Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat first against Oman to start their ACC Men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 campaign at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday.
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.
Head-to-Head and Form Guide
Before their Asia Cup 2025 match, Pakistan and Oman had never faced each other in international cricket. The two teams enter the tournament with a clear difference in momentum. Pakistan has only lost one of its last five completed T20Is, while Oman is on a five-match losing streak.
In the lead-up to the ongoing tournament, Pakistan participated in a T20I tri-series against Afghanistan and the hosts, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where they clinched the title with just one defeat. Oman, on the other hand, last played the shortest format in February, when they hosted the United States (USA) for a three-match series, which the visitors swept.
Pakistan’s Form Guide: W, W, L, W, W (most recent first)
Oman’s Form Guide: L, L, L, L, L (most recent first)
