New Delhi. The 20th match of the T20 World Cup 2024 was played between Scotland and Oman. Scotland registered a spectacular victory in this match. Oman won the toss and decided to bat first. Which proved costly for them. Oman, who came out to bat first, scored 150 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing, Scotland achieved this score in just 13.1 overs. Brandon McMullen played an innings of 61 runs for Scotland. After this defeat, Oman was also out of the tournament.
Oman team batted first and scored 150 runs. Pratik Athavale, who came to open, played a brilliant innings of 54 runs. He hit 5 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. Naseem Khushi scored 10 runs in 9 balls. Ayan Khan scored 41 runs while batting in the middle order. He hit 4 fours in his innings. In this way, Oman gave Scotland a target of 151 runs. Safyan Sharif bowled well for Scotland. He took 2 wickets.
Now it was Scotland’s turn to chase. George Munsey and Michael Jones came to open for Scotland, George played a brilliant innings of 41 runs while Jones was out after scoring 16 runs. Brandon McMullen, who came to bat at number three, played an innings of 61 runs. During his innings, he hit 9 fours and 2 sixes. The strike rate was around 196. Richie Barrington and Matthews Cross scored 13 and 15 runs respectively. In this way, Scotland won the match in the 14th over itself. Bilal Khan, Aqib Lias and Mehran Khan took 1-1 wickets for Oman.
FIRST PUBLISHED : June 10, 2024, 06:21 IST