By Aayush Kataria
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Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav did not walk out to bat despite the team losing eight wickets in the 2025 Asia Cup clash against Oman at the Sheikh Zayed National Stadium in Abu Dhabi after he won the toss and decided to bat first in the team’s final group stage game of the tournament. Suryakumar batted at number three in the first two games but sacrificed his batting position for Sanju Samson, who was yet to face a ball in the tournament. Later, Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel batted at four and five, who were also yet to get a chance so far. Shivam Dube and Tilak Varma walked out next. In an extraordinary move, Suryakumar did not even come at number eight with pacer Harshit Rana, who is tipped as an upcoming all-rounder coming out before him. After him, Arshdeep and Kuldeep Yadav walked out to bat. Why Suryakumar Yadav Did Not Bat? While there is no known injury issue with Suryakumar and he appeared fit at the toss. It is likely that he made the decision to give other players a chance to bat. Before this fixture, he was the only one apart from openers Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill to bat in both fixtures. Although the opener retained their spot, the captain made the big sacrifice India vs Oman Live Score Updates After Arshdeep departed in the 20th over and Kuldeep walked out to bat, Suryakumar was spotted padded up. However, India did not lose any more wickets which ensured that the Indian captain did not walk out to bat at number 11. The right-handed batter has not batted below number five ever in his T20I career for India. Talking about the match, India put up a total of 188 on the board with Sanju Samson scoring a half-century. Abhishek Sharma, Axar Patel, and Tilak Varma played vital cameos.
