ICC Men’s T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025 Super Sixes - Oman vs Japan; Nepal vs Samoa – Cricket Match Predictions: October 17
Here are the Predictions for the ICC Mens T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025, 20th Match - Oman vs Japan and 21st Match - Nepal vs Samoa on the 17th of October at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amarat.
Oman are currently placed at the 3rd position in Super Six stages with 3 wins and 1 loss to their credit.
The top run scorer for Oman in the ICC Mens T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025 is Jatinder Singh with 132 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Oman in the ICC Mens T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025 is Nadeem Khan with 9 scalps under his belt.
Oman have lost their previous match against Nepal by 38 runs.
Nepal batted first and they posted a total of 151 for 9 in 20 overs. Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Sheikh batted really well at the top of the order. Sheikh made 24 while Bhurtel smashed 69 runs off 51 balls to lay the foundation for a big total. The middle order failed however. They kept losing wickets in quick succession and struggled to get the innings going. Nadeem Khan picked up 4 wickets for 20 runs and helped restrict Nepal to 151, even though at one point, they were aiming at 165+.
During the chase, Oman lost their premier batters Jatinder Singh and Hammad Mirza early on in the innings. Aryan Bisht and Aamir Kaleem also disappointed and got out cheaply. Vinayak Shukla tried his best to bring life into the game. He smashed 32 runs in 19 balls but got out at a wrong time. After that phase, Oman couldn't stage a comeback and they were eventually restricted to 113 in 20 overs of play, losing the match by 38 runs.
Current Form Japan:
Japan are currently placed at the 5th position in Super Six stages with 1 wins and 3 losses to their credit.
The top run scorer for Japan in the ICC Mens T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025 is Eesam Rahman with 188 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Japan in the ICC Mens T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier 2025 is Declan Suzuki with 9 scalps under his belt.
Japan have lost their previous match against UAE by 8 wickets.
Japan batted first and they posted a total of 116 for 9 in 20 overs. Kendel Kadowaki Fleming and Abhishek Anand gave a stable but very slow start to Japan. They could score only 4 and 10 runs respectively and took too many balls to get going. It cost their team. Eesam Rahman made 23 runs while wickets kept falling in regular succession at the other end. Wataru Miyauchi played well and scored 45 runs in just 32 balls to help Japan get past the 110 run mark, finishing at 116 in 20 overs.
During the chase, Alishan Sharafu and Waseem Muhammad went all guns blazing right from the outset. Waseem Muhammad got out after scoring 42 runs while Alishan Sharafu made 46 runs as they sealed the deal in favor of UAE. Rahul Chopra played some nice strokes towards the end as UAE won the game in the 13th over with 8 wickets in hand.
