The first match of Asia Cup 2025 will be played between Afghanistan and Hong Kong at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The pitch of Abu Dhabi will be suitable for batting, but as the game progresses the pitch will become slow. Spinners can get more help here on the pitch. Talking about the weather of Abu Dhabi, there is a possibility of a slightly humid environment on Tuesday. The weather may be a little hot at the beginning of the match. The temperature is likely to be 41.4 degrees Celsius. The sky will be clear during the entire match. There is no possibility of rain here.
This time the Asia Cup is to be played in T20 format. A total of 68 T20 matches have been played so far in Sheikh Zayed Stadium, in which 18,740 runs have been scored. In which the bowlers bowled 15549 balls and took a total of 836 wickets. In T20 matches at this ground, the team that won the toss has won 36 matches, while the team that lost the toss has won 32 matches. Here the teams will prefer to bowl first after winning the toss, because the team which decided to bat after winning the toss has won only 13 matches, whereas the team which decided to field after winning the toss has won 23 matches.
Talking about the lowest score at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, on 26 October 2019, the Nigerian team could score only 66 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs against Ireland. At the same time, the record for the highest score on this ground is in the name of Ireland, who scored 255 runs losing seven wickets in 20 overs on 30 November 2013.
The first T20 match was played between Afghanistan and Scotland at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on 10 February 2010. At the same time, the last match of this format was played here on 29 September 2024 between South Africa and Ireland. After a long time, this stadium is going to host a T20 match.
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