Pakistan vs Oman in Asia Cup today: They will face each other for the first time

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Pakistan vs Oman in Asia Cup today: Pakistan will face Oman in the fourth match of Asia Cup 2025. This Group-A match will be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium from 8:00 pm. Both the teams will face each other for the first time in any format, be it T20 or ODI. Pakistan is considered a big name in Asian cricket. On the other hand, Oman is playing Asia Cup for the first time.

Pakistan will come on the strength of its strong bowling and power-hitter batsmen. At the same time, Oman will try to make a big upset in this match.

Pakistan's batting and bowling are strong

Pakistan has made a big change in the Asia Cup T20 squad this year. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have not got a place in the team. Salman Ali Agha will be seen captaining.

Despite these two players, the top order of the Pakistani team has scored 1672 runs since the last World Cup. These include two centuries and 9 half-centuries. The Pakistani team has tried 11 players in the top-3 positions, among them Saim Ayub has scored 479 runs with the help of 4 fifties. Sahibzada Farhan has scored 284 and Mohammad Haris has scored 253 runs with the help of a century.

Pace attack has always been Pakistan's strong side. The Asia Cup team has names like Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf. Between 29 June 2024 and 1 September 2025, Pakistani bowlers have taken 160 wickets, out of which 58% i.e. 93 wickets have been in the name of fast bowlers. Haris Rauf and Abbas Afridi have taken 22-22 wickets. However, Abbas has not got a place in the team.

Oman is weak against big teams

Playing its first Asia Cup, the Oman team performs better against teams weaker than itself. Jatinder Singh has scored the most 301 runs for the team since the last T20 World Cup, while Shakeel Ahmed took 15 wickets.

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Pakistan vs Oman Pitch Report

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Teams will prefer to bowl first The pitch of Dubai International Cricket Stadium is generally helpful for the bowlers. The pacers will get swing with the new ball, then the pitch can slow down. So far 111 matches have been played on this ground. Of these, 59 matches have been won by the team bowling first, while the team batting first has won in 51 matches. This will be the second match played here in this tournament. The India and Hong Kong match was held here, in which India won by 9 wickets.

Pakistan vs Oman Weather Report

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The evening temperature will be up to 33° degrees. Dubai is going to have hot and sunny weather throughout the day on September 12. The temperature in the morning will be between 31 and 34 degrees Celsius. As the sun rises, the heat will reach its peak by noon and the mercury is likely to reach 41 degrees Celsius. By evening the sun will soften and with light cold winds at night the mercury can come down to 33 degrees.

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