India's A team played their last match against Oman at the West End Park International Cricket Stadium in Doha. In this match, the Indian team secured a one-sided victory and confirmed their place in the semi-final. Earlier, Pakistan had already secured their semi-final spot by defeating India.
As a result, the possibility of these two teams facing each other again has increased. If both teams reach the final, there could be another India-Pakistan clash. On the other hand, Oman's journey in this tournament ended with their defeat to India.
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In this match, India won the toss and decided to bowl first. Oman made a good start. Openers Karan Sonavale and Hammad Mirza added 37 runs for the first wicket. Runs continued to flow after that, and at one point Oman reached 92 runs for 2 wickets. But then their innings collapsed. Eventually, their innings was restricted to just 135 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.
Wasim Ali scored the most runs for Oman, making an unbeaten 54 runs. Hammad Mirza scored 32 runs. The other batters could not score significantly. They could not even cross the 20-run mark. For India, Gurjapneet Singh and Suyash Sharma took 2 wickets each. Vijaykumar Vishak, Harsh Dubey and Naman Dhir took 1 wicket each.
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Chasing the target of 136 runs, India did not have a good start. Priyanshu Arya scored only 10 runs in 6 balls. Vaibhav Suryavanshi also got out after scoring 12 runs in 13 balls. Then Naman Dhir brought the team back into the fight by scoring 30 runs in 19 balls. Harsh Dubey scored a half-century to ensure India's victory. He made an unbeaten 53 runs in 44 balls, which included 7 fours and 1 six. Nehal Wadhera played an important innings of 23 runs in 24 balls. India secured victory by 6 wickets with 13 balls to spare.
