Intro:

India rests fast bowler Mohammad Shami in the match against UAE in Perth.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Shikhar Dhawan, India (on their approach playing UAE)

"Yeah, that's how we are approaching this game. We're approaching it the same way. We've had a few off days to relax, and it was good to have a few off days and now we are here for practice, so we're going to prepare ourselves for tomorrow and just going to play the game the way we have been playing."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Shikhar Dhawan, India (on the support India gets at stadiums)

"Shami won't be playing tomorrow, so Shami will be absent from tomorrow's game. Yeah, of course it's a great feeling to have so many fans over here, especially we saw that in Melbourne in the last game. It was amazing to see so many Indians in MCG ground. It was a great feeling. I really enjoyed playing in front of 86,000 people. Yeah, it gives a very good feeling that our fans followed us here and they gave us so much importance. I feel because of them we get that extra edge, you can say, yeah."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Shikhar Dhawan, India (on his batting form)

"Yeah, you can say that I've gotten used to the bounce finally (laughing). And, yeah, I always have lots of shots and I enjoy playing my shots, so whenever I get a chance, whenever I get loose deliveries I go for my shots. It's good to see it's going the way I want and I'm enjoying it, yeah."