Zimbabwe opened their T20 World Cup marketing campaign with a snug eight-wicket win over Oman due to an unbeaten 48 from Brian Bennett.
Oman struggled with the tempo and bounce of Zimbabwe’s assault on the Sinhalese Sports activities Membership in Colombo as they have been knocked over for 103.
Blessing Muzarabani blew away the affiliate nation’s prime order with 3-16 and at 27-5, Oman have been at risk of being bowled out for fewer than their lowest complete in World Cups – 47 against England at North Sound in 2024.
However a 44-run stand between Sufyan Mehmood and Vinayak Shukla not less than added some respectability to the scorecard for Oman, who’re ranked twentieth on this planet.
Shukla top-scored with 28 off 21 balls whereas Mehmood floor out 25 off 39 deliveries as they have been two of solely three Oman gamers to make it into double figures
The opposite was Nadeem Khan, who hit their solely six of the innings, en path to an 18-ball 20 earlier than he was dismissed by excellent diving catch within the deep by Bennett.
Richard Ngarava and Brad Evans completed with 3-17 and 3-18 respectively for the the Chevrons.
Zimbabwe, who did not qualify for the final World Cup, made comparatively mild work of the run chase as they knocked off the full in 13.3 overs.
Mehmood winkled out Tadiwanashe Marumani and Dion Myers in the identical over – the second on evaluate after an excellent catch by wicketkeeper Shukla – to trigger Zimbabwe just a few nerves at 30-2.
However Oman have been unable to make any additional inroads as opener Bennett hit seven fours throughout a fluent knock off 36 balls.
The one bitter level for Zimbabwe was when Brendan Taylor pulled up with a hamstring damage and needed to retire damage on 31 leaving skipper Sikandar Raza to hit the profitable runs.
