Oman was easily defeated by Sri Lanka in the Group B match that took place at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. Sri Lanka won the match by a resounding 10-wicket margin. As a direct consequence of this performance, they ascended to the top spot in Group B and placed themselves in an advantageous position to advance to the Super Six stage of the competition.
Wanindu Hasaranga, a leg-spinner for Sri Lanka, recorded his second five-wicket haul in as many outings to assist his team in reaching top gear and defeating Oman. In the previous match, he had a stellar performance against UAE, taking six wickets for 24 runs. This time around, he was instrumental in Sri Lanka’s victory against Oman, taking five wickets for 13 runs.
The opening pair of Dimuth Karunaratne and Pathum Nissanka breezed through their chase of 99 runs in only 15 overs, despite the fact that they were chasing a very modest total. Not only did Sri Lanka secure a victory, but they also improved their net run rate because to the efforts of Karunaratne, who scored 61 runs without being dismissed, and Nissanka, who scored 37 runs without being out.
At the beginning of the match, the captain of Sri Lanka’s cricket team, Dasun Shanaka, won the toss and elected to bowl first at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. His decision paid immediate rewards as Sri Lanka had a superb start with the ball, with their pacers breathing fire on the Oman batting. His decision paid instant benefits as Sri Lanka won the match. The Oman top-order was unable to keep up with the pace set by Lahiru Kumara and Kasun Rajitha, and as a result, they found themselves in a precarious position very early on in the match.
Kumara took the first wicket of the match as he bowled a ball that trapped Kashyap Prajapati in front of the wickets. After that, Aqib Ilyas did the same thing, and then Rajitha joined in on the fun.
As Oman were reeling at 20/4, Kumara showed no sign of slowing down as he dispatched Zeeshan Maqsood and Mohammad Nadeem in rapid succession. This left Oman in a precarious position.
After that, Ayaan Khan and Jatinder Singh got to work on rebuilding Oman’s innings, putting up a stand that was worth 52 runs. But in the flash of an eye, everything changed again for Oman when Wanindu Hasaranga bowled one of the overs of the Qualifier that had been played up to that point.
Hasaranga’s 21st over was the only one that did not result in a run being scored, although it did bring him three wickets. In the very first ball, Hasaranga took the wicket of Jatinder Singh by trapping him leg before wicket for 21. After that, he was able to bowl out Shoaib Khan with the third delivery. On the very last delivery of the over, he was successful in catching Jay Odedra, therefore completing the hat trick.
After that, Oman found themselves in greater problems as a result of a mistake that occurred between Ayaan Khan and Naseem Khushi. As a result of this confusion, Naseem Khushi was run out for 1 after superb effort in the deep by Rajitha.
As a result, Oman was behind at the halfway point with an 84/8 score.
Ayaan’s valiant effort of 41 would soon be brought to an end when Hasaranga took his fourth victim, thanks to a spectacular catch in the slips by Dhananjaya de Silva. Hasaranga’s four victims ended Ayaan’s innings. Hasaranga would go on to secure his second straight five-wicket haul in the competition by taking the wicket of Bilal Khan for nought, which resulted in Oman being bowled out for 98 runs.