India (188/8) defeat Oman (167/4) by 21 runs in Match 12 of Asia Cup 2025

[Hellion]

Anyone remembers this ODI match? India vs Honkongon

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/asia-cup-2018-1153237/hong-kong-vs-india-4th-match-group-a-1153246/full-scorecard

Honkong almost chased it. Everyone was talking about "India's chinks"

India won the final.

Shardul Thakur useless as ever.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

So fair to say Oman>>> Pakistan against India :ko

without any doubt... Pakistan just cant handle pressure

 

[JaDed]

Aussies post 99 WC was feared side. Lot of times they won because of fear factor

The fear usually works for weak sides, it's the very reason they kept losing some important games, 2001 Kolkata, they ended up losing the entire series.

CT for Aus, India itself knocked em out once 2001 or something, fear is more for teams below par not actual professional players.

2003 wc final and 2007 wc final they wont fair and square not because of fear but because they could handle pressure better.

 

[Human786]

During Indian innings first line was 210+. Too much money made by bookies today

not just bookies , this is Shah & son too ...

 

[jnaveen1980]

Shardul Thakur useless as ever.

THeir opening partnership was 174 lol.

 

[BDfanforever]

If not for Abishek Sharma Ind probably could've lost the dead rubber?

 

[Devadwal]

Islam is pathetic player 0(2)

 

[JaDed]

Hated the intensity shown by India in this game, absolutely terrible and borderline cocky, hopefully it doesn't get repeated.

 

[jnaveen1980]

If not for Abishek Sharma Ind probably could've lost the dead rubber?

So if Bangladesh dismisses Abhishek early they will win against India?

 

[Champ_Pal]

He delivered when it mattered. in the Final

Exactly. Without his bowling India would not have lifted the T20 cup.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Looking at the comments i think India will go in as underdog to super 4

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

The fear usually works for weak sides, it's the very reason they kept losing some important games, 2001 Kolkata, they ended up losing the entire series.

CT for Aus, India itself knocked em out once 2001 or something, fear is more for teams below par not actual professional players.

2003 wc final and 2007 wc final they wont fair and square not because of fear but because they could handle pressure better.

All teams up against India in this Asia cup are far more weaker sides so yeah India has that fear factor for all these sides. Im not saying India is nt professional or Skilled. of course they are

 

[Champ_Pal]

Not a chance.

They will lose this by 20 runs.

My prediction almost came true.

India win by 21 runs.

 

[sweto]

Even with umpire on Indian side. This is not a win.

 

[Local.Dada]

Exactly. Without his bowling India would not have lifted the T20 cup.

Even though Akashdeep did well, would have preferred Arshdeep in England over him

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Looking at the comments i think India will go in as underdog to super 4

India Remains super Favorites to win all Games. We just hope to see some good gamea

 

[Champ_Pal]

Looking at the comments i think India will go in as underdog to super 4

Yes.

India fluked through to Super 4. Got exposed today by Mighty Oman. BD, Pak will maul them. No chance.

 

[Devadwal]

Win was never doubt but this is really unacceptable cricket by Surya and team india.

TOo much attitude and arrogant has Shown by Surya .

Wo arrogant main hi show kar sakta hu his Pakistan ke fans ke sath discussion main, tum log professional player ho .

 

[jnaveen1980]

Amazing handshakes by SKY

 

[JaDed]

All teams up against India in this Asia cup are far more weaker sides so yeah India has that fear factor for all these sides. Im not saying India is nt professional or Skilled. of course they are

I mean Pakistan Bangladesh need to be professional enough to win, irrespective of the side they are facing at the end of the day everyone 's weakness can easily be planned ,Televised performance.

 

[BDfanforever]

So if Bangladesh dismisses Abhishek early they will win against India?

No but knocking off impactful players early makes things a lot easier.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

I mean Pakistan Bangladesh need to be professional enough to win, irrespective of the side they are facing at the end of the day everyone 's weakness can easily be planned ,Televised performance.

if they were professional enough , They would nt be weak sides. Of course there is Skill Gap too

 

[Mas-LFC]

Islam is pathetic player 0(2)

we see what you digging at there.

 

[Devadwal]

@Rana who won?

 

[Local.Dada]

Amazing handshakes by SKY

SKY is a thorough gentleman. Even in that Pc everyone is blowing a gasket about. He was very professional. Rohit and Virat or even Pandya, Iyer if they were captain would have been something else in such a situation lol.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Oman captain is so thrilled just to shake hands with Indian players. He is overjoyed.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

This was an embarrassing bowling performance by India. Conceding 167 against minnows is pretty bad. At one point I checked the score and it was 141-1. Yes, it's T20 and India could well smash Pakistan in the next match, but a side that has dominated as heavily as them in the past year should be destroying minnows like Oman.

Btw, this isn't even Oman's main team. Their main team players are currently locked in a pay dispute with the board. Their captain Jatinder Singh was contemplating retirement before he was offered the captaincy.

Still Oman should be proud of their performance tonight. They certainly made a statement, all things considered.

 

[Devadwal]

we see what you digging at there.

Do I care what you think? Islam scored 0(2) in today match and he was most pathetic player from Both sides

 

[JaDed]

if they were professional enough , They would nt be weak sides. Of course there is Skill Gap too

Last T20 Asia edition PCT beat India in super 4

 

[Mas-LFC]

Oman captain Jatinder Singh used up too many deliveries. Nevertheless well played Oman. You’ve given other teams much needed motivation against India.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

So if Bangladesh dismisses Abhishek early they will win against India?

BD has only ever won 1 T20 against India so i dnt think Sharma is consequential to Ind BD games

 

[JaDed]

Oman captain Jatinder Singh used up too many deliveries. Nevertheless well played Oman. You’ve given other teams much needed motivation against India.

Wearing National team jersey i would had hoped would be motivation enough but nevertheless if Oman helps.

 

[light]

No but knocking off impactful players early makes things a lot easier.

I hope BD doesnt play that Saif Hasan guy again. His batting was terrible to watch - bro survived that long because of garbage bowling. He had a hard time putting bat to ball.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This was an embarrassing bowling performance by India. Conceding 167 against minnows is pretty bad. At one point I checked the score and it was 141-1. Yes, it's T20 and India could well smash Pakistan in the next match, but a side that has dominated as heavily as them in the past year should be destroying minnows like Oman.

Btw, this isn't even Oman's main team. Their main team players are currently locked in a pay dispute with the board. Their captain Jatinder Singh was contemplating retirement before he was offered the captaincy.

Still Oman should be proud of their performance tonight. They certainly made a statement, all things considered.

Oman is probably better side than other Asian sides when they play big dogs like India?

 

[Local.Dada]

5 overs bowled by Dube, Abhishek and Tilak. Come back to me next time they bowl 25% of the overs in a proper match against a proper team. If they do that against your team consider that kind of looking down upon the opposition.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

SKY is a thorough gentleman. Even in that Pc everyone is blowing a gasket about. He was very professional. Rohit and Virat or even Pandya, Iyer if they were captain would have been something else in such a situation lol.

There was nothing professional about SKY and the Indian team's behavior in the last match. PCB's clownish antics notwithstanding, SKY and the Indian team's behavior was thoroughly unprofessional and unsportsmanlike.

 

[IAJ]

Well played Oman. A dead rubber alright, but shows India can be defeated with some better execution of plans. All that matters is the match on Sunday 28 September. Just plan to get there and then anything can happen, in sha Allah.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Last T20 Asia edition PCT beat India in super 4

because Pitches were better than what we see this Asia Cup. Skill gap diminishes and takes back seat on batting track where weak batsmen can have good day. On tough Tracks it always difficult to beat a superior side because Skills get boost and team with better skills get upper hand

 

[Devadwal]

Well played Oman. A dead rubber alright, but shows India can be defeated with some better execution of plans. All that matters is the match on Sunday 28 September. Just plan to get there and then anything can happen, in sha Allah.

Keep the spirit High , bus apne ghabara nahi hai boss

 

[Local.Dada]

There was nothing professional about SKY and the Indian team's behavior in the last match. PCB's clownish antics notwithstanding, SKY and the Indian team's behavior was thoroughly unprofessional and unsportsmanlike.

Didn’t shake hands was a team mgmnt/ BCCI decision.

He didn’t say the word “Pakistan” once in his speech.

He dedicated to terror victims and army. Case closed .Ab chor ki daadi me tinka to woh kya karega.

I personally feel on the game play or field, teams should shake hands. Even boxers etc do it before beating the hell out of each other.

His Pc is a non-issue.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Yes.

India fluked through to Super 4. Got exposed today by Mighty Oman. BD, Pak will maul them. No chance.

Bangladesh is a decent team, they beat a good Afghanistan side in a must win game.

Only team struggling in this round is Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are well capable of handing you guys a defeat.

 

[chakdeindian]

If Oman can do it, Pakistan can. Rest of the 3 teams can.

What?...,, losing to India even after better start both in ball and bat.. ofcourse Pak can definitely do that..they are good at loosing to india everywhere..

 

[sweep_shot]

Oman finished at 167/4 after 20 overs.

Great performance from Oman. Fell short by 21 runs only.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

I think this Abu Dhabi surface is definitely the best surface for T20 cricket I have seen in UAE in a while. You can easily score 170-180 if you bat well. And that score can be chased down as well. It's a shame there is only one more game in Abu Dhabi. Pakistan v Sri Lanka on Tuesday.

 

[Local.Dada]

Well played Oman. A dead rubber alright, but shows India can be defeated with some better execution of plans. All that matters is the match on Sunday 28 September. Just plan to get there and then anything can happen, in sha Allah.

Yes India will play the same combo. Same intensity and also same tactics. Please convey to Pak team to counter the strategy from this game

Having said that well played Oman. You can beat only what’s in front of you. Well tried

 

[Devadwal]

There was nothing professional about SKY and the Indian team's behavior in the last match. PCB's clownish antics notwithstanding, SKY and the Indian team's behavior was thoroughly unprofessional and unsportsmanlike.

Last match behaviour was perfect and Pakistan deserved that but today we have shown very pathetic attitude and didn't taken international cricket Seriously.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bangladesh is a decent team, they beat a good Afghanistan side in a must win game.

Only team struggling in this round is Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are well capable of handing you guys a defeat.

So Bangladesh and Srilanka are capable of handing you defeat as well right?

 

[G0rmintAunty]

Did the India players shake hands with the Pak Omani players?

 

[Usman Chadda]

So Bangladesh and Srilanka are capable of handing you defeat as well right?

We will most probably lose all 3 games yes.

Pakistan has non-existent batting which will be exposed, as all three teams have good bowling attacks.

 

[JaDed]

We will most probably lose all 3 games yes.

Pakistan has non-existent batting which will be exposed, as all three teams have good bowling attacks.

Lol stop the wrist slitting..

 

[Champ_Pal]

Bangladesh is a decent team, they beat a good Afghanistan side in a must win game.

Only team struggling in this round is Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are well capable of handing you guys a defeat.

In a T20 game, any team can win with a couple of memorable performances. The shorter format does not give much of an opportunity to recover when a team has a bad day. That being said, I give both Lanka and BD 80-20 chance of losing to India. Pakistan has a better chance of defeating India because Pak bowling is better than both BD and Lanka. All Pakistan needs is a a couple of great batting performances. It can happen. I give Pakistan 70-30 chance of losing to India in Super 4 stage.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Lol stop the wrist slitting..

It’s not wrist slitting when it’s true.

Not many are delusional.

 

[Devadwal]

Bangladesh is a decent team, they beat a good Afghanistan side in a must win game.

Only team struggling in this round is Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are well capable of handing you guys a defeat.

Do you want to accept my challenge? #HaiHimmat ?

If india lose a single game in This Asia cup , I'll leave the PP for a month if not then you'll leave PP for a month.

This challenge is for every Pakistani, Bangladeshi or wannabe fan's

#HaiKoiTakkarMain?

:Klopp

 

[jnaveen1980]

Lol stop the wrist slitting..

They are all acting they just have to beat India they will be through to next round forgetting they all have to play each other India has nothing left to achieve in Asia cup. But teams like Bangladesh have to win an Asia cup. Their goal should be to win the cup. Not beating India. this mentality of "Beat India. that is my goal" is why you are lanugishing. There is a reason why SL has reached final more times in Asia cup and 2nd highest title holder. Because they just don't focus on India. THey focus on all teams.

 

[Mas-LFC]

Bangers can have all the motivation, yet will remain donkeys

Whats Bangers? Didn’t know a nation called that.

Well done Oman. An Associate team part time players smashing world number sides bowlers like that, was fun to watch.

 

[Local.Dada]

Did the India players shake hands with the Pak Omani players?

Yes. Not my words but the policy from what I hear is- Pak team represents Pak govt as PCB head is actually the interior minister of Pak which means he reports to you know who.

No issue with individuals or regular citizens of Pak or civilians.

Don’t attack me for this, it’s BcCI/ GOI policy at the moment.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Yes. Not my words but the policy from what I hear is- Pak team represents Pak govt as PCB head is actually the interior minister of Pak which means he reports to you know who.

No issue with individuals or regular citizens of Pak or civilians.

Don’t attack me for this, it’s BcCI/ GOI policy at the moment.

That was obvious when Imran Tahir, Azhar mahmood played in the IPL.

 

[Mas-LFC]

What?...,, losing to India even after better start both in ball and bat.. ofcourse Pak can definitely do that..they are good at loosing to india everywhere..

New game. Anything is possible. Indian bowlers exposed by associate nation Oman.

 

[BDfanforever]

I hope BD doesnt play that Saif Hasan guy again. His batting was terrible to watch - bro survived that long because of garbage bowling. He had a hard time putting bat to ball.

Yeah, that was some desperate measure to elongate the batting lineup a bit. He is usually No.4 batsman.

He might still open against SRL because both our left hand openers are terrible against Nuwan Thusara.

 

[Local.Dada]

That was obvious when Imran Tahir, Azhar mahmood played in the IPL.

Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid as well but they are born and raised in England even though we tend to forget due to appearance (not a good thing to judge)

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

I think this Abu Dhabi surface is definitely the best surface for T20 cricket I have seen in UAE in a while. You can easily score 170-180 if you bat well. And that score can be chased down as well. It's a shame there is only one more game in Abu Dhabi. Pakistan v Sri Lanka on Tuesday.

Finally we will get to see Pakistan on Surface they will like

 

[jnaveen1980]

Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid as well but they are born and raised in England even though we tend to forget due to appearance (not a good thing to judge)

Then SIkandar Raza.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Yes. Not my words but the policy from what I hear is- Pak team represents Pak govt as PCB head is actually the interior minister of Pak which means he reports to you know who.

No issue with individuals or regular citizens of Pak or civilians.

Don’t attack me for this, it’s BcCI/ GOI policy at the moment.

Surya Shook hands with Naqvi

 

[Local.Dada]

Then SIkandar Raza.

Not only do they play but Tahir, Raza are also hired as think tank/ management by these franchises. Aly Khan the UsA bowler as well.

 

[Local.Dada]

Surya Shook hands with Naqvi

If someone comes in front of you and puts a hand out? Also thats exactly my point too, it is not Surya’s individual decision.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Didn’t shake hands was a team mgmnt/ BCCI decision.

He didn’t say the word “Pakistan” once in his speech.

He dedicated to terror victims and army. Case closed .Ab chor ki daadi me tinka to woh kya karega.

I personally feel on the game play or field, teams should shake hands. Even boxers etc do it before beating the hell out of each other.

His Pc is a non-issue.

You can choose to look at the situation with rose tinted glasses or argue semantics, that's your choice. But you don't need to be a rocket scientist to find out who he was talking about. Also, it doesn't matter whose decision it was, ultimately it was the Indian players and their captain who chose not to shake hands. And again, if you wanna go down that route, that's fine. But I don't see how such an individual can be called a "gentleman" or even 'professional.'

In the past someone like Usman Khawaja has been told not to display a dove logo on his shoe because it was deemed 'political.' But when the Indian team goes out to play a match in camouflage caps, or the Indian captain goes out and does a blatant and shameless display of jingoism, it's A-okay.

And then Indian fans get angry when people say that the ICC is a completely biased and compromised body controlled by India...

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

If someone comes in front of you and puts a hand out? Also thats exactly my point too, it is not Surya’s individual decision.

Whose Ever this decision was , We could nt care less . Indian team can repeat it if they want.

This was done to console Indian Public who overwhelmingly wanted BCCI to boycott

 

[G0rmintAunty]

Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid as well but they are born and raised in England even though we tend to forget due to appearance (not a good thing to judge)

They are English, but Omani players have Pak passports, so was just looking for clarification on that.

 

[Mas-LFC]

Do I care what you think? Islam scored 0(2) in today match and he was most pathetic player from Both sides

ok if you say so.

 

[BDfanforever]

Kaleem looks like long lost brother of Robin Uthappa.He played like him too today.

 

[Devadwal]

Well played Oman. And wake-up call for team india specially Surya. Never take international cricket for granted .

 

[prash88]

India played scenarios and experiments in this game. Could have trashed Oman by 100+ runs if they wanted to. Pakistan ll be trashed again on Sunday.

 

[charlie007]

Despite a low intensity game from India, Oman batted really well today. In the coming years, they will do even better. I like how India donate their share of earnings in Asia Cups to the Associates to invest more into their cricket. Looks like some of that money is being put to good use.

 

[Local.Dada]

You can choose to look at the situation with rose tinted glasses or argue semantics, that's your choice. But you don't need to be a rocket scientist to find out who he was talking about. Also, it doesn't matter whose decision it was, ultimately it was the Indian players and their captain who chose not to shake hands. And again, if you wanna go down that route, that's fine. But I don't see how such an individual can be called a "gentleman" or even 'professional.'

In the past someone like Usman Khawaja has been told not to display a dove logo on his shoe because it was deemed 'political.' But when the Indian team goes out to play a match in camouflage caps, or the Indian captain goes out and does a blatant and shameless display of jingoism, it's A-okay.

And then Indian fans get angry when people say that the ICC is a completely biased and compromised body controlled by India...

How is Australian citizen Khwaja sympathizing with situation in Gaza (nothing wrong if he did it in his personal time for humanitarian cause) same as

Indian Citizen Surya dedicating to “Indian citizens” who got killed.

This argument is thrown around a lot. Can someone explain the equivalence. I don’t think if Khwaja was dedicating to fellow Aussie citizens in some tragedy no one would care.

 

[Rana]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1969106770137145827

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Finally we will get to see Pakistan on Surface they will like

Let's see what happens. I'm not that confident btw. Sri Lanka always seems to have the upper hand on Pakistan in this tournament

 

[bk19xsa]

This match wouldn't have been this close if it was in Dubai.

The more batting friendly ground and pitches in Abu Dhabi are quite different than the slow spinning varieties in Dubai.

Since, all matches except one are in Super 4 in Dubai, then likely the following will be the Super 4 standings:
1. India
2. Srilanka
3. Pakistan
4. Bangladesh

 

[mominsaigol]

@mominsaigol

Oman trying to chase this score the way RizBar would

According to those paindu fans, Oman should win.

@gazza619 will think the base is set

Oman is an associate nation in cricket filled with office workers here to have a good time with a paycheck so wont blame them.

If our fans have an Oman mindset then maybe they should live in Oman. That's all I can say

 

[Mas-LFC]

India played scenarios and experiments in this game. Could have trashed Oman by 100+ runs if they wanted to. Pakistan ll be trashed again on Sunday.

Could have, should’ve, would’ve. They didn’t. They won, yes by 21runs. But India bowlers took some smashing too by an associate team batsmen. Australia never let an associate score 160 odd agains them.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This match wouldn't have been this close if it was in Dubai.

The more batting friendly ground and pitches in Abu Dhabi are quite different than the slow spinning varieties in Dubai.

Since, all matches except one are in Super 4 in Dubai, then likely the following will be the Super 4 standings:
1. India
2. Srilanka
3. Pakistan
4. Bangladesh

Abudhabhi is not a true wicket by any means. 117 kph balls were sticking in. It just suits the players with poor reflexes, timing better. There is hardly any pace in the wicket. So bowling fast hardly has any rewards. It just sits up.