Aqib Ilyas was introduced as a skipper in the team’s squad announcement for WC T20 located in WI & USA. Aqib Ilyas said: “I feel deeply privileged to have been given the captaincy. It’s a significant responsibility, and my goal is to guide the team to numerous triumphs. We’re undergoing intensive preparation for the World Cup, and the ACC Premier Cup has been immensely beneficial in our readiness.”

With the bat, the pairing of Kashyap Prajapati and Naseem Khushi looks likely to be deployed ahead of Aqib and Zeeshan at No.3 and No.4, with wicket-keeper batter Pratik Athavale and Ayaan Khan to likely feature lower down.

There was no room in the squad for opener Jatinder Singh or Samay Shrivastav.

Oman is a balanced squad but a quality bowler is missing the side. This might suffer for the team. BK.Duleep head coach for Oman.

Oman Squad: Aqib Ilyas (c), Zeeshan Maqsood, Kashyap Prajapati, Pratik Athavale (wk), Ayaan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Naseem Khushi (wk), Mehran Khan, Bilal Khan, Rafiullah, Kaleemullah, Fayyaz Butt, Shakeel Ahmad, Khalid Kail. Reserves: Jatinder Singh, Samay Shrivastava, Sufyan Mehmood, Jay Odedra.