Oman thrash Maldives by 297 runs

Sports Saturday 26/October/2019 14:46 PM
By: Times News Service
Oman thrash Maldives by 297 runs

Muscat: Known for its bowling exploits at international level, Oman made their presence felt for batting excellence in a whopping 297-run thrashing of Maldives in an ACC Under-16 Western Region clash at Oman Cricket grassy ground 2 in Amerat on Thursday.
Yash Verma scored a superb 107 off 96 to set the tone for a massive total. Oman went on to pile up 336, thanks to brilliant knocks by Kuttiraja Karuthapandian (85 off 45) and captain Amanpreet Singh Sirah (47 off 27) that included two sixes as well. Ahmed Miflal and Mohammed Rayan bagged two wickets each.
Maldives had no clue to Oman bowling, getting dismissed for only 36 as spinner Sanjaya Ravindra and Tanuj Sivakumar ran through its batting, taking 5 for 2 runs and 3 for 12 runs respectively.
In the day’s other game, Kuwait beat Qatar by 9 runs in a low-scoring thriller.
Brief scores: Oman 336 for 6 in 35 overs (Yash Verma 107 – 9x4, Kuttiraja Karuthapandian 85 – 9x4, 1x6, Amanpreet Singh 45 – 5x4, 2x6. Ahmed Miflal 2-37, Mohammed Rayan 2-43) thrashed Maldives 36 all out in 24 overs (Mohammed Abaan 11 – 2x4. Sanjaya Ravindra 6-4-2-5, Tanuj Sivakumar 7-2-12-3) by 297 runs.