In the absence of Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav will speahead Indian bowling with Mohit Sharma against UAE.
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Having demolished Pakistan and South Africa in their first two matches by dishing out clinical performances, defending champions India would look to complete a hat-trick of victories when they take on minnows United Arab Emirates in their third group league match of the Cricket World Cup on Saturday. Catch all the live cricket score and live updates of the match here:� (LIVE SCORECARD | POINTS TABLE):
Here are the five match facts for Saturday's World Cup Pool B game between India and the United Arab Emirates at the WACA, Perth (14:30 local/12:00 IST):
- India have won both previous one-day internationals between these teams -- Asia Cup matches in 1994 and 2004 - they batted first on both occasions.
- Shaiman Anwar hit the first World Cup century by a United Arab Emirates batsman in his team's narrow defeat against Ireland. It was only the second ODI century in any competition by a UAE batsman.
- India opener Shikhar Dhawan has hit 573 runs at an average of 95.5 in his seven innings in ICC tournaments -- he hit 363 at the 2013 Champions Trophy and has 210 in this event.
- India's last five ODIs at Perth have been won by the team that batted second.
- The UAE has two Indian-born players in their team, all-rounder Krishna Chandran and wicket-keeper Swapnil Patil
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