India win by 9 wickets

India bagged an easy victory of nine wickets against United Arab Emirates in the 21st match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) ground at Perth today.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli took the Indian innings to an end while chasing UAE's 102 runs.

The world champions however lost the wicket of opener Shikhar Dhawan on the seventh over of their innings. Dhawan scored 14 runs off 17 balls before Mohammad Naveed trapped him.

Earlier, UAE skipper Mohammad Tauqir won the toss and decided to bat first.

Middle-order Shaiman Anwar was the top-scorer for the UAE side, bagging 35 runs off 49 balls.

Ravi Ashwin bagged four wickets spending 25 runs while Ravindra Jadeja and Umesh Yadav picked two wickets each spending 23 and 15 runs respectively.

India Team

S Dhawan, RG Sharma, V Kohli, AM Rahane, SK Raina, MS Dhoni (Captain & Wicketkeeper), RA Jadeja, R Ashwin, B Kumar, UT Yadav and MM Sharma

United Arab Emirates Team

Amjad Ali, AR Berenger, Krishna Chandran, Khurram Khan, SP Patil (Wicketkeeper), Shaiman Anwar, Rohan Mustafa, Amjad Javed, Mohammad Naveed, Mohammad Tauqir (Captain) and AM Guruge