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 đ„
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. đ
đFull 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