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World T20 2021: After contrasting starts, Oman need to stick to basics, Bangladesh have questions to answer
Bangladesh wouldn’t have thought that they would begin the World T20 2021 campaign in such a dismal manner. The Asian side suffered a 6-run defeat at the hands of Scotland in the first match. While the Bangladesh bowlers did the hard work in the beginning, Chris Greaves nullified it with some fine piece of batting to help his side put 140/9 in 20 overs on the board after being left tottering at 53/6. Greaves didn’t just stop here as he also scalped a couple of wickets during the course for the Scotland team. But Bangladesh’s major concern would be their batting as neither they got a decent start to the proceedings nor were they able to capitalise on the partnership between Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim that provided them with some resistance. Apart from this, another issue that was also raised by captain Mahmudullah after the game was that the batsmen weren’t able to score runs quickly which eventually created pressure on them. "We didn't deliberately bat slowly. We couldn't hit those boundaries. We have to bat better next time,” he said. Oman on the other side, would be riding high on confidence after they clinched a 10-wicket win against PNG in the opener in Al Amerat. The hosts began the proceedings with a wicket maiden when Bilal Khan sent Tony Ura packing for a five-ball duck. Later, Kaleemullah who was sharing the ball with Bilal also picked up a wicket in his first over. But then the PNG captain Assad Vala and Charles Amini came to the rescue with an 81-run partnership for the third wicket but Amino’s runout broke the shackles and Oman began to pick wickets at regular intervals but it was in the 16th over when Oman skipper Zeeshan Maqsood ripped through PNG’s batting order and scalped three wickets in one over and eventually returned with a four-wicket haul in the innings. PNG were restricted to 129/9 in 20 overs and later, Oman openers Jatinder Singh and Aqib Ilyas stamped authority and helped the side clinch a win by 10 wickets in less than 14 overs. Bangladesh and Oman will now lock horns with each other in Al Amerat on Tuesday (October 19, 2021). Ever increasing concerns for Bangladesh The Bangladesh team would have had faith in their most experienced batters, Mushfiqur, Shakib and Mahmudullah to help them in time of crisis. But that trust had thoroughly been shaken after none of the batsmen could manage to take the team over the line in the last match against Scotland. Another issue that has already been addressed by the captain is that the batsmen failed to fire all the cylinders during the chase and were under pressure at the end. The middle-order definitely needs to go all guns blazing if Bangladesh want to make a comeback in the tournament. Third and the final area of concern for the team management is that the bowling unit didn’t capitalise on the kind of start they got against Scotland. They did pick up early wickets but failed to wrap up the innings quickly. Confident Oman Oman certainly are in the best form at the moment. Their bowlers have been picking up wickets while the batters have dominated the opponents thoroughly. The hosts don’t really need to do much and should stick to the basics and can take advantage of Bangladesh already being under tremendous pressure. Match Details Oman vs Bangladesh, Match 6, Group B Venue: AI Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket, (Ministry Turf 1) Date & Time: 19th October at 7:30 PM IST and 6:00 PM Local Time Live Streaming: Star Sports Network Pitch Report The track might have something on offer for the bowlers, especially spinners in the middle overs. Moreover, it is an evening encounter so dew can play a vital role during the contest. So, if you win the toss, elect to field. Probable XI Bangladesh: Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Musfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah (c), Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan (wk), Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed Oman: Aqib Ilyas, Jatinder Singh, Kashyap Prajapati, Zeeshan Maqsood (c), Mohammad Nadeem, Ayaan Khan, Sandeep Goud, Mohammad Naseem Khushi (wk), Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan, Khawar Ali CE Fantasy XI Musfiqur Rahim, Nurul Hasan, Jatinder Singh, Aqib Ilyas, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan (C), Mahmudullah, Zeeshan Maqsood, Mustafizur Rahman (VC), Taskin Ahmed, Bilal Khan
World T20 2021 | Oman vs PNG: Tournament kicks off with a wicket maiden from Bilal Khan
The ICC World T20 2021 began on Sunday in Al Amerat after co-host Oman locked horns with PNG in the first match of the tournament. Oman who opted to bowl first were off to a flying start after Bilal Khan provided them with a breakthrough in the very first over of the innings and bowled a wicket maiden eventually. PNG opener Tony Ura chopped on a length delivery from Bilal onto his stumps to go back into the hut for a five-ball duck. While Bilal began the proceedings on a positive note, Kaleemullah replicated his bowling partner’s work in the second over. Kaleemullah cleaned up Lega Siaka for 0 on the third delivery of the second over to reduce PNG to 0/2. Siaka tried to pull a delivery from Kaleemullah but it took the inside edge and sent the middle stump for a toss behind the batter. Oman will next play Bangladesh on October 19 and Scotland on October 21 respectively while PNG will take on Scotland on October 19 and Bangladesh on October 21 at the same venue. The top two teams from both groups will go into the Super 12 stage.
World T20 2021 | With an opportunity of one in million years, Oman are ready to rock on home soil
Even if Kanaksi Khimji, the founding father of Oman Cricket and cricket in Oman was to dream, he wouldn’t have dreamt of his tiny nation hosting the biggest spectacle of cricket as soon as 2021. Although he is not alive to see it, his son Pankaj Khimji’s hard work, good relations with BCCI and pandemic intervention meant that a team, which got the Associate status of the ICC only in 2014, is now being co-hots of a T20 World Cup. This meteoric rise of a country, where cricket was played by touring Navys and their sailors on the coasts of the Gulf, is almost second to none. Now, come October 17 and Al Amerat, only 18 KMs away from Muscat would register its name in the history books of cricket as the venue where the inaugural match of T20 World Cup 2021 was played. This is going to be the second World Cup for the Omani team which had shocked Ireland in its first-ever World Cup game in 2016. However, it was unable to qualify for the second round due to rain washouts and rain curtailed losses. But after that feat, the Oman team hasn’t looked back as it managed to qualify for this edition of the World Cup as well. But inconsistency has been the second name of this team and it haunted them in the qualifiers too. Oman's road to T20 World Cup 2021 When the ICC T20 World Cup 2020 Qualifiers were t begin in UAE in 2019, Oman was coming off a great four-match winning run against established sides like Ireland, the Netherlands, Hong Kong and Nepal. It was assumed that they would sweep through the Group stages, especially with only Ireland being a comparatively stronger team than Oman. The Omani side did do well and lost only to Ireland until the last game when they were beaten by Jersey, a team that made it to Qualifiers through European Qualifiers. This inconsistency meant that instead of directly booking a place for the T20 World Cup 2020 (now 2021) which they would have courtesy more points than that Ireland’s, they finished on equal points and because of inferior net runs rate, had to face Nambia in the semi-finals, having finished second in their group. What happened next was even more shocking as they lost to Namibia as well and were left with no other choice but to go into sudden death fellow Asian team Hong Kong fr the final T20 World Cup spot. Tanks to a gritty performance they did manage to notch up a 12 run victory defending a total as low as 134 and made it to the World Cup. Ever since the World Cup qualification, the men in red have played 15 ODIs against Associate nations and two T20Is against Sri Lanka before jumping into the warm-up games. Out of the 15 ODIs they played against Nepal, the USA, Papua New Guinea, UAE, Namibia and Scotland, the team won 10 of them. But in between those ODIs, it also lost a T20I game to Qatar, once again show its inconsistency. While it lost both its games to Sri Lanka, in practice matches against Namibia and Netherlands, it showed its strength and won against the forme, while losing by just four runs against the latter. Jatinder, Bilal and Zeeshan: Three wheels of Omani success Much like PNG, Oman is also a team that prides itself on playing with players who have grown together. These are the players which did odd jobs while playing cricket at the same time and were able to make it to the World Cup. The three players who have been like pillars for Oman Cricket and have seen the team going from playing in ICC Cricket World Cup League 5 to being given the ODI status, Jatinder Singh, Bilal Khan and Zeeshan Maqsood form a trio that will be very important for Oman’s progress in the tournament. While skipper of the side Maqsood is one of the finest all-rounders going in the Associate circuit with more than 700 runs and 49 wickets in his kitty in both ODIs and T20Is combined, Bilal and Jatinder ware responsible for giving explosive states with ball and bat respectively. Jatinder to his kitty has more than 1000 runs including an ODI century in 50 games of both formats combined while Bilal has the knock of picking a wicket in the very first over that he bowls. He is one of the few bowlers to have taken four-wicket hauls in consecutive innings in Men’s T20Is. The 33-year-old has to his name 80 international scalps in 54 games. The big ambitions "It's purely a one in a million years opportunity," Pankaj Khimji, chairman of Oman Cricket, was quoted as saying to CNN Sport early this week. But what if that chance is grabbed up and in a precariously open group, they could very well make it to the second stage of the World Cup. "Never has an associate country [on the International Cricket Council] hosted a World Cup. And not just that, has also played in one simultaneously. This is a big high for us in Oman,” Khimji added in his interview. But what could be even bigger is the fact that the team, which could beat Ireland, could also beat Bangladesh, Scotland and PNG and thereby make it to the Super 12 and that would indeed be historic. "In 10 years, they'll be telling their children stories about how their father played cricket at the World Cup,” Khimji said. While that can be a great story no doubt, but that if the fathers also tell their children that they become the first Associate host to also make it to the second stage of the T20 World Cup. All this is at stake. But the bigger question is, do they have in it them to achieve it? Can they do it? All that Oman has to do is win against Scotland and PNG even if it is unable to win against a fancied Bangladesh side. With the kind of strength they have and the amount of cricket that they have played off late at home, it shouldn’t be much difficult for Oman to make use of the home advantage and progress to round two. Oman T20 World Cup 2021 Squad Zeeshan Maqsood (c), Aqib Ilyas, Jatinder Singh, Khawar Ali, Mohammad Nadeem, Ayaan Khan, Suraj Kumar, Sandeep Goud, Nester Dhamba, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan, Naseem Khushi, Sufyan Mehmood, Fayyaz Butt, Khurram Khan Nawaz Fixtures 17 Oct Oman v Papua New Guinea 19 Oct Oman v Bangladesh 21 Oct Oman v Scotland