Although the senior sides of both teams have never met each other, some players from both teams have clashed against each other
Team India has already qualified
for the Super Four stage in the ongoing Asia Cup 2025, having defeated the United Arab Emirates and PAK in the first and second games, respectively. India’s third and final group stage game is against Oman, a team that has already been eliminated from the tournament, having lost its first two games. Fun fact -- the senior sides of these two teams have never met each other on the international platform. However, some players from India and Oman clashed against each other in the Emerging Teams Asia Cup last year.
In the following paragraphs, let us look at some of those players.
Oman
Jatinder Singh
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Oman’s captain Jatinder Singh was the captain of the team that participated in the Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024. In the match against India A, Singh made 17 runs in 13 balls. In the ongoing Asia Cup 2025, he is still the captain of Oman and will face India’s senior side for the first time.
Aamir Kaleem
Last year, Aamir Kaleem also made it to the Asia Cup 2025 team. In 2024, he made 13 runs in 10 balls and was caught out by Tilak Verma on an Aaqib Khan delivery.
Karan Sonavale
Karan Sonavale was also in last year’s team when he made only one run against India A in three balls. In the ongoing Asia Cup, despite being part of the team, he did not play in the first two games and is expected to be absent in the third match against India.
Mohammad Nadeem
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Last year against India A, Nadeem was the only one who displayed a fight with his 41 runs off 49 balls. In the Asia Cup, he did not play against the UAE but played against PAK, scoring only three runs. Even with the ball, he was expensive, as he gave away 13 runs in two overs but grabbed one wicket.
Hammad Mirza
With a strike rate of 186.66, Hammad Mirza had scored 28 runs off 15 deliveries against India A in 2024. In the Asia Cup against the UAE, he scored merely five runs but scored 27 runs against PAK. He was the only batter who had a decent score.
Sufyan Mehmood
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Mehmood is a bowler who had bowled three overs against India A at an economy of 7.33 and picked up one wicket. In the Asia Cup, he did not play against the UAE but appeared against PAK. In the match against PAK, he gave 12 runs in an over.
Samay Shrivastava
Last year, against India A, Samay was expensive, giving away 31 runs in two overs. Even in the ongoing Asia Cup, he has been expensive. The UAE batters scored 38 runs in Samay’s four overs, whereas the PAK batters scored 12 runs in his one over.
India
Tilak Verma
Tilak Verma is one of the two players who represented India A last year and is in the Asia Cup squad. Against Oman, he had scored 36 runs in 30 balls. He was the captain of the team.
Abhishek Sharma
Aside from Verma, Abhishek Sharma was also part of the India A team, and Sharma is set to face Oman in the Asia Cup. Last year, he had scored 34 runs in 15 balls at a strike rate of 226.66.
