
Team India practices ahead of the match against Oman (Image Credit:- X)
Team India faces Oman before the Super 4 stage in Asia Cup at Sheik Zayed Stadium , Abu Dhabi. Having won the first two matches India aims to continue their dominant performance. Match will begin at 08:00 PM , IST.
India and Oman Performance so far
In the first match , India beat UAE by 9 wickets and in the second match beat Pakistan by 7 wickets.
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Oman on the other hand already knocked out of the tournament. They lost to Pakistan by 93 runs in the first match and lost to UAE by 42 runs in the second match.
Team News – India
Having already qualified for the Super 4 stage India may make some changes in their playing XI. They may bring in Arshdeep Singh in place of frontline pacer Jasprit Bumrah. Many players in the team played the first two matches and yet to face a ball.
Team management may stick with wicket keeper Sanju Samson who was forced to play in middle order after the arrival of Shubman Gill. Jitesh Sharma have to wait for his opportunity.
India Probable XI:- Abhishek Sharma , Shubman Gill , Suryakumar Yadhav (c) , Tilak Varma , Sanju Samson (wk) , Hardik Pandya , Axar Patel , Kuldeep Yadhav , Harshit Rana , Arshdeep Singh , Varun Chakravarthy.
Team News – UAE
Oman on the other hand need to solve their batting woes. Their batting collapsed against both Pakistan and UAE.
Oman Probable XI:- Jatinder Singh (c) , Aamir Kaleem , Hammad Mirza , Wasim Ali , Aryan Bisht , Vinayk Shukla (wk) , Jiten Ramamnandi , Shah Faisal , Shakeel Ahmed , Hassnain Shah , Samay Shrivastava.
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Head to Head
India and Oman never played against each other at International stage.
Pitch Report
Sheikh Zayed stadium normally suited for batters but bowlers will also get some assistance from it. Team batted first won 44 times and team batted second won 51 times.
Weather
Weather is expected to be hot and humid. There is no chance for rain.