'It is the best time to crush': Oman captain fires up team against struggling Australia

Oman skipper Jatinder Singh exuded assurance up of his side’s last group-stage clash against Australia successful the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 astatine the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium connected Friday. Speaking to ICC, Singh said, "It is the champion clip to crush" the struggling Australian side. The 2021 T20 World Cup champions, Australia, had been tipped arsenic favourites earlier the tourney but person struggled to find form. After a constrictive triumph implicit Ireland successful their opening match, the Mitchell Marsh-led squad suffered back-to-back defeats, losing to Zimbabwe by 23 runs and co-host Sri Lanka by 8 wickets. These results person already ruled them retired of the Super 8 stage.

Oman, too, person been eliminated from the tourney and are yet to registry a win. But Singh stressed that T20 cricket is each astir momentum and making the astir of cardinal moments, which his squad hopes to capitalise connected against a faltering Australian side. "It is an opportunity. And our boys are looking guardant to it. Because T20, it's a crippled of momentum and the moments. If you, I think, play those moments right, you tin bash thing connected that peculiar day.

So Australia is not doing good astatine the moment," Singh said. Despite their aboriginal exit, Singh emphasised that the Omani squad remains upbeat and determined to permission a people successful their past game. "Even they are besides retired of the tournament. So the temper successful the campy is that the boys are truly affirmative due to the fact that we tried to play amended cricket, but unfortunately, things were not successful our favour. But I judge boys are looking guardant to the adjacent crippled against Australia and marque a mark," helium added. Australia person present won conscionable 1 of their 3 radical matches and are already retired of contention for the Super 8s.