UAE vs UGA Dream11 Prediction Today Match, 18th T20I, Pearl of Africa T20I Series, 2025
Article Summary: This article provides a comprehensive match preview for the UAE vs UGA 18th T20I in the Pearl of Africa T20I Series. It includes a detailed Entebbe Cricket Oval pitch report, complete head-to-head records, player stats, a Probable Playing XI with integrated recent and career stats, and fantasy cricket tips to help you build your United Arab Emirates vs Uganda Dream11 team.
Match Details
| Match | United Arab Emirates vs Uganda, 18th T20I |
| Series | Pearl of Africa T20I Series, 2025 |
| Date | Sunday, July 27, 2025 |
| Time | 04:00 PM IST |
| Venue | Entebbe Cricket Oval, Entebbe |
Match Preview
The Pearl of Africa T20I Series sees a blockbuster clash as the top two teams, UAE and Uganda, lock horns in the 18th match. This promises to be a thrilling encounter, with both sides in scintillating form. Uganda has been the team to beat, remaining undefeated with a perfect record of five wins in five matches. Their all-around performances have been clinical, making them a formidable force at home.
The United Arab Emirates have been almost as impressive, securing four wins out of five matches. Their batting lineup, featuring stalwarts like Muhammad Waseem and Asif Khan, has been firing on all cylinders. While Uganda has the momentum of an unbeaten run, UAE holds the psychological advantage, having won both of their previous T20I encounters against Uganda. With both teams likely to stick with their winning combinations, expect a high-quality contest for supremacy.
Pitch Report
Venue: Entebbe Cricket Oval, Entebbe
The Entebbe Cricket Oval pitch report suggests a balanced wicket with opportunities for both batters and bowlers. Historically, teams batting first have had a significant advantage, winning 12 of the 18 T20I matches played here. The pitch offers a true surface for stroke-making, but recent trends indicate that pace bowlers can find an edge as the game progresses, making it a well-rounded contest.
Venue Statistics (T20I):
- Total Matches: 18
- Batting First Won: 12
- Bowling First Won: 5
- Pace Wickets (Last 10 T20I): 71
- Spin Wickets (Last 10 T20I): 56
UAE vs UGA Head-to-Head Record (Complete)
- Total Matches: 2
- UAE Won: 2
- Uganda Won: 0
- This Series Record: UAE (4/5 Wins), UGA (5/5 Wins)
- At this Venue: UAE (0/1 Wins), UGA (1/1 Wins)
Head-to-Head Top Performers (Batting)
| Player | Matches | Runs | Avg | 50/100 |
| Raghav Dhawan | 1 | 44 | 44 | 0/0 |
| SG Mangela | 1 | 39 | 39 | 0/0 |
| Muhammad Waseem | 1 | 33 | 33 | 0/0 |
| Muhammad Zohaib | 1 | 24 | 24 | 0/0 |
| AR Ramjani | 1 | 21 | – | 0/0 |
| Asif Khan | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0/0 |
| Zuhaib Zubair | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0/0 |
| R Chopra | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0/0 |
| EC D’Souza | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0/0 |
| DM Nakrani | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0/0 |
| Saghir Khan | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0/0 |
| M Musinguzi | 1 | 4 | – | 0/0 |
| CN Kakuru | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0/0 |
| C Kyewuta | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0/0 |
| A Sharafu | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0/0 |
| Haider Ali | 1 | 1 | – | 0/0 |
| J Miyagi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 |
| R Obuya | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 |
| D Parashar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
Head-to-Head Top Performers (Bowling)
| Player | Matches | Overs | Wickets |
| J Miyagi | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Muhammad Rohid | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| DM Nakrani | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Saghir Khan | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Zuhaib Zubair | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Haider Ali | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| D Parashar | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| AR Ramjani | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| C Kyewuta | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| M Musinguzi | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| F Nsubuga | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Player Venue Stats (Complete)
Top Players At This Venue (Runs)
| Player | Matches | Runs | Avg | 50/100 |
| Raghav Dhawan | 5 | 172 | 34.4 | 0/0 |
| SG Mangela | 5 | 154 | 30.8 | 1/0 |
| DM Nakrani | 12 | 131 | 26.2 | 0/0 |
| R Obuya | 5 | 124 | 31 | 1/0 |
| Muhammad Zohaib | 5 | 113 | 28.25 | 1/0 |
| A Sharafu | 4 | 80 | 26.66 | 0/0 |
| EC D’Souza | 5 | 76 | 25.33 | 0/0 |
| Muhammad Waseem | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 0/0 |
| CN Kakuru | 5 | 66 | 22 | 0/0 |
| Asif Khan | 5 | 61 | 30.5 | 0/0 |
| A Sharma | 2 | 58 | 29 | 0/0 |
| R Chopra | 4 | 54 | 27 | 0/0 |
| J Miyagi | 5 | 44 | 14.66 | 0/0 |
| AR Ramjani | 5 | 36 | 36 | 0/0 |
| Zuhaib Zubair | 5 | 17 | 8.5 | 0/0 |
| Saghir Khan | 3 | 11 | 5.5 | 0/0 |
| R Lutaaya | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0/0 |
| D Parashar | 3 | 8 | – | 0/0 |
| M Musinguzi | 5 | 4 | – | 0/0 |
| C Kyewuta | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0/0 |
| Haider Ali | 5 | 1 | – | 0/0 |
| F Nsubuga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 |
Top Players At This Venue (Wickets)
| Player | Matches | Overs | Wickets |
| DM Nakrani | 12 | 39 | 14 |
| Haider Ali | 5 | 20 | 11 |
| Zuhaib Zubair | 5 | 15.3 | 11 |
| J Miyagi | 5 | 17.1 | 8 |
| Muhammad Rohid | 4 | 14 | 7 |
| C Kyewuta | 4 | 14 | 5 |
| Akif Raja | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| EC D’Souza | 5 | 2.5 | 4 |
| M Musinguzi | 5 | 11 | 4 |
| F Nsubuga | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| D Parashar | 3 | 11 | 4 |
| AR Ramjani | 5 | 19 | 4 |
| Saghir Khan | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| J Baguma | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Matiullah Khan | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Muhammad Zohaib | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Asif Khan | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| I Mwebaze | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Probable Playing XI with Player Stats
United Arab Emirates
- Muhammad Zohaib (LHB)
- T20I Stats: 8m – 189r – 27 avg – 1f – 1w
- Recent Form: 50+1w, 35*, 1+0w 24, 9, 29, 38, 9
- Muhammad Waseem (RHB/RAM)
- T20I Stats: 77m – 2734r – 37.97 avg – 22f – 3h – 5w
- Recent Form: 1, 1, 7, 33, 32, 9+0w, 82+0w, 54
- Aryansh Sharma (RHB/WK)
- T20I Stats: 15m – 385r – 28.07 avg – 3f
- Recent Form: 23, 35, 7, 10, 9, 25, 10, 1
- Ethan D’souza (LHB)
- T20I Stats: 6m – 76r – 25.33 avg – 4w
- Recent Form: 34+4w, 15, DNB, 7, 20, DNB, 4*, DNB
- Asif Khan (RHB)
- T20I Stats: 48m – 1167r – 30.71 avg – 5f
- Recent Form: 22+0w, 12*, 11*, 15, 1, 41*, 19, 42
- Alishan Sharafu (RHB)
- T20I Stats: 49m – 1148r – 31.02 avg – 8f
- Recent Form: DNB, 36, 2, 42, 68*+0w, 13, 1
- Haider Ali (LHB/LAO)
- T20I Stats: 8m – 16r – 14w
- Recent Form: 4w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 15*+0w, 0w
- Akif Raja (LHB/RMF)
- T20I Stats: 22m – 74r – 37 avg – 19w
- Recent Form: 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 28+2w
- Muhammad Zuhaib (RHB/LB)
- T20I Stats: 18m – 81r – 11.57 avg – 18w
- Recent Form: DNB, 2w, 5w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w
- Muhammad Rohid (LHB/LMF)
- T20I Stats: 4m – 7w
- Recent Form: 2w, 0w, 3w, 2w (T20D – 3w, 0w, 2w)
- Matiullah Khan (RHB/RMF)
- T20I Stats: 5m – 1r – 4w
- Recent Form: 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w
Bench:
- Saghir Khan (RHB/RMF)
- T20I Stats: 5m – 19r – 6.33 avg – 8w
- Recent Form: 1*+0w, 6+2w, 4+2w, 2w, 8+2w
- Dhruv Parashar (RHB/ROB)
- T20I Stats: 20m – 94r – 13.42 avg – 24w
- Recent Form: 5+1w, 1*+1w, 2*+2w, 1w, 11+0w, 3+1w
- Rahul Chopra (RHB/WK)
- T20I Stats: 24m – 508r – 33.86 avg – 3f
- Recent Form: 1, DNB, 8, 45*, 13, 2, 35
Uganda
- Shrideep Mangela (LHB)
- T20I Stats: 27m – 673r – 26.92 avg – 2f – 1h
- Recent Form: 14, 51, 17, 39, 33
- Robinson Obuya (RHB)
- T20I Stats: 61m – 1259r – 23.31 avg – 8f
- Recent Form: 17, 8, 40, 1, 58*
- Raghav Dhawan (RHB)
- T20I Stats: 27m – 733r – 30.54 avg – 4f
- Recent Form: 32, 22, 41, 44, 33
- Cyrus Kakuru (RHB/WK)
- T20I Stats: 59m – 415r – 14.31 avg – 1f
- Recent Form: 17, 21*, DNB, 2, 26
- Dinesh Nakrani (LHB/LAM)
- T20I Stats: 141m – 2776r – 30.5 avg – 12f – 2h – 151w
- Recent Form: 23*+1w, 10+3w, 24*+0w, 6+2w, 13*+0w
- Juma Miyagi (C) (RHB/RMF)
- T20I Stats: 66m – 328r – 9.37 avg – 85w
- Recent Form: 18*+2w, 6+2w, 19+0w, 1+3w, 1w
- Alpesh Ramjani (LHB/LAO)
- T20I Stats: 86m – 1327r – 26.01 avg – 10f – 125w
- Recent Form: 1w, 13+0w, 2*+1w, 21*+1w, 1w
- Matthew Musinguzi (RHB/LAO)
- T20I Stats: 5m – 4r – 4w
- Recent Form: 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 2w
- Calvin Watuwa (RHB/RAM)
- T20I Stats: 2m
- Recent Form: DNB, DNB (T20D – 21)
- Frank Nsubuga (RHB/ROB)
- T20I Stats: 256m – 2539r – 16.7 avg – 8f – 280w
- Recent Form: 1w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 1w
- Cosmas Kyewuta (RHB/RAM)
- T20I Stats: 61m – 181r – 12.92 avg – 86w
- Recent Form: 2w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 1w
Bench:
- Joseph Baguma (RHB/ROB)
- T20I Stats: 23m – 44r – 28w
- Recent Form: 3w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w
- Innocent Mwebaze (RHB/RAM)
- T20I Stats: 4m – 11r – 3w
- Recent Form: 0w (T20D – 9*+0w, 1w, 2*+2w)
- Ronald Lutaaya (LHB)
- T20I Stats: 32m – 470r – 16.2 avg – 2f
- Recent Form: 0, 0, 9, 0, 4
- Pascal Murungi (RHB)
- T20I Stats: 41m – 296r – 14.09 avg – 3w
- Recent Form: 0, 11, DNB, 19, 1
Powerplay & Death Overs Bowlers
United Arab Emirates
- Powerplay Bowlers: Akif Raja, Haider Ali, Matiullah Khan, Muhammad Rohid
- Death Overs Bowlers: Akif Raja, Muhammad Rohid, Muhammad Zuhaib
Fantasy Cricket Tips
UAE vs UGA Captain / Vice-Captain Picks
- Safe Picks:
- Muhammad Zohaib: A consistent performer for UAE with both bat and ball.
- Dinesh Nakrani: Uganda’s premier all-rounder, capable of turning the game with his multi-faceted skills.
- Alpesh Ramjani: Another reliable all-rounder for Uganda who contributes in all departments.
- High Risk, High Reward:
- Haider Ali: A genuine wicket-taker for UAE who can be a match-winner on his day.
- Ethan D’souza: A promising young talent for UAE who can score quick runs.
- Juma Miyagi: The Ugandan captain leads from the front with both bat and ball and has a great H2H record.
United Arab Emirates vs Uganda Dream11 Team
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