India, Sept. 10 -- T20 World Champions India will begin their Asia Cup 2025 campaign with a clash against the home team UAE at the Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday, looking to extend their dominance in the shortest format. Riding high on a 24-3 win-loss record since their triumph in the 2024 T20 World Cup, Suryakumar Yadav's men enter the tournament as firm favourites - and with a point to prove as the continent's undisputed kings.

The UAE, in contrast, are still searching for stability at the international level. They haven't beaten India in any format - having lost their only T20I encounter in the 2016 Asia Cup and all three ODIs, the last of which came in the 2015 World Cup. Most recently, the Emirati side endured a winless tr...