UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

United Arab Emirates makes a comeback to cricket's flagship event after a gap of nearly two decades – its last and only appearance was in 1996 UAE is a part of Pool B, with India, the defending champion, South Africa, Pakistan, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Ireland
 

Their past performance: 1975-1987: Not eligible- not an ICC member.
1991: Did not participate in qualifying
1996: First round
1999-2011: Did not qualify 

UAE Squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015:-                                        Mohammed Tauqir (Captain)
Khurram Khan (Vice Captain)
Swapnil Patil
Saqlain Haider
Amjad Javed
Shaiman Anwar
Amjad Ali
Nasir Aziz
Rohan Mustafa
Manjula Guruge
Andri Berenger
Fahad Al Hashmi
Muhammad Naveed
Kamran Shahzad
K Karate

They have Mohammed Tauqir as the Captain of UAE for World Cup 2015, with Khurram Khan as Vice Captain.
Considered a solid middle-order batsman and a right-arm offspinner, Tauqir has been an outstanding performer in the UAE’s World Cup preparations, showing positive development in both skill and fitness.

Strengths: In Khurram Khan, UAE has a consistent and reliable performer with the bat. With the ball, it has largely hunted in a pack . Manjula Guruge, the left-arm medium pacer, has especially shown promise. He can swing the ball and has shown his bowling prowess at the death

Weakness: The lack of experience.UAE's bowling and fielding is an aspect which might worry them during the World Cup. Mohammad Shahzad and offspinner Salman Farooq were reported for illegal bowling actions by the ICC after the second ODI against Afghanistan in November. 

Star Player: Khurram Khan

Khurram has been in blazing form the past year.  He recently became the oldest ODI centurion ever, when he made an unbeaten 132 against Afghanistan in December of last year.
Khurram's left-arm spin can come in handy as well.

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