MUSCAT: Oman stunned India's domestic cricket giants Mumbai by two wickets in a thrilling third 50-over match here on Thursday with home team's Kaleemullah sealing the game with a last ball six.
Mumbai, after losing the just concluded T20 series 1-2, were unbeaten in the 50-over series so far, but the Oman batsmen held their nerves to script a memorable win in the third game.
Oman first shot out Mumbai for below-par 239 after putting them into bat despite
Yashasvi Jaiswal gritty
90 and a well made 55 by skipper Shams Mulani. The hosts then chased down the target on the last ball with Ayaan Khan playing a key part in the victory with a stroke-filled 91.
Jaiswal, who struck six fours and three sixes, anchored the Mumbai innings despite losing Hardik Tamore (4) cheaply. Mumbai were once teetering at 26/3 after Arman Jaffer (2) and Chinmay Sutar (3) also fell early. But Jaiswal and Mulani resurrected the visitors' innings with their 111-run fourth-wicket stand.
But when it looked like the duo would take Mumbai to a big score, Mulani was dismissed. Then Jaiswal took the onus to score runs.
Sairaj Patil (6) and Dhurmil Matkar (13) could not convert their starts, but thanks to a quickfire 31 off 19 balls by number eight Aman Khan, Mumbai could go beyond the 235-run mark.
Kaleemullah (2/9) and Mohammad
Nadeem
(2/32) were the leading wicket takers for Oman.
Defending 240, Mumbai pacers Aakash Parkar (1/33) and Mohit Awasthi (2/42) ripped Oman's top-order to leave them struggling at 36/3. But Ayaan Khan (91; 8x4) and Mohammad Nadeem (55) started the rescue act. The duo forged a 115-run stand for the fourth wicket to bring the hosts into contention.
Offie Shashank Attarde
(1/39) brought back Mumbai into the game by removing Nadeem at a crucial juncture. However, Ayaan Khan kept playing his shots and took the game deep. He missed out on a well deserving hundred and was run-out in the penultimate over. The game swung like a pendulum in the 50th over, but finally it was Oman which romped home after Kaleemullah hit a last ball six.
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