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Captain Suryakumar Yadav is the lone Indian subordinate successful the XI against Oman that did not bat (Images via Getty Images & Screengrab)
India’s innings against Oman successful the Asia Cup took an antithetic crook connected Friday arsenic Suryakumar Yadav, who had batted astatine No. 3 successful some of the team’s earlier matches successful the tournament, did not travel retired to bat contempt Team India utilising 10 batters connected the night. The determination appeared to beryllium a tactical move, with the Indian squad seemingly opting to springiness their mediate and little bid much clip astatine the crease. Having chased the crippled successful their opening 2 fixtures against the UAE and Pakistan, India had mislaid conscionable 1 and 3 wickets respectively successful the archetypal 2 matches, leaving constricted opportunities for the little fractional of the batting line-up.
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On this occasion, with India batting first, the bid was shuffled.
Sanju Samson took complaint of the innings with a measured 56 disconnected 45 balls, portion Abhishek Sharma provided his customary speedy commencement astatine the top. Contributions from Axar Patel and Tilak Varma done the mediate ensured the broadside posted 188 for 8. The changes successful batting positions became much evident arsenic Harshit Rana, followed by bowlers Arshdeep Singh and Kuldeep Yadav, were sent up of Suryakumar. The determination meant the prima batter ne'er took guard, an result seldom seen successful limited-overs cricket erstwhile a frontline batter remains padded up passim an innings.
For Oman, the effort with the shot was commendable. Faisal led the complaint with aboriginal plaything and choky lines astatine the death, portion Ramanandi and Kaleem chipped successful with important breakthroughs to restrict India nether the 200-mark that galore had expected.
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Which subordinate bash you deliberation had the astir important interaction connected India's innings against Oman?
Sanju SamsonAxar PatelAbhishek Sharma
With the Super Four signifier approaching, India’s tactical determination gave their lower-order players invaluable clip astatine the crease, adjacent if it came astatine the disbursal of the skipper's batting.
