Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates cricket teams are scheduled to meet in their first match of T20 Asia Cup 2016 on 25 February in Mirpur. SL vs UAE match live streaming and online telecast will air live from 19:30 local time and 13:30 GMT.
Preview
United Arab Emirates cricket team is in tremendous form and they are coming in the competition with three consecutive wins in Asia Cup 2016 qualifiers against Oman, Afghanistan and Hong Kong. So all UAE players will be pumped up to perform better in the competition. And it will not be easy for them as they’ll be playing title defenders in the event on Thursday.
On the other hand Sri Lankan team will be eagerly waiting to find tune before playing big team in the tournament. They’ll be happy to see their captain Lasith Malinga back in the side along with all-rounder Angelo Mathews. Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal, Shehan Jayasuriya and Niroshan Dickwella will make batting order strong for Lanka.
Squad
Sri Lanka
Lasith Malinga (C), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Niroshan Dickwella, Dasun Shanaka, Milinda Siriwardana, Dushmantha Chameera, Chamara Kapugedera, Shehan Jayasuriya, Rangana Herath, Thisara Perera, Sachithra Senanayake, Jeffrey Vandersay, Nuwan Kulasekara.
UAE
Amjad Javed (C), Mohammad Kaleem, Rohan Mustafa, Swapnil Patil, Shaiman Anwar, Mohammad Shahzad, Zaheer Maqsood, Usman Mushtaq, Ahmed Raza, Qadeer Ahmed, Mohammad Naveed, Farhan Ahmed, Saqlain Haider, Mohammad Usman, Fahad Tariq.
Prediction
Sri Lanka will be favorite to win against UAE and they have got 70 percent winning chances.
TV Channel Listing
Star Sports 1/HD and Star Sports 3/HD will be broadcasting live twenty20 cricket match between Sri Lanka and UAE from 7:00 PM IST. The complete list of tv channels for UAE vs SL asia cup 2016 game is given below according country wise.
| Country | Broadcaster |
| India | Star Sports, DD National |
| Australia | Fox Sports |
| Pakistan | GEO Super, PTV Sports |
| Sri Lanka | TNL TV |
| Bangladesh | Star, Channel 9 |
| United Kingdom | Life OK |
| Middle East and North Africa | OSN Cricket |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport |
| Canada | ATN Network |
Live Streaming
Those cricket fans who are not able to catch live action of this match on TV, they can watch live streaming online on www.starsports.com and www.hotstar.com.
Europe based viewers can watch live on www.yupptv.com.
Live Score
The live score of Sri Lanka vs UAE Asia Cup 2016 match will be provided by espncricinfo.com and cricbuzz.com.