Dhiman shines in Oman’s win; Bahrain defeat Saudi Arabia

The opening day’s motion noticed two matches in Group A and it was hosts’ skipper who stole the limelight. Having known as the toss appropriately, Oman’s hopes for a flying begin on the OCA 1 floor have been dashed by the Bhutan bowlers.

Oman openers – Devansh Loya and Lakshmi Satish – returned to the pavilion early and when Aditya Gurumukhi departed for a duck, turning into the second sufferer of Regser Namgyel, the hosts have been in a precarious scenario at 26/3 within the ninth over.

Skipper Dhiman bought into the rescue act and together with Aryan Bisht stitched a 64-run fourth wicket partnership.

Dhiman departed within the 20^th over for 47 off 39 balls that included six boundaries. Bisht continued to attain runs sedately and dropped anchor. Together with Tanuj Sivakumar, the pair solid the best partnership of the innings with a stand of 73 runs. Nevertheless, each departed at 163 as Anand Mongar struck off successive deliveries within the 33^rd over.

Oman gamers celebrating

Bisht, who emerged because the match’s top-scorer with 60, confronted 77 balls and hammered the one six of the match.

Oman’s lower-order batters got here up with helpful contributions as Siddh Mehta (23), Glen Menezes (30 n.o.) and Rahil Habibulla (23) guided the workforce to achieve 255/9 in 50 overs.

Karma Dorji (3-47) was essentially the most profitable bowler for Bhutan whereas Mongar and Namgyel picked up two every.

Chasing a difficult complete, Bhutan batters have been caught in a spin net of Dhiman, who ran by means of the rival batting to complete with figures of 6.5-2-18-6. 

Sivakumar, one other off-spinner, gave Dhiman good assist as he claimed 3/18 whereas pacer Mohammed Arafat Islam took the opposite wicket as Bhutan have been skittled out for 54 in 21^st over.

Aside from Tashi Dorji, who made a 31-ball 22, no batter might enter the double digits. 5 of the batters even didn’t open their account.

Arjun Dhiman, Oman Captain mentioned: “We did properly within the match. It’s a good begin to the event. We nonetheless have a protracted solution to go.

“We had a topsy-turvy begin batting in the beginning however then myself and Aryan [Bisht] steadied the ship. Our decrease and center order offered a great end. The bowlers did properly and I bowled decently. General, it was a fantastic win. Hopefully, we will proceed with the successful momentum.”

Oman and Bhutan gamers strolling off the sphere

Simple for Bahrain 

Aryan Pande’s knock of 47 and Muhammed Ali’s tidy spell of three/11 led Bahrain to a 57-run win over Saudi Arabia in a Group A match on the OCA 2 floor on Thursday.

Put to bat first, Bahrain have been restricted to 159 in 37.1 overs. 

Saudi bowlers justified their skipper’s choice to bowl first and had Bahrain batters in all types of bother within the early overs.

Bahrain skipper Aryan Ashwin was the primary to go within the sixth over and what adopted was a procession as Bahrain have been left struggling at 57/4 in 13^th over.

Bahrain made 159 towards Saudi Arabia

Opening batter Ananth Krishnan Natesan (30) stored one finish intact whereas his teammates got here and went as Sashwath Prasad and Varun Mudaliar struck in tandem.

Natesan’s exit had Bahrain slide additional to 78/6 within the 20^th over however Pande solid an important stand of 45 runs with Muhammad Ali (16) to present his workforce a combating complete as Bahrain have been bowled out for 159. Pande’s knock got here off 58 deliveries and included a 4 and a six.

Zuhair and Mudaliar took three wickets every whereas Prasad had two in his kitty.

Saudi Arabia misplaced two fast wickets within the second over and have been 3/13 within the seventh over. A forty five-run stand with Mohammad Sunasara (54) and Zuhair (25) was the one time Saudi Arabia had their hopes excessive of a fightback. However as soon as the stand was damaged, the opposite batters pale away as Saudi Arabia have been bowled out for 102 in 30.5 overs.

Saudi Arabia have been bowled out for 102

Muhammad Ali, who made his debut, was the decide of bowlers with three wickets in his seven overs that included a maiden. Wazir Ahmad, Nadith Tennakoon, Shashank Shukla have been among the many wickets with two wickets every.

Bahrain’s Muhammad Ali, Participant of the Match, mentioned: “Very proud of the win. It was my debut and I’m glad to have contributed within the victory. General, it was a great consequence for us.”

On Saturday, Oman will play Saudi Arabia whereas Bahrain will tackle Bhutan.

Friday will witness Group B matches with Qatar taking over Singapore at OCA 1 floor and Hong Kong assembly Thailand on the adjoining floor.

Factors desk