Asia Cup 2025: Pakistan begin campaign against Oman, Know whole details here

Pakistan will kick off its Asia Cup 2025 campaign with a historic T20 clash against Oman in Dubai today. This will be the first-ever T20 meeting between the two teams.

Post Published By: Mrinal Pathak
Updated : 12 September 2025, 4:41 PM IST
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Dubai: In the Asia Cup 2025, Pakistan will start its campaign today 12 September against Oman. Both team will face each other first time in the history of T20. This match of Group A is to be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

In this match, the Pakistan team seems to have the upper hand. However, Oman will try to make a big upset. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see who wins. Let us tell you important things related to this before the match.

Strength Of Pakistan

In the Asia Cup under the captaincy of Salman Agha, the Pakistani team has recently won the tri-series. In the Pakistan vs Oman match today, all eyes will be on Saim Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan, who are the strong side of their batting. At the same time, Mohammad Nawaz can also strengthen the team's bowling.

Oman's Strength

Talking about the strong batting side of the Oman team, Jatinder Singh and Aamir Kaleem are the biggest strength of the team. In such a situation, both of them will be expected to perform well today. Oman will also expect a great bowling performance from Shakeel Ahmed and Samay Srivastava. These are the biggest strengths of their bowling department.

Dubai Pitch Report

Talking about the Dubai pitch, there is a little grass on the wicket here. In the match played here between India and UAE on 10 September, spinners and medium pace bowlers got more help. Something similar can be expected from the pitch today as well. With extreme heat, the team winning the toss can choose to bowl first.

Where To Watch

This match between Pakistan and Oman will be played from 8 pm Indian time. Half an hour before this, i.e. at 7.30 pm, the playing XI of both will be announced with the toss. The live telecast of the match will be available on Sony Sports Network, while the live streaming can be seen on the Sony Liv app.

Pakistan squad

Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha (captain), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Hasan Ali, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Salman Mirza and Sufyan Muqeem.

Oman squad

Jatinder Singh (captain), Aamir Kaleem, Ashish Odedara, Hammad Mirza, Mohammad Nadeem, Aryan Bisht, Vinayak Shukla (wicketkeeper), Sufyan Mahmood, Hasnain Shah, Shakeel Ahmed, Samay Srivastava, Karan Sonavale, Mohammad Imran, Shah Faisal, Zikaria Islam, Sufyan Yousuf and Nadeem Khan.

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