The Oman national cricket team is one of the associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). They qualified for their first T20 World Cup in 2016 after finishing sixth in the 2015 qualifier, during which they defeated Ireland to get their first ever victory in the tournament. They have managed to qualify for two editions since then, in 2021 and 2024.
Oman have been unsuccessful in making it past the first stage of the tournament in all the three editions. They have an overall win–loss record of 2–7 from 10 matches.
T20 World Cup record Men's T20 World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPositionCaptain 2007 Did not enter Did not enter 2009 2010 2012 Did not qualify 14 5 9 0 0 2014 4 1 3 0 0 2016 First round 13/16 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 Sultan Ahmed 13 8 4 0 1 2021 First round 13/16 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 Zeeshan Maqsood 9 5 4 0 0 2022 Did not qualify 5 2 3 0 0 2024 Group stage 20/20 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 Aqib Ilyas 5 5 0 0 0 2026 Group stage 20/20 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 Jatinder Singh 6 5 1 0 0Total0 Titles4/10 14 2 11 0 1 1 0 56 31 24 0 1
Record by opponents Opponent M W L T+W T+L NR Ab Win % First played 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2024 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2016 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2024 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 50.00 2016 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 2024 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 2016 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 2021 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2021 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2026 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2026 Total 13 2 9 0 1 1 0 15.38 —Source: Last Updated: 14 February 2026
Tournament results
2016 World Cup
Squad and kit Sultan Ahmed (c, wk) Zeeshan Maqsood (vc) Aamer Ali Ajay Lalcheta Arun Poulose Adnan Ilyas Jatinder Singh Khawar Ali Mehran Khan Munis Ansari Sufyan Mehmood Vaibhav Wategaonkar Bilal Khan Mohammad Nadeem Aamir Kaleem Rajeshkumar Ranpura Yousuf Mahmood Zeeshan Siddiqui
Results First round (Group A)Super 10SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultW by 2 wicketsNo resultL by 54 runs (DLS)3Did not advanceFirst roundSource: ESPNcricinfo Scorecards
2021 World Cup
Squad and kit Zeeshan Maqsood (c) Aqib Ilyas (vc) Jatinder Singh Khawar Ali Mohammad Nadeem Suraj Kumar (wk) Nestor Dhamba Kaleemullah Naseem Khushi (wk) Sufyan Mehmood Khurram Nawaz Ayaan Khan Sandeep Goud Bilal Khan Fayyaz Butt
Results First round (Group B)Super 10SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultW by 10 wicketsL by 26 runsL by 8 wickets3Did not advanceFirst roundSource: ESPNcricinfo Scorecards
2024 World Cup
Squad and kit Aqib Ilyas (c) Zeeshan Maqsood Kashyap Prajapati Pratik Athavale Ayaan Khan Shoaib Khan Mohammad Nadeem Naseem Khushi (wk) Mehran Khan Bilal Khan Rafiullah Kaleemullah Fayyaz Butt Shakeel Ahmed Khalid Kail
Results Group stage (Group B)Super 8SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult RankOppositionResult RankOppositionResultOppositionResultTied (L the S\O)L by 39 runsL by 7 wicketsL by 8 wickets4Did not advanceGroup stageSource: ESPNcricinfo Scorecards
2026 World Cup
Squad and kit Jatinder Singh (c) Vinayak Shukla (vc, wk) Shakeel Ahmed Wasim Ali Shah Faisal Shafiq Jan Aamir Kaleem Nadeem Khan Sufyan Mehmood Hammad Mirza (wk) Mohammad Nadeem Ashish Odedara Jay Odedra Jiten Ramanandi Karan Sonavale
Note: Hassnain Shah was replaced by Aamir Kaleem due to injury.
Results Group stage (Group B)Super 8SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultL by 8 wicketsL by 105 runsL by 96 runsL by 9 wickets5Did not advanceGroup stageSource: ESPNcricinfo Scorecards
Records and statistics
Team records Highest innings totals Score Opponent Venue Season 157/8 (19.4 overs) Dharamsala 2016 150/7 (20 overs) North Sound 2024 131/0 (13.4 overs) Al Amarat 2021 127/9 (20 overs) Al Amarat 2021 125/9 (20 overs) Bridgetown 2024Last updated: 13 June 2024
Most appearances This list consists players with most number of matches at the T20 World Cup. Matches Player Period 10 Bilal Khan 2016-2024 Zeeshan Maqsood 2016-2024 7 Aqib Ilyas 2021-2024 Mehran Khan 2016-2024 6 Ayaan Khan 2021-2024 Kaleemullah 2021-2024 Kashyap Prajapati 2021-2024Last updated: 13 June 2024
Batting statistics Most runs Runs Player 100s 50s Period162 Jatinder Singh 5 5 73* 40.50 1 2016–2021135 Aqib Ilyas 7 7 50* 22.50 1 2021–2024111 Zeeshan Maqsood 10 8 38 13.87 2016–2024102 Ayaan Khan 6 5 41* 25.50 2021–202459 Pratik Athavale 3 3 54 25.50 1 2024–2024Last updated: 13 June 2024
Highest partnerships Runs Players Opposition Venue Season 131* (1st wicket) Jatinder Singh (73*) & Aqib Ilyas (50*) v Al Amarat 2021 69 (1st wicket) Zeeshan Maqsood (33) & Khawar Ali (34) v Dharamsala 2016 47 (6th wicket) Jatinder Singh (16) & Amir Ali (26) v Dharamsala 2016 43 (5th wicket) Ayaan Khan (22) & Pratik Athavale (19) v North Sound 2024 38 (2nd wicket) Mohammad Nadeem (9) & Aqib Ilyas (28) v Al Amarat 2021Last updated: 13 June 2024
Bowling statistics Most wickets Wickets Player Matches 4W 5W Period 9 Bilal Khan 10 22.88 6.60 3/18 0 0 2016–2024 6 Mehran Khan 7 12.00 8.00 3/7 0 0 2016–2024 Kaleemullah 6 19.33 7.73 2/19 0 0 2021–2024 5 Zeeshan Maqsood 10 20.40 7.28 4/20 1 0 2016–2024 4 Fayyaz Butt 3 15.00 8.37 3/30 0 0 2021–2024Last updated: 13 June 2024
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