Oman vs Nepal, Oman Pentangular T20I Series 2019, Today Match Prediction 10 Oct 2019

oman vs nep Match Prediction & Analysis

All the five teams Oman, Nepal, Ireland, Netherland and Hong Kong are considering this Pentangular series as a vital ahead of the ICC T20 Qualifiers later this month. Hosts Oman are the only team that is yet to be defeated this series. They have comfortably registered wins over Hong Kong, Ireland, and Netherlands. They will look to finish this series with yet another win in this match.

Nepal after winning their previous two encounters lost to Ireland in their latest match. Nepal did not qualify for the ICC T20 Qualifiers in U.A.E, but they will look to improve their rankings and surge ahead in their quest to enter the 2021 T20 World Cup. Both teams will look to improve their position with a win in this match.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Oman Preview

Oman team was unchallenged in all the three matches played in this series and they won all the matches with good margin. Their batting unit has come up with vital contributions from different batsmen in each match. Aaqib Ilyas scored a crucial 40+ score to seal the small chase of 95 runs in their team`s favor. Aamer Kaleem, Zeeshan Maqsood, and Khawar Ali have played crucial cameos and helped their team to put a good score.

Their batting is hugely untested due to the brilliant performance of their bowling unit. Oman bowlers have taken 29 wickets in the 3 matches played so far. Khawar Ali and Zeeshan Maqsood took 4 wickets each to reduce Netherlands from 71/2 to 94- all out. Mohammed Nadeem and Aamer Kaleem are also amongst the top wicket-takers and they have a good bowling attack that is firing on all cylinders.

Key Players:

Zeeshan Maqsood – Zeeshan Maqsood took 4 wickets and gave away just 7 runs in his 3 overs the last match. He also played a vital knock of 39* in the first match to take his team home in the chase.

Khawar Ali – Khawar Ali finds himself in both runs and wickets charts for Oman in this series. He has scored 54 runs and took 8 wickets in this series so far. He is the most valuable player for the Oman team.

Oman Predicted Playing XI:

Zeeshan Maqsood (c), Jatinder Singh, Suraj Kumar (wk), Mohammad Nadeem, Fayyaz Butt, Khurram Nawaz, Bilal Khan, Aamir Kaleem, Aqib Ilyas, Khawar Ali, Sandeep Goud

Oman Actual Playing XI:

Khawar Ali, Mehran Khan, Bilal Khan, Sandeep Goud, Mohammad Nadeem, Fayyaz Butt, Naseem Khushi, Aamir Kaleem, Aaqib Sulehri, Suraj Kumar, Zeeshan Maqsood

Nepal Preview

Nepal won two close encounters in their first two matches against Netherlands and Hong Kong respectively but failed to chase down the total against Ireland. Skipper Paras Khadka started the chase with an attacking 14-ball 25 but Nepal failed to capitalize on it. Ishan Pandey, DS Airee, and Aarif Sheikh scored the 20s but failed to get a move on in the chase. KC Karan tried to play another blinder but it was too big a task from him this time.

They were eventually bowled out from 100/2 in the 15-over mark to lose the match by 13 runs. Their bowlers came back strongly to restrict Ireland from 95/1 to 124/8. Sandeep Lamichchame and Abinash Bohara took 2 wickets each giving away runs at less than 6 RPO.

Key Players:

Paras Khadka – Paras Khadka scored 33 & 25 runs in the last two matches is desperately looking for a big score in this series. He recently scored the maiden t20I century for the Nepal team.

Karan KC – Karan has taken 9 wickets so far with two 4-wicket hauls in three matches. He also played a brilliant cameo of 14-ball 31 to chase down 17 overs in the final over against Netherlands.

Nepal Predicted Playing XI:

Paras Khadka (c), Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Binod Bhandari (wk), Karan KC, Abinash Bohara, Sompal Kami, Sundeep Jora, Sandeep Lamichhane, Ishan Pandey, Lalit Rajbanshi

Nepal Actual Playing XI:

Sundeep Jora, Dipendra Singh Airee, Abinash Bohara, Karan KC, B Bhandari, Sompal Kami, Sushan Bhari, Paras Khadka, Aarif Sheikh, Ishan Pandey, Sandeep Lamichhane

Weather Conditions

Oman is known have a hot and humid climate and we can expect the same on the match day.

Venue Details

The pitch has started to assist the bowlers more than the batsmen due to its used nature and 31 wickets fell in the two matches played on the last day. We can expect average score in the range of 140-150 runs.

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing teams have won 5 out of the 8 matches played in this series. Nepal has opted to bowl first in both the matches they won the toss whereas Oman has lost all their three tosses so far.