An uproaring Oman defeated Papua New Guinea in a convincing fashion to win their first match of World T20 qualifiers and take their foot forward to qualify in the Super 12. Oman are playing the qualifying matches in their home conditions of Muscat, which can come to their added advantage. They will be up against Bangladesh in their second match and if they can upstage an upset, they will qualify for the Super 12 and Mahmudullah led team will be ousted from the mega event. Its worth mentioning that Scotland upset Bangladesh in their first match to make it a must win affair for the Bangla tigers.
However, in the 15 member squad which is playing in the world cup, nine players are from Pakistan and mainly all are from Punjab. Five players are from India and only one player is from Oman, who also has his roots from Pakistan.
Pakistan and India share a heated rivalry when it comes to cricket and the match is much more hyped by fans in the stadium and on the social media as well. Its hard to think that players from both the countries will play with each other but Oman national cricket team do make us believe that. We allready have written an article about true friendship moments between India and Pakistani fans, but it is a true example of India and Pakistanis uniting to play for a nation.
Here is the list of players from Oman-
Zeeshan Maqsood(Captain)- Chichawatni, Pakistan
Jatinder Singh- Ludhiana(Punjab), India
Aqib Ilyas- Sialkot(Punjab), Pakistan
Kashyap Prajapati- Kheda(Gujarat), India
Mohammad Nadeem- Sialkot(Punjab), Pakistan
Ayaan Khan- Bhopal(MP), India
Sandeep Goud- Hyderabad(Telangana), India
Naseem Khushi- Sialkot(Punjab), Pakistan
Kaleemullah- Gujranwala(Punjab), Pakistan
Fayyaz Butt- Sialkot(Punjab), Pakistan
Bilal Khan- Peshawar(Khyber Pakhtunwa), Pakistan
Khurram Nawaz- Wah Cantt, Rawalpindi(Punjab), Pakistan
Suraj Kumar-Jalandhar(Punjab), India
Nestor Dhamba- Thane(Maharashtra), India
Sufyan Mehmood- Muscat(Oman)
Khawar Ali- Pakistan
