India, Sept. 11 -- India enjoyed a field day during their Asia Cup 2025 opener against the UAE, smashing them by nine wickets to get the campaign off to a rollicking start. Once Kuldeep Yadav and Shivam Dube combined to pick 7 wickets, bowling the UAE for 57, the result was a foregone conclusion. Instead of being tested, Wednesday night in Dubai ended up as more of a warm-up ahead of India's much-anticipated clash against Pakistan three days later.

A win is a win, but former India captain Kris Srikkanth feels otherwise in the aftermath of the one-sided result. In a ravaging take, Srikkanth questioned UAE's talent pool and wondered whether giving the minnows a tournament such as the Asia Cup is in the best interest of other teams and fans...