Skipper Muhammad Waseem and Alishan Sharafu struck quick-fire fifties earlier than Junaid Siddique’s (4/23) tremendous bowling show, as UAE overwhelmed Oman by 42 runs to maintain their hopes of making the Super Four alive within the Asia Cup right here on Monday (September 15, 2025).
Waseem anchored the UAE innings with a 69 off 54 balls, getting out solely within the final over, whereas his opening associate Sharafu blazed away to 38-ball 51 after a scratchy begin to information UAE to 172 for 5 after being despatched in.
The complete proved to be greater than sufficient for the house group and victory in opposition to Pakistan on Wednesday (September 17, 2025) might take them into the following stage of the continental event, assuming an India win in opposition to Oman of their final group recreation.
Oman have been all out for 130 in 18.4 overs.
Siddique eliminated each the Oman openers Aamir Kaleem (2) and skipper Jatinder Singh (20), with simply 23 runs on the board.
Left-arm spinner Haider Ali (2/22) then picked up two wickets to depart Oman in serious trouble at 50 for 5 within the seventh over.
Aryan Bisht and Vinayak Shukla tried to stabilise the innings as Oman reached 74 for 5 in 10 overs.
However, having added 38 runs for the sixth wicket with wicketkeeper Shukla, Bisht was bowled by Muhammad Jawadullah (2/18), the left-arm pacer putting in his first over after the batter tried to play an inside-out shot over cowl whereas exposing all his stumps.
Jawadullah then accounted for the wicket of Jiten Ramanandi (13), and Siddique too added to his tally, because the UAE inched nearer to victory.
Earlier, left-arm medium pacer Ramanandi helped Oman pull issues again for some time and ended with tremendous figures of 2/24 in 4 overs after Waseem and Sharafu’s brisk begin.
After a quiet first over, the adventurous Sharafu acquired a boundary via a packed off-side subject off Shah Faisal, at the same time as Shakeel Ahmed stored the run-scoring in verify on the different finish initially.
Looking to tackle the bowlers by coming down the monitor repeatedly, Sharafu discovered the fence twice in opposition to Faisal, hitting him over mid-on earlier than using the minimize shot in opposition to a brief and broad supply for one other 4.
Captain Muhammad Waseem, the UAE’s greatest batter who is thought for his aggressive strategy and skill to play massive pictures, acquired into the act and fetched himself three boundaries in Aamir Kaleem’s first over; the 43-year-old left-arm spinner hardly posed any risk as he ended up making a gift of 14 runs.
Back on strike, Sharafu launched into medium pacer Hassnain Shah for three successive fours because the batter continued to step out of the crease and make room for himself.
Thanks to the urgency of the openers, the UAE scored 50 runs within the powerplay.
Hoping for a breakthrough, Oman skipper Jatinder Singh launched left-arm seamer Jiten Ramanandi into the assault, and Sharafu struck him via the off-side for a boundary.
Jatinder made one other bowling change, bringing in leg-spinner Samay Shrivastava however Sharafu and Waseem have been equal to the duty, the batters hitting a six every to proceed the house group’s onslaught.
Luck was with Waseem as Hammad Mirza dropped a catch off him after misjudging the ball within the deep, as UAE reached 83 for no loss in 10 overs.
Waseem acquired one other life proper after the drinks break, Shakeel being the perpetrator this time.
However, Ramanandi quickly gave Oman one thing to cheer about when he bowled Sharafu, disturbing the off-stump after the batter once more made room to play via the off-side, solely to overlook it utterly.
Both Oman and UAE misplaced their opening matches of the event to Pakistan and India respectively.
