Ashwin stars in India's biggest WC win

By winning the toss and choosing to bat first, UAE put to rest all the speculation there might have been around what kind of monstrous total India might post, but they collected undesired milestones nonetheless

Unloved, underprepared: what did cricket expect?

UAE's players are at the opposite end of the spectrum from India's but underperforming in one game should not be an argument against their presence at the World Cup

India check unticked boxes

They were overwhelming favourites and UAE hardly put up a fight, but India still got to test a few areas which needed tinkering

R Ashwin's best spins UAE out

Ashwin hits a career high

Stats highlights from the Group B match between India and UAE played in Perth

Ashwin's best catches UAE on wrong foot

R Ashwin spliced through the UAE middle-order, bowling them out for 102, the lowest score for which a team has folded against India in the World Cup

Dhoni bats for Associates and cricket to go global

MS Dhoni, the India captain, has said it was important to spread cricket in more countries and look beyond mere commercial interests

Stifled by the hook, and the spinners' one-two

Plays of the day from the game between India and United Arab Emirates in Perth

UAE determined to keep smiling

UAE are one happy side having the time of their lives, a bunch of amateurs playing a World Cup. A lot is spoken about team bonding and enjoying training but UAE were infectiously bubbly on Friday morning at the WACA.

Mohammed Shami to miss UAE game

India fast bowler Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of Saturday's Group B match against UAE in Perth because of a knee injury

Patil faces old friends in Perth

They could have ended up as team-mates but Swapnil Patil took a different route to international cricket than his Indian friends and they are set to meet on opposite sides

India v UAE - #BendTheRules Moments

#BendTheRules Moments from the Group B match between India and UAE