Palekele [Sri Lanka]February 12 (ANI): Oman captain Jatinder Singh won the toss and elected to bat first against co-hosts Sri Lanka in the second group stage match between the teams in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 at the Palekele International Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
Sri Lanka entered the competition with a 20-run win over Ireland, while Oman suffered an eight-wicket defeat to Zimbabwe in their opening match of the T20 World Cup 2026 campaign.
Sri Lanka are in third place on the points table in Group B, behind Australia and Zimbabwe, and will be aiming to beat Oman by a wide margin to move into the top spot. On the other hand, Oman, who are at the bottom of the table, will aim for a comeback in the 2026 T20 World Cup with a victory over Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka vs Oman T20 WC 2026 Match 11-a-side Play:
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis (w), Pavan Rathnayake, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka (c), Dushyant Hemanta, Dunis Wellaledge, Dushmanta Chamila, Maheesh Thekshana, Matisha Pathirana
Oman: Aamir Kareem, Jatinder Singh (c), Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Mohammad Nadeem, Jiten Ramanandi, Vinayak Shukla (w), Sufyan Mehmood, Nadeem Khan, Shah Faisal, Jay Odedra.
After winning the toss, Oman captain Jatinder Singh stressed that the team will not be decided in one match, pointing out that they have prepared well and stressing the importance of getting their batting right.
“We’ll bowl first, but it’s a bit damp so we’ll want to take advantage of the conditions.” Well, I don’t think there’s much to choose from from the first match and it’s not going to be decided by one match, so we just have to bat well, so I think everything will fall into place. Yes, the preparations went really well,” said Jatinder Singh.
Dasun Shanaka said the team will have to make adjustments due to the absence of key bowler Wanindu Hasaranga and will have to bring in Dushyant Hemanta as his replacement.
“Unfortunately, our champion bowler Hasaranga was absent so we had to make that change,” Shanaka said during the toss. (Ani)