India maintained their unbeaten streak within the 2025 Asia Cup with a 21-run victory over Oman of their ultimate group match.
The defending champions had been assembly already-eliminated Oman for the primary time in any format.
India’s victory clinched prime spot in Group A, with runners-up Pakistan and Group B qualifiers Sri Lanka and Bangladesh becoming a member of them within the Tremendous Fours.
Winless of their three video games, Oman exit the match together with Afghanistan, UAE and Hong Kong.
Batting first, India wicketkeeper Sanju Samson – who wasn’t required to bat in his facet’s earlier two matches – took his alternative at quantity three, top-scoring with 56 off 45 balls.
He loved productive partnerships with opener Abhishek Sharma (38 off 15), Axar Patel (26 off 13), and Tilak Varma (29 off 18) as India posted 188 for the lack of eight wickets. Oman left-arm pacer Faisal Shah picked up 2-23.
In reply, Jatinder Singh was bowled by Kuldeep Yadav within the ninth over for 32 (33), earlier than Oman’s innings sparked into life.
With 133 wanted off 69 balls, Aamir Kaleem (64 off 46) and Hammad Mirza (51 off 33) – who introduced up his half-century off 30 balls – placed on 93 (55) for the second wicket to arrange a nervy end for India.
Nonetheless, Kaleem’s dismissal within the 18th over, caught by Hardik Pandya off Harshit Rana, shattered Oman’s faint hopes of a profitable chase.
Pandya then eliminated Mirza earlier than Arshdeep Singh accounted for Vinayak Shukla to develop into the primary Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in males’s T20Is.
The Tremendous 4 stage will get beneath manner on Saturday, 20 September when Sri Lanka tackle Bangladesh, with India scheduled to face rivals Pakistan on Sunday.
The 4 groups face one another in a single round-robin contest, with the highest two sides advancing to the ultimate in Dubai on Sunday, 28 September.
