India vs Oman Live Score, Asia Cup 2025: Oman bowlers on fire as India lose back-to-back wickets

Suryakumar Yadav: We are looking to bat first. We have not batted first in this competition and we want to know our depth. Having game time is important going into the Super 4s. We want to continue the good habits we are doing in the first two games and want to continue to do that. It is looking nice and our openers will assess it further. We have two changes – Harshit comes in, one more guy comes in, I have become like Rohit (laughs).

Jatinder Singh: I would have batted first. It is a great experience to take from here. Our team is young, lack exposure but this gives them a good chance to come here and test themselves. It is a great opportunity to share the field with India and get a look at their mindset. We have two changes.

India’s playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav

Oman’s playing XI: Jatinder Singh (c), Aamir Kaleem, Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla (wk), Shah Faisal, Mohammad Nadeem, Aryan Bisht, Zikria Islam, Shakeel Ahmed, Samay Shrivastava, Jiten Ramanandi

India’s predicted XI: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav

Oman’s predicted XI: Jatinder Singh (c), Aamir Kaleem, Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Aryan Bisht, Vinayak Shukla (wk), Jiten Ramamnandi, Shah Faisal, Shakeel Ahmed, Hassnain Shah, Samay Shrivastava

From long hours at office desks to late evenings spent on cement pitches, Oman’s cricketers have fought a quiet, often overlooked battle, one fought beyond the headlines, and often, beyond the boundary ropes. That tireless journey has now led them to the Asia Cup, a stage they once only dreamed of.

Captain Jatinder Singh and all-rounder Sufyan Mehmood now carry more than just their team’s ambitions. They carry the story of a country determined to write its own cricketing legacy.

Here’s how the Jatinder Singh-led Oman team have fared so far in the 2025 Asia Cup: 

– Lost to Pakistan by 93 runs

– Lost to UAE by 42 runs

Here’s how the Suryakumar Yadav-led Indian team have fared so far in the Asia Cup: 

– Defeated UAE by 9 wickets (with 93 balls remaining)

– Defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)

With the teams for the Super 4s having already been decided, India having been the first to qualify, the Men in Blue’s upcoming game against Oman effectively becomes a dead rubber.

The Men in Blue, thus, are likely to test their bench strength in this game – possibly by resting Jasprit Bumrah along with one of Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakravarthy and including both Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana.