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The Oman cricket team has qualified for the upcoming men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025. The tournament will feature eight teams, and will be hosted by India and serve as a testing ground for competing nations ahead of the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup.
Oman qualified for the Asia Cup 2025 after the continental event was expanded to eight teams. They secured a top two finish at the 2024 ACC Men's Premier Cup last April, losing to United Arab Emirates in the final.
Oman qualifies in Asia Cup for the first time
The Oman cricket team has qualified for an Asia Cup for the very first time by securing rights to the upcoming 2025 T20 edition in India. As part of the qualification process, Oman reached the finals of the 2024 ACC Men's Premier Cup at home last year.
After topping the Group B points table with wins against UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Cambodia; Oman routed Hong Kong in a one-sided semifinal. However, on the day of the final, the hosts fell to a 55-run larruping against UAE.
Nonetheless, the top three teams of the tournament; i.e., UAE, Oman and Hong Kong ended up qualifying for the 2025 Asia Cup. For Oman, in particular, the occasion marks a historic one considering it will be their first-ever appearance in an Asia Cup event of any form, be it men’s, women’s or U19.
Notably, Oman also took part in the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in the West Indies last year. However, the team slipped to three outright defeats, and one off a Super Over against Namibia.
Asia Cup 2025
The 2025 Asia Cup will be the 17th edition of the tournament, and only the third to be played in a T20I format. The competition will be hosted in its entirety in India, and it will serve as a preparation ground for all teams ahead of the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup.
The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) will likely unveil the entire schedule of the 2025 Asia Cup within the coming months.
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