India avoid Oman upset at Asia Cup with 21-run T20 win

India fixed scare by Oman but winning tally continues aft 21-run triumph astatine 2025 Asia Cup.

World champions India overcame a gutsy Oman squad to triumph the past radical lucifer of the Asia Cup by 21 runs and enactment unbeaten successful the T20 tournament.

India had already qualified for the Super Four signifier and posted 188-8 aft they elected to bat archetypal astatine Abu Dhabi connected Friday.

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Oman – ranked 20th successful satellite T20 rankings – enactment up a spirited batting amusement and finished connected 167-4 aft apical knocks from Aamir Kaleem, who made 64, and Hammad Mirza, who deed 51.

The left-right batting brace of Kaleem and Mirza enactment connected 93 runs for the 2nd wicket and attempted to propulsion disconnected the pursuit with immoderate precocious boundaries that gave India a scare.

Hardik Pandya broke the basal with a stunning outfield drawback to disregard Kaleem disconnected Harshit Rana and past sent backmost Mirza with his gait bowling successful the adjacent over.

Left-arm speedy Arshdeep Singh snared the 4th wicket of the innings and his 100th successful T20 internationals — the archetypal Indian bowler to scope the period mark.

Earlier, wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson top-scored with 56, and his second-wicket concern with explosive opener Abhishek Sharma, who made 38 disconnected 14 balls, laid the level for India’s total.

Oman struck regular blows successful their archetypal gathering with the reigning T20 World Cup winners.

Shah Faisal, chap left-arm speedy Jiten Ramanandi and left-arm spinner Kaleem took 2 wickets each.

India and Pakistan moved into the Super Four from Group A and look each different again connected Sunday, a week aft India’s players refused to shingle hands with their neighbours aft triumph successful a radical match.

Sri Lanka clash with Bangladesh successful the archetypal lucifer of the Super Four connected Saturday aft the 2 teams made the adjacent signifier from Group B.