Rahul Tiwari
khelja|18-12-2024
The Gabba Test played between India and Australia was very exciting and ended in a draw. Meanwhile, a big feat has been seen in the Gulf T20 Championship being played in Dubai. The 11th match of the Gulf T20 Championship was played between the teams of Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Arabian team won the match played at the ICC Academy in Dubai. This victory was very special for Saudi Arabia. Let us tell you, Saudi Arabia team has been playing T20 International cricket since the year 2019.
In this match played between the two teams, Saudi Arabia's team won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be correct. Batting first in this match, Oman team could score only 165 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. During this period, Mohammad Nadeem scored the maximum 60 runs for Oman. At the same time, Wasim Ali also contributed 38 runs in 22 balls. Apart from these two players, no batsman could touch the 20-run mark. On the other hand, for Saudi Arabia, Usman Najeeb and Ishtiaq Ahmed took maximum 2-2 wickets. Waji ul Hasan and Usman Khalid also managed to take 1 wicket each.
Saudi Arabia had a target of 166 runs to win this match. His team's batsmen batted brilliantly during this period and achieved the target at the loss of 2 wickets. For Saudi Arabia, Faisal Khan played a match-winning inning of 70 runs in 40 balls. Apart from him, Usman Khalid scored 38 runs. After this, Manan Ali scored unbeaten 28 runs and Abdul Waheed scored unbeaten 19 runs to lead the team to victory. Let us tell you, this is the first time that Saudi Arabia has defeated a team which has the status of ODI team in international cricket.
The Gulf T20 Championship is being played between 6 teams, in which all the teams are from Gulf only. Apart from Oman and Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait are also part of this tournament. At present, UAE team is leading with 3 wins in 3 matches. At the same time, this is Saudi Arabia's second win in 4 matches. Earlier he had defeated the Qatar team.