Big picture: UAE have the edge, but there are issues
UAE had to rejig their combination and ended up losing their first game to New Zealand by ten wickets in Chennai. They got half-centuries from Muhammad Waseem and Alishan Sharafu but not much from anyone else, and their bowlers conceded the target of 174 in 15.2 overs.
Canada also suffered a heavy defeat against South Africa in Ahmedabad, where they conceded 213 for 4 and made only 156 in response, with only Navneet Dhaliwal and Harsh Thaker getting past 20 in the chase.
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In the spotlight: Alishan Sharafu and Navneet Dhaliwal
UAE could bring in Muhammad Jawadullah as a seam-bowling option. They also have Muhammad Farooq and Simranjeet Singh on the bench, while Haider Shah replaced Zohaib in the squad.
UAE (probable): 1 Aryansh Sharma (wk), 2 Muhammad Waseem (capt), 3 Alishan Sharafu, 4 Harshit Kaushik, 5 Mayank Kumar, 6 Sohaib Khan, 7 Muhammad Arfan, 8 Dhruv Parashar, 9 Haider Ali, 10 Junaid Siddique, 11 Muhammad Rohid
Canada are likely to play the same XI that lost to South Africa.
Canada (probable): 1 Dilpreet Bajwa (capt), 2 Yuvraj Samra, 3 Navneet Dhaliwal, 4 Nicholas Kirton, 5 Shreyas Movva (wk), 6 Harsh Thaker, 7 Saad Bin Zafar, 8 Jaskaran Singh, 9 Dilon Heyliger, 10 Kaleem Sana, 11 Ansh Patel
The temperature in Delhi is pleasant with a high of 24°C expected on Friday with low humidity. Netherlands easily chased down 156 in a day game against Namibia, and India are playing Namibia in a night game on Thursday. The UAE-Canada fixture is the first day-night game at the venue in this tournament, with a scheduled start at 3pm local time.