Zimbabwe vs Oman, T20 World Cup 2026, Live Score Updates
Zimbabwe vs Oman T20 World Cup 2026, Live Updates: Zimbabwe will be taking on Oman in their T20 World Cup 2026, Group B match on Monday in Colombo.
Zimbabwe vs Oman T20 World Cup 2026, Live Updates: Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza won toss and opted to field against Oman in their T20 World Cup 2026, Group B match on Monday in Colombo. Led by veteran all-rounder Raza, Zimbabwe aim for a flying start to their campaign with a victory over Oman. On the other hand, Oman will eager to put up a fight against Zimbabwe. The focus will on pacer Sufiyan Mehmood, who is also Oman's only homegrown player in the squad. Mehmood has picked 19 wickets in 16 T20Is since the last T20 World Cup -- making Oman's second-highest wicket-taker in that period behind Shakeel Ahmed's 22. (Live Scorecard)
Zimbabwe Playing XI: Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Dion Myers, Brendan Taylor(w), Sikandar Raza(c), Ryan Burl, Tashinga Musekiwa, Brad Evans, Wellington Masakadza, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani
Oman Playing XI: Jatinder Singh(c), Aamir Kaleem, Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Karan Sonavale, Jiten Ramanandi, Vinayak Shukla(w), Sufyan Mehmood, Nadeem Khan, Shah Faisal, Shakeel Ahmed
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Oman
Sikandar Raza
ZIM vs OMA, T20 World Cup, Live Updates
1 run.
1 run.
No run.
Quicker, outside off, Sufyan Mehmood punches it through mid off for one more.
Fired in, on leg, Vinayak Shukla tucks it to wide mid on for a run.
Flatter, shorter and on off, Sufyan Mehmood knocks it down to long on for a single.
Floated up, full and on off, pushed out to covers.
Drifted into the pads, quicker too, Shukla looks to block but gets hit on the pads.
Two more. Tossed up on a length, Vinayak Shukla comes forward and chips it over extra cover for another brace.
Full and angled into the batter, Shukla makes room leg side and drives it to deep extra cover for a couple of runs more.
FOUR! Fine shot! Tossed up around off, Vinayak Shukla dances down the pitch and lifts it over extra cover for a boundary.
Starts with a flighted ball on off, Shukla taps it to covers.
Fuller than a good length on off, punched away to covers. Zimbabwe have a stranglehold on this match right now.
Another appeal for LBW, turned down again. Good-length delivery on off, slants back in. Mehmood looks to work it leg side but replays show that there was an inside edge onto the pads. No review taken.
Well-directed short ball! Around the wicket to the left-hander, dug in halfway down the pitch and over middle, Sufyan Mehmood sways his head away from the line of the ball.
Fuller and o middle, tucked away wide of mid-wicket for a single.
Half an appeal for LBW but there seemed to be an inside edge on it. Pitched up on off stump, darts back in, Vinayak Shukla looks to block but is beaten past the inside edge and gets hit high on the pads.
Back of a length, angled in from outside off. Mehmood hits it on the up and through the point region for a single.
Oh, nearly chopped on. Shorter one, angled into the batter, Mehmood looks to pull but gets an inside edge past leg stump. The ball rolls to short fine leg and they get a single. No maiden over for Brian Bennett.
Full and outside off, pushed out into the off side. Five dots to begin with from Brian Bennett.