10.77	–	–	–	–	1	0	[32]
27	Muhammad Usman	2016	2022	47	891	89*	3	0	24.08	–	–	–	–	12	0	[33]
28	Saqlain Haider	2016	2016	6	14	7	0	0	3.50	–	–	–	–	4	0	[34]
29	Usman Mushtaq	2016	2016	3	13	9	0	0	13.00	–	–	–	–	0	0	[35]
30	Ghulam Shabber†	2016	2019	17	208	58*	1	0	18.90	–	–	–	–	14	1	[36]
31	Mohammed Qasim	2016	2017	3	36	13*	0	0	18.00	6	0	–	–	1	0	[37]
32	Rameez Shahzad	2016	2019	22	449	54	1	0	24.94	–	–	–	–	8	0	[38]
33	Atif Ali Khan	2016	2016	1	–	–	–	–	–	24	0	–	–	0	0	[39]
34	Imran Haider	2016	2019	11	4	4*	0	0	–	186	7	1/16	35.71	1	0	[40]
35	Muhammed Shanil	2016	2016	1	1	1*	0	0	–	24	0	–	–	0	0	[41]
36	Zahoor Khan	2017	2023	57	11	6	0	0	2.75	1,239	72	4/16	19.52	8	0	[42]
37	Sultan Ahmed	2017	2022	25	64	18	0	0	5.81	495	22	4/9	22.09	15	0	[43]
38	Adnan Mufti	2017	2017	1	7	7*	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	[44]
39	Laxman Sreekumar	2017	2017	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	–	–	–	–	0	0	[45]
40	Amir Hayat	2018	2019	4	3	3	0	0	1.50	84	6	2/26	17.16	0	0	[46]
41	Ashfaq Ahmed	2018	2019	12	238	75	3	0	19.83	36	2	1/14	17.00	2	0	[47]
42	Chirag Suri	2018	2022	31	817	88	7	0	29.17	–	–	–	–	0	0	[48]
43	Mohammad Boota‡	2019	2022	19	136	20*	0	0	17.00	6	1	1/13	13.00	4	2	[49]
44	Chundangapoyil Rizwan‡	2019	2023	18	323	51*	1	0	24.84	–	–	–	–	4	0	[50]
45	Darius D'Silva	2019	2019	10	130	29	0	0	3250	–	–	–	–	4	0	[51]
46	Waheed Ahmed	2019	2020	15	141	45*	0	0	20.14	222	11	3/21	23.36	2	0	[52]
47	Zawar Farid	2019	2023	18	163	55	1	0	12.53	186	8	2/31	31.25	7	0	[53]
48	Junaid Siddique	2019	2024	71	85	18	0	0	8.50	1,589	96	4/12	20.80	17	0	[54]
49	Vriitya Aravind†	2020	2024	48	1,052	97*	6	0	27.68	–	–	–	–	26	5	[55]
50	Basil Hameed	2020	2024	61	782	51	2	0	22.34	513	38	4/25	15.73	29	0	[56]
51	Alishan Sharafu	2020	2025	45	1,068	90*	8	0	31.41	1	0	–	–	19	0	[57]
52	Ansh Tandon	2020	2023	9	70	34*	0	0	11.66	–	–	–	–	8	0	[58]
53	Mohammad Ayaz	2020	2020	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	12	0	–	–	0	0	[59]
53	Kashif Daud	2021	2022	14	86	28*	0	0	14.33	227	11	4/32	25.27	2	0	[60]
55	Muhammad Waseem‡	2021	2025	72	2,660	112	22	3	39.70	76	5	2/13	28.20	57	0	[61]
56	Sanchit Sharma	2021	2025	5	6	4	0	0	6.00	78	1	1/47	125.00	1	0	[62]
57	Akif Raja	2021	2025	19	74	28	0	0	37.00	324	15	3/22	30.26	2	0	[63]
58	Karthik Meiyappan	2021	2023	15	19	12	0	0	9.50	312	23	4/25	15.95	4	0	[64]
59	Aryan Lakra	2022	2024	10	114	63*	1	0	14.25	42	2	1/14	23.00	5	0	[65]
60	Sabir Ali	2022	2022	3	0	0*	0	0	–	48	3	1/16	23.33	0	0	[66]
61	Aayan Afzal Khan	2022	2024	36	165	42	0	0	12.69	758	37	3/7	20.35	6	0	[67]
62	Fahad Nawaz	2022	2022	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	[68]
63	Muhammad Jawadullah	2023	2025	33	20	13*	0	0	10.00	751	54	4/21	17.51	5	0	[69]
64	Ali Naseer	2023	2024	40	321	48*	0	0	16.05	817	51	4/24	20.03	22	0	[70]
65	Asif Khan	2023	2025	43	1,106	79	5	0	30.72	–	–	–	–	7	0	[71]
66	Mohammed Faraazuddin	2023	2023	6	24	21*	0	0	8.00	84	2	1/15	62.50	1	0	[72]
67	Aryansh Sharma†	2023	2025	13	307	60	3	0	25.58	–	–	–	–	8	2	[73]
68	Nilansh Keswani	2023	2024	12	55	31*	0	0	55.00	252	10	2/16	29.80	4	0	[74]
69	Khalid Shah	2023	2023	8	116	37	0	0	14.50	–	–	–	–	3	0	[75]
70	Jash Giyanani	2023	2023	1	–	–	–	–	–	24	0	–	–	0	0	[76]
71	Tanish Suri†	2023	2024	12	235	77	1	0	21.36	–	–	–	–	10	2	[77]
72	Samal Udawaththa	2023	2023	1	4	4	0	0	4.00	–	–	–	–	0	0	[78]
73	Dhruv Parashar	2023	2025	17	86	17*	0	0	12.28	336	20	4/12	17.05	10	0	[79]
74	Rahul Chopra†	2024	2025	20	454	80	3	0	34.92	–	–	–	–	15	0	[80]
75	Hazrat Luqman	2024	2024	2	8	8	0	0	8.00	36	1	1/30	60.00	0	0	[81]
76	Zuhaib Zubair	2024	2025	13	64	26*	0	0	12.80	194	7	2/0	39.00	7	0	[82]
77	Omid Shafi Rahman	2024	2024	5	0	0	0	0	0.00	82	5	3/19	17.60	1	0	[83]
78	Ashwanth Valthapa	2024	2024	1	5	5	0	0	5.00	–	–	–	–	0	0	[84]
79	Muhammad Farooq	2024	2024	8	18	18	0	0	18.00	168	9	2/14	23.77	2	0	[85]
80	Vishnu Sukumaran	2024	2024	10	151	50	1	0	18.87	12	1	1/4	29.00	3	0	[86]
81	Syed Haider†	2024	2024	17	109	47	0	0	15.57	–	–	–	–	12	2	[87]
82	Simranjeet Kang†	2024	2024	11	–	–	–	–	–	210	14	4/15	14.00	4	0	[88]
83	Haider Ali	2025	2025	3	15	15*	0	0	15.00	72	3	3/7	22.66	0	0	[89]
84	Matiullah Khan	2025	2025	3	1	1*	0	0	–	60	3	2/41	39.00	1	0	[90]
85	Muhammad Zohaib	2025	2025	3	76	38	0	0	25.33	–	–	–	–	1	0	[91]
86	Saghir Khan	2025	2025	2	8	8	0	0	8.00	48	4	2/36	18.00	2	0	[92]
87	Ethan D'Souza	2025	2025	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	[93]

See also

• Twenty20 International
• United Arab Emirates cricket team
• List of United Arab Emirates ODI cricketers
• United Arab Emirati national cricket captains