USA Edges Oman In A Thriller By 9 Runs!
What. A. Match. Team USA @usacricket closed out ICC CWC League 2 with nerves of steel, defending 293 in a nail-biting finish against a relentless Oman side — behind the all-round performance of POTM Harmeet Singh, the bowling attack led by Saurabh Netravalkar, and Saiteja Mukkamalla’s critical half-century.
Batting highlights:
Saiteja Mukkamalla anchored the innings with a gritty 73 (79)
Smit Patel got things rolling with 41 (47)
Big late contributions from Sanjay Krishnamurthi (40* off 27) and Harmeet Singh (33 off 36) helped push the total to 293/8
Bowling brilliance:
Milind Kumar (1/33) and Netravalkar (1/36) bowled with discipline up top
Harmeet Singh took 2 key wickets in the middle
Jasdeep Singh struck twice to derail the chase
USA held their nerve at the death, conceding just 11 runs in the final 12 balls 🔥
Despite a dangerous 72 from Sufyan Mehmood, Oman fell just short at 284/9.
Back-to-back wins to end the series. Team USA is building something special. 🙌
🏏Full XI:
– Monank Patel (C) @monank15
– Smit Patel @smitpatel_9
– Saiteja Mukkamalla @saitejam10
– Shayan Jahangir @father.shay
– Milind Kumar @milindkumar_14
– Harmeet Singh @iam.harmeetsingh
– Sanjay Krishnamurthi @sanjaykrishnamurthi
– Shadley van Schalkwyk
– Jasdeep Singh @jessysingh29
– Nosthush Kenjige @nosthush
– Saurabh Netravalkar @saurabh_netra
Coach: Pubudu Dassanayake @coachpubudu99