In the 12th league match of the Asia Cup 2025, India decided to bat first against Oman after winning the toss and scored 188 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. In this match, Oman bowled well and was successful in stopping the Indian batsmen to some extent. It was believed that India could score a big score against Oman in this match but Team India could not even touch the 200 mark.
50 plus innings in multinational tournament
In this match against Oman, Sanju Samson was launched at number three to bat. During this, he batted well for India on a difficult pitch to bat. He completed 41 balls in this match and scored 56 runs off 45 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 3 fours. During this time his strike rate was 124.44. Sanju did wonders with this innings and became the first Indian batsman to play a 50 -year innings in any T20 multinational tournament from India.
At the same time, Abhishek Sharma scored an innings of 38 runs against Oman for India, while vice -captain Shubman Gill was able to score 5 runs. Captain Suryakumar Yadav did not come down to bat. At the same time, Hardik Pandya was run out after scoring just 1 run. Tilak Verma scored 29 runs while playing at the lower order while Akshar Patel’s bat scored 26 runs. At the same time, Shivam Dubey did not go and was dismissed for 5 runs. For Oman, Shah Faizal, Jite and Aamir Kalim took 2-2 wickets.