Asia Cup: Group India is all set to turn into solely the second workforce on this planet, to play 250th T20I, after Pakistan.
Do you remember Team India’s first-ever T20 international? Well, it was long before the IPL days, and during a time when 120-130 was a decent score. Yes. Team India played their first 20-20 encounter under the leadership of Virender Sehwag in 2006, where they went on to chase 126, but in 19.5 overs.
India Most Successful in T20Is
Cut to 2025, India play Oman on Friday in Asia Cup, and that happens to be our 250th T20I, making us only the second team in the world, after Pakistan (275), to bring up this significant landmark. But what makes this landmark even more special is — India is the best best T20I team in the world, and by a mile.
The previous skippers & Suryakumar Yadav have ensured that India have the best win% in the world (68), even better than the likes of Australia, England, South Africa and New Zealand. We have 166 wins to our name, while PAK has only 157, despite playing 26 more matches at this stage; India is well on its course for victory no. 167.
India Way too Strong for Minnows Oman
It must be admitted that the IND vs OMA match is rather inconsequential, but the win will further contribute in bettering the win%. Yes, India has some selection calls to take care of — like the inclusion of Arshdeep Singh, and resting Jasprit Bumrah, but no team can come close to this side’s prowess.
It is also time to get some match practice for Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana and Jitesh Sharma, who have been warming the bench too. With Pakistan having qualified for the Super 4s already, India has a greater challenge waiting on September 21, but Surya & Co. will only settle after bettering their H2H against the arch-rivals.
India Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jitesh Sharma, Rinku Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana.
Oman Squad: Aamir Kaleem, Jatinder Singh(c), Hammad Mirza, Vinayak Shukla(w), Wasim Ali, Hassnain Shah, Shah Faisal, Jiten Ramanandi, Aryan Bisht, Shakeel Ahmed, Samay Shrivastava, Mohammad Nadeem, Sufyan Mehmood, Karan Sonavale, Ashish Odedara, Mohammad Imran, Zikria Islam, Nadeem Khan, Sufyan Yousaf.
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