Oman bowlers Shah Faisal and Aamir Kaleem have troubled Pakistan’s line-up during the Asia Cup 2025 clash played on September 12 at Dubai.
The duo went on to pick three wickets each during Pakistan’s innings and restricted the Men in Green to 160 runs in their 20-over innings.
After choosing to bat first, Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub opened the innings for Pakistan while Shah Faisal opened the bowling attack.
With Ayub’s dismissal for duck in a lbw by Shah Faisal, Sahibzada Farhan and Haris made 47 runs in the powerplay. The duo went on to forge a solid 84-run partnership as Farhan scored 29 runs.
Zaman went on to join Haris where the latter smashed a fifty and scored 66 runs off 43 deliveries which included seven fours and 3 sixes.
Withi Haris dismissal, Pakistan lost three wickets for 102 runs in the 13th over. Salman Lost his wicket on a golden duck while Hasan Nawaz went back to dug out for 9 runs.
With Nawaz contributed 19 runs, Faheem Ashraf got dismissed for 8 runs in the final over. Afridi walked in and scored 2* runs in the final delivery and stood along with Fakhar Zaman who scored 23* runs helping the side to post 160 runs in the 20 over innings.
Shah Faisal and Aamir Kaleem bagged three wickets each while Nadeem bagged a wicket.
Speaking at the toss, Salman Agha said, “We are going to bat first. It looks like a good pitch and we want to put the scoreboard pressure.”
“We have been playing good cricket for last 2-3 months, we have been playing together from February and the team is coming together, we want to continue that. We have three proper spinners and three all-rounders,” added Agha.
“When we bat first we want to put above par totals and when bowling first we want to restrict the opposition to chaseable totals,” concluded Salman Agha.
Meanwhile Jatinder Singh said, “We would have batted first. It is a historic moment for us to come and rub shoulders with the Asian giants. (on putting the team together) It was a challenge six months ago, but the boys were so hungry to perform and grab the opportunity. It is a spin-oriented side.”
Pakistan Playing 11: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Haris(w), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha(c), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed
Oman Playing 11: Jatinder Singh(c), Aamir Kaleem, Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla(w), Shah Faisal, Hassnain Shah, Mohammad Nadeem, Zikria Islam, Sufyan Mehmood, Shakeel Ahmed, Samay Shrivastava
