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World T20 2021 Jatinder Singh Becomes First Oman Batsman To Score Wc Fifty

World T20 2021: Jatinder Singh becomes first Oman batsman to score WC fifty

Oman couldn’t have asked for a better start to the World T20 campaign after they thumped Papua New Guinea by 10 wickets in the opening match in Al Amerat. Both the Oman openers, Jatinder Singh and Aquib Ilyas thoroughly dominated the PNG bowling unit with the bat and notched up individual half-centuries for the side. Jatinder though became the first Oman batter to score a fifty in the World Cup.

Chasing a target of 130 runs in 20 overs, the batsmen were off to a cautious start and then began to accelerate as soon as they got into the groove to eventually wrap up the match with a maximum. It was fitting that the six came off Jatinder’s bat in the 14th over to seal the game for Oman.

While Singh remained unbeaten at 73, Ilyas scored 50* off 43 balls.

Earlier, in the day, the hosts had a brilliant start with the ball after reducing PNG for 0/2 before Charles Amini and captain Assad Vala joined hands and steadied the ship for the side with an 81-run stand for the third wicket.

Amini eventually departed for 37 off 26, courtesy, a runout while Vala went on to score a half-century. But the skipper’s dismissal for 56 was followed by a middle-order collapse in the 16th over.

Oman captain Zeeshan Maqsood scalped three wickets in this over and eventually returned with a four-fer. PNG were soon left tottering at 118/9 before getting restricted to 129/9 in allotted 20 overs.

Maqsood later talked about how important it was to pull things back from a critical situation.

“I am very happy, it was a crucial time for us, they were batting very well. We got crucial wickets and didn't allow them to put up a big total. I just try and keep it tight, don't bowl loose ones and bowl according to the field,” he said in the post-match presentation.

Oman will next play Bangladesh while PNG will be up against Scotland on Tuesday at the same venue.

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World T20 2021 | Ireland vs Netherlands: With in-form bowling units, old rivals begin campaign

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World T20 2021 | OMA vs PNG: Oman captain Maqsood bamboozles Barramundis with a three-wicket over

When Papua New Guinea skipper Assad Vala hit fifty and became the first-ever PNG player to hit a fifty in a World Cup, he wouldn’t have thought in just a span of 10 balls and 11 runs, his team would be on the receiving end of damages as they lost four wickets, with three of them coming one over, bowled by his Omani counterpart Zeeshan Maqsood. Maqsood came on to bowl in the 16th over with PNG on 112-4 and looking to up the ante in an over by a spinner. However, he had some other ideas as he removed batter Sese Bau, all-rounder Norman Vanua and Kiplin Doriga to break the back of the Barramundis batting order. When Vala was dismissed at the team score of 102, he would have not thought that his team would be getting undone in a couple of overs after that. But there was more to follow after the Maqsood over as Bilal Khan removed Simon Attai on the last ball of the 17th over to give PNG its eighth dismissal. Zeeshan came back in the 18th over and removed Damien Ravu to get the team in black and yellow nine down for 118. It was a great collapse as the team from the pacific went from 102-3 to 118-9. Maqsood came to bowl the 20th over, looking for a five-wicket haul which would have been the first five-wicket haul for an Oman bowler in T20 World Cup. But it wasn't to be as PNG maned to get to 129-9 in their 20 overs. Nonetheless, with his figures of 4-20, Maqsood finished with the best figures for an Omani bowler in World Cup and T20 cricket.

World T20 2021 | Skipper Assad Vala leads PNG comeback with first-ever fifty in World Cup history

Papua New Guinea captain Assad Vala lead the comeback of his team with a historic fifty in the opening match of the T20 World Cup 2021 against hosts Oman. After being reduced to 0-2 and playing 10 dot balls in a row at the start of the innings, Vala developed a fine partnership with Charles Amini as the duo added 81 for the third wicket. Unfortunately, Amini was run out by Mohammed Nadeem of his own bowling after the PNG man wanted to snick in a cheeky single. Post the Amini dismissal, Vala continued his good run with the bat and hit two boundaries ( a four and a six) in a row against his Omani counterpart Zeeshan Maqsood to get to his third T20I fifty. Vala, who got injured after falling down with a knock from Maqsood while standing at the non-striker’s end, finally got out for 56 off the bowling of Kaleemullah, trying to hit one out of the ground, but skying it instead, which was caught by Jatinder Singh. The fifty by Vala is only the second instance of an Associate member captain hitting fifty on his T20 World Cup debut, the first one being achieved by Asghar Afghan of Afghanistan in 2016 against Scotland. At the time of writing this, PNG were once again struggling at 112-5 at the end of 15 overs with two newer men at the crease.

World T20 2021 | Oman vs PNG: Tournament kicks off with a wicket maiden from Bilal Khan

The ICC World T20 2021 began on Sunday in Al Amerat after co-host Oman locked horns with PNG in the first match of the tournament. Oman who opted to bowl first were off to a flying start after Bilal Khan provided them with a breakthrough in the very first over of the innings and bowled a wicket maiden eventually. PNG opener Tony Ura chopped on a length delivery from Bilal onto his stumps to go back into the hut for a five-ball duck. While Bilal began the proceedings on a positive note, Kaleemullah replicated his bowling partner’s work in the second over. Kaleemullah cleaned up Lega Siaka for 0 on the third delivery of the second over to reduce PNG to 0/2. Siaka tried to pull a delivery from Kaleemullah but it took the inside edge and sent the middle stump for a toss behind the batter. Oman will next play Bangladesh on October 19 and Scotland on October 21 respectively while PNG will take on Scotland on October 19 and Bangladesh on October 21 at the same venue. The top two teams from both groups will go into the Super 12 stage.