Pakistan vs Oman Live Updates, Asia Cup 4th T20I: The Pakistan of the past 3 or 4 years faced plenty of criticism for playing a form of T20 cricket which had long since evolved: anchor-type batters at the top of their order, subscribing to building innings in the hopes of going big towards the end.
Now, as times change, as have Pakistan: the goal has become boundary-hitting in all phases, particularly through the middle against spinners. This tournament will be a good indication if Pakistan are ready to make the jump up to that level of T20 batting, with the likes of exciting Hasan Nawaz and veteran Fakhar Zaman tasked with it.
Pakistan vs Oman Live Updates, Asia Cup 4th T20I: Pakistan’s squad for Asia Cup
Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Waseem Jr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim
Pakistan vs Oman Live Updates, Asia Cup 4th T20I:
Jatinder Singh (c), Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla, Sufyan Yousuf, Ashish Odedara, Aamir Kaleem, Mohammed Nadeem, Sufyan Mehmood, Aryan Bisht, Karan Sonavale, Zikriya Islam, Hassnain Shah, Faisal Shah, Muhammed Imran, Nadeem Khan, Shakeel Ahmed, Samay Shrivastava
Pakistan vs Oman Live Updates, Asia Cup 4th T20I: Oman had so much momentum in the last couple of years, qualifying for last year’s World Cup and this Asia Cup. However, a pay dispute within the administration saw an end to all of that: key players left and didn’t return, and instability in the heirarchy has meant results haven’t come along either. Oman’s preparation included a series whitewash against USA earlier this year, and that’s not the sort of form they will be happy with going into a group with two giants.
Pakistan vs Oman Live Updates, Asia Cup 4th T20I: Big changes for Pakistan heading into this tournament as they let go of the underperforming old guard to get some fresh faces into the scheme of things. This is a first major tournament for many of these players, and getting the time to settle in with a relatively straightforward match might be important.
Can Salman Agha’s fresh team quickly pick up the extra pressure and pace tournament cricket brings with it
Pakistan vs Oman Live Updates, Asia Cup 4th T20I: Pakistan have had plenty of cricket in this format in the months leading up to the Asia Cup, and across the world as well, travelling from New Zealand to the West Indies, back to Asia, and most recently the tri-series in Sharjah. The lost their final preparatory match against Afghanistan, but will be feeling pretty upbeat after a strong spell nevertheless. Have they done enough to peak while this tournament takes place?
Pakistan vs Oman Live Updates, Asia Cup 4th T20I: Group A has only seen one game so far, in which India thumped hosts UAE inside 18 overs of total play to take a giant NRR boost and two points back with them ahead of this weekend’s big game. As far as Pakistan will be concerned today, that was a signal of intent from their rivals, and their wish will be to shoot one right back with a big win today.
Pakistan vs Oman Live Updates, Asia Cup 4th T20I: Asia Cup action continues with tournament debutants Oman playing their first game, up against Pakistan, who will have designs on lifting their first Asia Cup trophy in 13 years. A massive upset on the cards or business as usual? Stay tuned for updates!