Overview
- Suryakumar Yadav won the toss in Abu Dhabi and chose to bat to give India’s batting group time in the middle.
- Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakravarthy were rested, with Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh drafted into the XI.
- The game marks India’s 250th T20I, while Oman enter the contest already eliminated from the tournament.
- Arshdeep Singh started the match on 99 T20I wickets, eyeing the landmark of becoming the first Indian to 100.
- India face Pakistan next in the Super Four on Sunday, and a light-hearted toss moment saw Suryakumar briefly forget a change, joking he had become like Rohit Sharma.