Oman will be taking on the Maldives for the 10th match of the ACC Western Region T20. With this being the final day of the league stages, a win for either side can play a big role in terms of advancements to the semi-finals. Oman started the tournament with a comprehensive 34-run win against Qatar and will be keen on finishing in the top two. Meanwhile, The Maldives were thumped by Qatar by 106 runs in their first game and would be wanting to put more of a fight this time around. Their result against Bahrain could be pivotal in terms of gaining the right mindset prior to their game versus Oman.
Match Details
Date- Tuesday, February 25
Time- 11:00 AM (IST)
Venue- Al Amerat Cricket Ground Maldives
Oman
Naseem Khushi could be expected to come in place of Aamir Kaleem who conceded 38 runs from four overs in his last game. Sufyan Mehmood could be used in place of Mohammad Nadeem who went for 47 runs in just four overs. Other than that, Oman is likely to persist with a similar eleven.
Squad
Zeeshan Maqsood (c), Naseem Khushi, Kaleemullah, Khawar Ali, Jatinder Singh, Aqib Ilyas, Mohammad Nadeem, Sufyan Mehmood, Bilal Khan, Sandeep Goud, Aamir Kaleem, Suraj Kumar, Mohammad Sanuth
The Maldives
Umar Adam and Nilantha Cooray will be in contention to open the innings, which should be followed by M Rishwan, Tharaka Ruwan and Hassan Rasheed. Ibrahim Hassan and Ahmed Ameel will be among the sure-shot starters and will have the onus to pick the wickets for their side.
Squad
Shoaib Ali (c), Sajid Cheema, Usman Ali, Sarfraz Butt, Muhammad Naeem, Faisal Khan, Khawar Zafar, Syed Ali Abbas, Adil Butt, Ibrar ul Haq, Abdul Wahid, Imran Yousuf, Shamsudheen Purat, Abdul Waheed.
Oman- Khawar Ali, Jatinder Singh, Mohammad Sanuth, Zeeshan Maqsood, Suraj Kumar, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan, Mohammad Nadeem/S Mehmood, Aamir Kaleem/Naseem Khushi, Sandeep Goud, Khurram Nawaz
The Maldives- Tharaka Ruwan, Hassan Rasheed, Umar Adam, Mohamed Rishwan, Nilantha Cooray, Leem Shafeeg, Mohamed Azzam, Ibrahim Rizan, Ibrahim Hassan, Ahmed Ameel Mauroof, Chandana Liyanage
Khawar Ali has scored 529 runs from 30 T20I innings with a strike rate of 94.80 and has 35 wickets under his belt.
Nilantha Cooray has scored 127 runs from four T20I innings and has a healthy strike rate of 127 for the Maldives.
Bilal Khan has been one of the key players with the ball in hand and has scalped 49 wickets from the last 34 T20Is.
Umar Adam has bagged 257 runs from 11 T20I innings with a strike rate of 98.84
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