Overview
- Suryakumar Yadav won the toss in Abu Dhabi, chose to bat, and rested Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakaravarthy for Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh.
- Sanju Samson top-scored with 56 off 45 as India posted 188 for 8, with Abhishek Sharma’s 15-ball 38 providing the early surge.
- Suryakumar deliberately slotted himself down the order and did not bat to give teammates time in the middle before the Super Four stage.
- Oman’s chase reached 167 for 4 behind Aamir Kaleem’s 64 and Hammad Mirza’s 51 in a 93-run stand, broken by Hardik Pandya’s boundary catch.
- India advance to the Super Four with areas to refine in the middle order and bowling depth, and face Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday, September 21.