UAE vs OMA

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Mohammad Waseem (UAE Captain): "Thanks to dear Allah. As I said, past is past. We wanted to show everyone out calibre and how we play. I am very happy. We talked in the meeting and prepared for the last 3-4 days as batting and bowling team. We planned to play as long as we can. (On 3000 T20I runs) Proud moment for me, my family and team. Hope to continue that way."

Jatinder Singh (Oman Captain): “I believe the credit goes to the UAE batters. The way they started their innings, Waseem and Alishan had their plans, and they executed them. They finished really well, and 170 was a good score. I think our team just lacks a bit of experience, but in the coming years, we will be on full throttle. The track was so placid, in Abu Dhabi, the ball comes on really well in the evening, so we thought it was chasable. We needed to take advantage of the first 6 overs, but we lost too many wickets. He (Siddique) bowled as per the plans. I was a bit early into the shot on the slower one.”

Alishan Sharafu wins the Player of the Match award: "Quite fun. It was an important game for us and we brought out our best. Obviously, it was a 4 PM start and the bowl was coming slow, so we tried to play accordingly. It's something I try to do often, create room and go on the off side. The plan was just to accelerate in the powerplay and one of us has to bat deep in powerplay. Once I got out, credits to Mohammad Waseem to bat through."

7:40 PM Local Time, 9:10 PM IST: MATCH SUMMARY

UAE (172/5 in 20 overs) beat Oman (130 all-out in 18.4 overs) by 42 runs

Mohammad Waseem - 69 (54) | Junaid Siddique - 4/23
Aryan Bisht - 24 (32) | Jiten Ramanandi - 2/24 & 13 (9)

A comfortable win in the end for UAE in this battle of associates as they get one over Oman and open their account in this Asia Cup 2025.

173 was always going to be a tough ask for Oman who never really posed a challenge in all seriousness. Junaid Siddique was the chief destructor with the ball as he snapped up both the openers within his first two overs with the new ball, more importantly the Oman skipper Jatinder Singh who was looking good and got to a 10-ball 20. 

They never really recovered from the twin strikes and kept losing wickets. From 23/2 to 50/5, it was looking like Oman would struggle to get into three digits. However, a couple of 20s from Vinayak and Bisht saved them the blushes.

For UAE, Siddique returned in the death to take his tally to 4. Left-armer Jawadullah and left-arm spinner Haider Ali got 2 each while Rohid got 1 as well.

In the end, it was the skipper  Muhammad Waseem finishing it off fittingly with a direct-hit for he had set it up with the bat with a 69-run knock along with Sharafu’s 51.

18.4 Muhammad Rohid Khan to Samay Shrivastava, OUT! RUN OUT!!! Slower one, full and outside off, Samay drives it to mid off and runs for a single. Waseem there picks it up quickly and gets a direct hit at the non-striker's end. A fitting finish as UAE win by 42 runs. 

18.1 Muhammad Rohid Khan to Shakeel Ahmed, SIX!!! Back of a length on body, Shaeek pulls it well high and over deep square leg for a maximum. 

17.5 Junaid Siddique to Shakeel Ahmed, around the wicket, brings out the back of the hand slower delivery, outside off, tapped in front of point for a quick single.