India have entered the Super 4 on the back of consecutive wins.
Talismanic pacer Jasprit Bumrah is a notable omission from the India Playing XI for their final group-stage match against Oman in the Asia Cup 2025 today. Instead, another right-arm fast bowler, Harshit Rana, is added to the mix.
Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and has elected India to bat first. Notably, left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh is also included in place of Varun Chakravarthy.
India vs Oman Playing XIs
India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson (w), Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, and Kuldeep Yadav.
Oman: Aamir Kaleem, Jatinder Singh (c), Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla (w), Shah Faisal, Zikria Islam, Aryan Bisht, Mohammad Nadeem, Shakeel Ahmed, Samay Shrivastava, and Jiten Ramanandi.
The reason behind the decision to drop Bumrah is to give him rest and manage his workload before the continental tournament enters the business end. He picked up three wickets in the two games so far at his usual controlled economy of 6.71.
Rana, on the other hand, will be playing his first match in this tournament. He took a three-wicket haul in his only T20I match against England earlier this year. His debut figures were 4-0-33-3.
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Furthermore, India have already qualified from the group stages and guaranteed a berth in the Super 4 following convincing victories over the UAE and Pakistan in the first two games. It is thus a sensible move to have the 31-year-old fully charged for the critical stages of the tournament rather than risking him in a match of little consequence.
India also have a cramped schedule lined up. They will play four more matches, including the final, in a span of seven days. Out of those four fixtures, India play three games in the Super 4, starting with a rematch against Pakistan on September 21, followed by Bangladesh on September 24, and Sri Lanka on September 26. The summit clash is slated for September 28.
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