Oman punched above their weight in the final group game of the 2025 Asia Cup, losing by just 21 runs against a rampant Indian team at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday, September 19. While Oman will end their Asia Cup campaign without a win, they will take a lot of positives from their performance Against the defending champions.
After he won the pitch and chose to hit first, India lost their vice-captain, Shubman Gill, in the second. Abhishek Sharma, however, played a sturdy cameee and hit 38 on just 15 balls. Oman continued to take Wickets through the middle overs, but Sanju Samson, promoted to No. 3, kept the innings together with a patient half century. Axar Patel and Tilak Varma played dazzling cameos to help the men in Blue on 188/8 in 20 overs.
In answer, Oman -Opers Jatinder Singh and Aamir Kaleem brought their team. They added 56 runs in nine overs. After Jatinder was fired for a 33-ball 32, Hammad Mirza bundled the forces with Kaleem.
The duo added 93 runs only 55 balls in a partnership that taught hope in the hearts of the Oman believers. However, the power that was needed in the back of the innings was missing among the Oman -stroke people. While Kaleem and Mirza hit half centuries, they were eventually limited to 167/4 in their 20 overs.
Main moments of IND vs Omn, Match 12 of Asia Cup 2025:
1. Sanju Samson anchores innings with a gritty fifty
Sanja Samson Got his first opportunity to hit the current Asia Cup and he had it counted. Kerala’s Wicketkeeper batter was sent to no. 3 and he had his problems to deal with the slow nature of the surface. Now that India Wickets lost due to the middle overs, his 45-ball 56 turned out to be useful when he anchored the innings, so that Tilak Varma and Axar Patel could play blaring cameos.
2. 43-year-old Aamir Kaleem Top scores with half a century
Aamir Kaleem, who turns 44 years old in a few months, hoped Oman to register a historic victory. He opened the batting and scored 64 on just 46 balls, hit seven four and two sixes. The left-handed Slagman became the oldest who scored a 50-plus against a nation of full members.
3. Hardik Pandya takes a blinder in a crucial stage
It took a brilliant piece of field from Hardik Pandya to put an end to the exemplary knock of Aamir Kaleem. The Southpaw helped a delivery to the leg to the border with fine legs. Hardik had to cover a lot of soil to the right. The ball traveled, but Timed’s run in Choryasi Timed to perfection and grabbed the ball with both hands and maintained his balance, not on the border rope. Before this resignation, Oman was involved and required 40 runs of 15 balls, with nine wickets in hand.
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