OMANCRICKET Kaleem named skipper for Bangladesh trip
As first reported by Muscat Daily, on Sunday, Oman Cricket (OC) formally announced that allrounder Syed Aamir Kaleem will lead the Oman squad in the upcoming ACC Emerging Teams’ Asia Cup (50 overs a side), which will be held in Bangladesh from November 14-23.
Oman head coach Duleep Mendis had told Muscat Daily that three of its senior players - captain Zeeshan Maqsood, allrounder Khawar Ali and pacer Bilal Khan – will be rested for the Bangladesh tournament and Kaleem will lead the team.
OC announced the team on Tuesday and called up Al Turki NMC speedster Gopendra Bohra along with allrounder Sanuth Ebrahim of Assarain and left-arm spinner Badal Singh of Muscat CT.
Oman has been placed in Group A along with Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Group B comprises India, Bangladesh, Hong Kong and Nepal.
Oman will take on Sri Lanka in the opener on November 14 and then face Afghanistan two days later before rounding up its group assignment against Pakistan on November 18. Two teams from each group will reach the semifinals.
Squad: Syed Aamir Kaleem (captain), Aqib Ilyas (vice-captain), Jatinder Singh, Suraj Kumar, Sandeep Goud, Mohammad Naseem, Khurram Nawaz Khan, Mehran Khan, Sanuth Ebrahim, Jay Odedra, Badal Singh, Mohammad Nadeem, Ahmed Fayyaz Butt, Kaleemullah and Gopendra Bohra. Reserves: Sufyan Mahmood, Wasim Ali, Nester Dhamba and Sindo Michael. Officials: Pankaj Khimji (head of delegation), Madhu Jesrani (manager), Dulip Mendis (head coach), Mazhar Saleem Khan (assistant coach), Evert (trainer), and Zeeshan Siddiqui (video analyst).
Adeel, Sameer star in MCCC’s triumph
Adeel Abbas claimed five wickets and Sameer Mohammed hit an unbeaten 88 to guide MCCC to a two-wicket win over Bosher Olympic Centre (BOC) in an Oman Cricket U19 League match at Amerat on Saturday.
Brief scores: BOC 213 all out in 49.1 overs (Rushil Dadwal 34, Sanin Nisar 30; Adeel Abbas 5-38, Sameer Mohammed 2-25) lost to MCCC 218-8 in 49.5 overs (Sameer 88, Aaryan Punja 39; Muzahir Raza 2-42, Ishan Kabir 2-11, Aman Mallya 2-19). U16 League: Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir (ISWK) 237-7 in 30 overs (Abhas Ajay 83, Chaitra Jitesh 54, Sai Surya 40) beat BOC 140-9 in 30 overs (Kerrigan 55, Abhinav Algeti 24; Abhas Ajay 2-22, Ashwin Arun 2-27).
U16: MCCC-Yellow 130 all out in 24.5 overs (Divjot Singh 26, Rahul Nayak 25; Devadhanush Arulkumar 2-16, Suhani Dadwal 2-12) beat Indian School Mabella 124 all out in 28 overs (Abhilash Sankaranarayanan 32, Devadhanush Arulkumar 26; Rahu Manohar 5-20, Mohammad Ali 2-22).
U13 League: MCCC-Green 96-7 in 20 overs (Het Khandawala 28; Giriharan Karuthapandian 2-16, Toyash Khasbage 2-14) lost to Indian School Muscat 98 for no loss in nine overs (Jeet Shah 42, Giriharan 39).
U13: Indian School Mabella 119-2 in 20 overs (Jonathan Saldanha 57) lost to Indian School Sohar 120-2 in 15.2 overs (Thangavel Senthilkumar 52).
U13: Indian School Al Ghubra 154-3 in 20 overs (Abhishek Prakash Prabhu 35, Vishaal Kathi 33, Nimish Dhuri 30) beat MCCC-Blue 71 all out in 17.2 overs (Saurav Karunakaran 20; Mukul Mahesh 3-3, Madhav Manish Saki 2-8, Rohan Paul Bobby 2-12, Ayush Karthyic 2-19).