Oman captain Jatinder Singh won the toss and opted to bowl against United Arab Emirates in their second clash of the Asia Cup at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Both teams are coming after losing their tournament opener and will now look to grab the opportunity to get off the mark on the points table. The UAE lost their tournament opener against India, while Oman suffered defeat against Pakistan.
Captains at toss
Oman captain Jatinder Singh: We are going to bowl first. Well I think the ball comes nicely on the bat in night and the ball travels pretty quickly as well. We had one of the off days, the boys will apply themselves and we will have a good day. We have three changes: Aryan Bisht is debuting today.
UAE captain Muhammad Waseem: We are happy to bowl first, the pitch is looking good, maybe the wicket will help. We came here on a new day with a new plan. We will try to win our 6th match against them. We have one change, Simranjeet is not playing, Jawad is playing.
UAE and Oman T20 Head-to-Head
The United Arab Emirates and Oman have gone head-to-head eight times in T20 matches. Both teams have been evenly matched, with each side winning four games.
UAE and Oman playing XIs
Oman: Jatinder Singh (c), Syed Aamir Kaleem, Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla (wk), Wasim Ali, Hassnain Ali Shah, Shah Faisal, Aryan Bisht, Shakeel Ahmad, Samay Shrivastava, Jitenkumar Ramanandi
UAE: Muhammad Waseem (c), Muhammad Zohaib, Asif Khan, Alishan Sharafu, Rahul Chopra (wk), Dhruv Parashar, Haider Ali, Muhammad Rohid, Harshit Kaushik, Muhammad Jawad, Junaid Siddique
Squads
United Arab Emirates Squad: Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Waseem(c), Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra(w), Asif Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Dhruv Parashar, Simranjeet Singh, Haider Ali, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Muhammad Farooq, Aryansh Sharma, Matiullah Khan, Ethan DSouza, Muhammad Jawadullah, Saghir Khan
Oman Squad: Aamir Kaleem, Jatinder Singh(c), Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla(w), Shah Faisal, Hassnain Shah, Mohammad Nadeem, Zikria Islam, Sufyan Mehmood, Shakeel Ahmed, Samay Shrivastava, Karan Sonavale, Ashish Odedara, Mohammad Imran, Aryan Bisht, Nadeem Khan, Sufyan Yousaf