Oman, co-hosts of the upcoming 2021 T20 World Cup, will be hoping to qualify for the second round of the tournament in front of their home crowd — here’s the complete squad, including replacements and reserve players along with injury updates.
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Oman first made their T20 World Cup appearance five years ago, in 2016, when the event was held in India. They will want to better their showing this time around and advance to the second round after putting in a good showing by aiming for a top-two finish in Group B. Bangladesh, Scotland and Papua New Guinea are also a part of Oman’s group. The team recently hosted the Mumbai T20 team in Oman as a part of their T20 World Cup preparations.
The side will be led by Zeeshan Maqsood. They have not yet named the list of standby players.
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T20 World Cup 2021: Squad news and updates
The Oman team has plenty of experience, with batters Jatinder Singh, Khawar Ali and Aqib Ilyas expected to lead the charge. Aayan Khan and Nester Dhamba have made for a new-look spin attack, taking over the place of Jay Odedra and Aamir Kaleem. They will also be aided by leg-spinner Khawar in the spin department.
Mohammad Nadeem and Sandeep Goud have plenty of experience with both bat and ball and will be the finishers in the side, alongside wicketkeeper Suraj Kumar.
T20 World Cup 2021: Oman full squad list
Zeeshan Maqsood (c), Jatinder Singh, Khawar Ali, Aqib Ilyas, Mohammad Nadeem, Suraj Kumar, Nester Dhamba, Kaleemullah, Naseem Khushi, Sufyan Mehmood, Khurram Khan, Ayaan Khan, Sandeep Goud, Bilal Khan, Fayyaz Butt
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