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 Men's T20 World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPositionCaptain 2007Not eligilble Not eligilble 2009 2010 Did not qualify 6 4 2 0 0 2012 5 4 1 0 0 2014 First stage 16/16 3 0 3 0 0 0 Khurram Khan 16 11 5 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 Chundangapoyil Rizwan 5 4 1 0 0 2024 Did not qualify 4 3 1 0 0 2026 Group stage 17/20 4 1 3 0 0 0 Muhammad Waseem 12 10 2 0 0 Total 0 Titles 3/10 10 2 8 0 0 0 66 45 20 0 1
Record by opponents Opponent M W L T+W T+L NR Ab Win % First played 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2026 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 2026 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2014 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 2022 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2014 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2026 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2026 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2022 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2014 Total 10 2 8 0 0 0 0 20.00 Source: Last Updated: 8 March 2026
Tournament results Bangladesh 2014
Squad and kit 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 10SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultL by 6 wicketsL by 21 runs (DLS)L by 5 wickets4Did not advanceFirst stageSource: Cricinfo Scorecards
Australia 2022
Squad and kit Chundangapoyil 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
Results First round (Group A)Super 12SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultL by 3 wicketsL by 79 runsW by 7 runs4Did not advanceFirst roundSource: Cricinfo Scorecards
India & Sri Lanka 2026
Squad and kit Muhammad Waseem (c) Aryansh Sharma (wk) Muhammad Jawadullah Alishan Sharafu Simranjeet Singh Muhammad Zohaib Harshit Kaushik Dhruv Parashar Mayank Kumar Sohaib Khan Muhammad Rohid Muhammad Arfan Junaid Siddique Haider Ali Muhammad Farooq
Results Group stage (Group D)Super 8SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultLost by 10 wicketsWon by 5 wicketsLost by 5 wicketsLost by 6 wickets4Did not advanceGroup stageSource: Cricinfo Scorecards
Records and statistics
Team records Score Opponent Venue Season+Highest innings totals 173/6 (20 overs) Chennai 2026 160/9 (20 overs) New Delhi 2026 151/5 (19.4 overs) New Delhi 2026 151 (19.5 overs) Sylhet 2014 148/3 (20 overs) Geelong 2022Last updated: 8 March 2026
Most appearances This list comprises the players with the most appearances for the United Arab Emirates at the Men's T20 World Cup. Junaid Siddique and Muhammad Waseem jointly hold the record for the most appearances, having played seven matches each. Waseem also captained the side in four matches, the most by any UAE player at the tournament.
+Most matches Matches Player Period 7 Junaid Siddique 2022–2026 Muhammad Waseem 2022–2026 5 Alishan Sharafu 2022–2026 4 Haider Ali 2026–2026 Muhammad Arfan 2026–2026 Aryansh Sharma 2026–2026 Sohaib Khan 2026–2026Last updated: 8 March 2026
Batting records + Most runs Runs Player 100s 50s Period 195 Muhammad Waseem 7 7 32.50 2 2022–2026 149 Alishan Sharafu 5 5 29.80 1 2022–2026 132 Sohaib Khan 4 4 33.00 2 2026–2026 95 Aryansh Sharma 4 4 31.66 1 2026–2026 73 Khurram Khan 3 3 24.33 2014–2014Last updated: 8 March 2026
+ Highest individual innings Score Player Opponent Venue Year74* Aryansh Sharma New Delhi 202668 Sohaib Khan New Delhi 202666* Muhammad Waseem Chennai 202655 Alishan Sharafu Chennai 202651 Sohaib Khan New Delhi 2026Last updated: 8 March 2026
+ Most fifties Fifties Player Period 2 Sohaib Khan 2026–2026 Muhammad Waseem 2022–2026 1 Aryansh Sharma 2026–2026 Alishan Sharafu 2022–2026Last updated: 8 March 2026
Bowling records +Most wickets Wickets Player Matches 4W 5W Period 11 Junaid Siddique 7 20.27 8.68 0 1 2022–2026 5 Zahoor Khan 3 11.40 4.75 0 0 2022–2022 Karthik Meiyappan 3 15.00 6.25 0 0 2022–2022 3 Basil Hameed 3 12.33 7.40 0 0 2022–2022 Muhammad Jawadullah 3 25.00 7.50 0 0 2026–2026 Muhammad Arfan 4 38.33 8.84 0 0 2026–2026Last updated: 8 March 2026
+Best innings figures Player Bowling figures Opponent Venue Year Junaid Siddique 5/35 (4 overs) Delhi 2026 Karthik Meiyappan 3/19 (4 overs) Geelong 2022 Junaid Siddique 3/24 (4 overs) Geelong 2022 Basil Hameed 2/17 (3 overs) Geelong 2022 Amjad Gul 2/18 (4 overs) Sylhet 2014Last updated: 8 March 2026
Partnership records +Highest partnerships by runs Runs Players Opposition Venue Season 107 (2nd wicket) Alishan Sharafu & Muhammad Waseem v Chennai 2026 84 (5th wicket) Sohaib Khan & Aryansh Sharma v Delhi 2026 84 (3rd wicket) Sohaib Khan & Alishan Sharafu v Delhi 2026 67 (3rd wicket) Swapnil Patil & Khurram Khan v Sylhet 2014 58 (3rd wicket) Swapnil Patil & Khurram Khan v Sylhet 2014Last updated: 8 March 2026
Wicket-keeping records +Most dismissals Dismissals Player Matches Period 1 Vriitya Aravind 3 1 0 2022–2022 Aryansh Sharma 4 1 0 2026–2026Last updated: 8 March 2026
Fielding records +Most catches Catches Player Matches Period 4 Alishan Sharafu 5 2022–2026 2 Kashif Daud 2 2022–2022 Basil Hameed 3 2022–2022 Khurram Khan 3 2014–2014Last updated: 8 March 2026
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