India beat spirited Oman

Surya uses all batters as scratchy Men in Blue beat Oman by 21 runs

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Skipper Suryakumar Yadav made optimal use of available resources in both departments as India did enough to beat a spirited Oman by 21 runs to end their league stage commitments in Asia Cup with a hat-trick of victories.

In less than 48 hours, India will once again lock horns with Pakistan in the Super 4s in Dubai and before that Indian skipper rightly decided to give his other 10 colleagues a hit in the middle while pushing himself down to number 11.

India set a stiff target of 189 for Oman, who were playing T20 World Champions for the first time. The Indian bowling attack without Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakravarthy didn't look exceptional but just about kept Oman at bay during the final overs, restricting them to 167 for 4 in 20 overs.