Oman creates history against India as Jatinder Singh and Aamir Kaleem stitched a 50-run stand to end their Asia Cup 2025 campaign

Oman becomes the second associate nation in T20I team history to stitch a 50-plus run against India. Earlier, Afghanistan registered the feet when they were an associate nation. Oman is the only current associate nation in that tally. Opening batters Jatinder Singh and Aamir Kaleem stitched a 56-run opening stand against India in their third group stage clash of the Asia Cup 2025. 

The Jatinder-led side also created history against  India in the match. This was the first time that Oman didn’t lose a wicket in the power play against a full-member nation. On the other hand, this marked the first time since July 2024 against Sri Lanka, when India didn’t pick up a wicket in the powerplay.

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Coming back to the match, star speedster Jasprit Bumrah and mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy are benched as the Suryakumar Yadav-led side added Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana in their playing XI. The Indian skipper also juggled with the batting order, demoting himself to number 11. India managed to post 188 runs in 20 overs. Samson was India's highest run-getter with 56 off 45. 

While chasing 189 runs, Ireland managed to get a good start, and Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh failed to get a breakthrough.

India vs Oman playing XIs

Oman (Playing XI): Aamir Kaleem, Jatinder Singh(c), Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla(w), Shah Faisal, Zikria Islam, Aryan Bisht, Mohammad Nadeem, Shakeel Ahmed, Samay Shrivastava, Jiten Ramanandi

India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson(w), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav