Abu Dhabi: India qualified for the Super Four of the ACC Men’s Asia Cup 2025 after the Vae Oman had beaten on Monday in the Zayed Cricket Stadium.
The result confirmed the qualification of India, as the men in Blue Top Group A with two wins in two games.
India opened their campaign with a victory at the VAE before beating archrivalen Pakistan on Sunday. With four points and a net Run-rate of 4,793, they lead the table comfortably.
Pakistan and the VAE are each on two points, but Pakistan holds second place thanks to a superior net rate of 1,649 compared to the VAEs -2.030.
After today’s defeat, Oman also collapsed from the tournament and Winless remained with a bad net run of -3.375.
India will close their group stage campaign against Oman on Friday in Abu Dhabi, while Pakistan is confronted in Dubai on Wednesday in what a virtual knockout could be for the second super four place in group A.
First on Monday, Vae -Opers Muhammad Wasem and Alishan Sharafu brought their way to a flying start.
The couple brought a fifty-run stand in the powerplay and pushed the score to 81-0 halfway with aggressive impact game.
Sharafu reached his 10th T20i half century before he was bent by Jiten Ramanandi for 51 out of 38 balls. ASIF Khan fell shortly thereafter, but skipper Wiltem kept the innings together.
The captain of the VAE registered his 24th T20i fifty and became the first Emirati seizure that surpasses 3,000 points in T20 Cricket. He scored a compound 69 of 54 balls, hit six four and three sixes before he left in the final.
Coming from Mohammad Zohaib (21 of 13) and Harshit Kaushik (19* from 8) De Vae helped to place a competitive 172-5 in 20 overs.
Oman’s chase stumbled from the start. Junaid Siddique skipped in the first to remove Aamir Kaleem for two and then dismissed skipper Jatinder Singh (20 out of 10) in his next to leave Oman on 23-2.
Haider Ali and Mohammad Rohid stopped the pressure with fast wickets, which reduced Oman to 50-5 within seven overs.
Aryan Bisht (24 out of 32) and Wicketkeeper Vinayak Shukla (20 out of 17) offered some resistance with a 38-run position, but Jawadullah ended their partnership and shortly thereafter added a scalp.
Junaid returned to finish the job and transfer Shukla and Hassnain Shah in the same to complete brilliant figures of 4-23. Oman was eventually ejected before 130 in 18.4 overs and gave the VAE a convincing 42-run victory.
