DUBAI (Kashmir English): Pakistan has won the toss and opted to bat first against Oman in the fourth match (Pak vs Oman) of the ACC Men’s Asia Cup 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday.
Pakistan came into the tournament on the strength of a good show, winning the T20 Tri-Series by defeating Afghanistan by 75 runs in the final.
Mohammad Nawaz’s hat-trick ensured an easy win in the series, which also included the UAE. Eighth-ranked in the world, Pakistan will look to accumulate valuable experience before its high-intensity clash with arch-rivals India.
The sluggish and slow pitches in the UAE led Pakistan to bring along spinners into the team, a move that proved fruitful in the Tri-Series and will be most important during the Asia Cup.
“We wanted to prepare in a way that helps us for the Asia Cup and we’ve done that,” Pakistan captain Salman Agha had said. “We’ve been doing really well since the Bangladesh series at home.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Haris (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Ali Agha (c), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, and Abrar Ahmed.
Oman: Jatinder Singh (c), Syed Aamir Kaleem, Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla (wk), Hasnain Ali Shah, Shah Faisal, Muhammad Nadeem, Zikria Islam, Sufyan Mahmood, Shakeel Ahmad, and Samay Shrivastava.
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