Overview
- Sri Lanka posted 225/5 in Pallekele and restricted Oman to 120/9 for a 105-run win, the heaviest T20I defeat by runs in Oman's history.
- Mohammad Nadeem, aged 43 years and 161 days, finished 53 not out off 56 balls to become the oldest batter to score a T20 World Cup half-century.
- Nadeem reached fifty in 52 deliveries, equalling Mohammad Rizwan's mark for the slowest fifty in T20 World Cup play.
- Earlier in the group stage, Aamir Kaleem, 44 years and 81 days, became the oldest player to appear in a T20 World Cup after replacing injured pacer Hassnain Shah.
- Oman are 0-2 at the foot of Group B and face Ireland on February 14 in Colombo in a match they likely must win to stay in the Super 8 race; Kaleem has urged more fixtures against full-member teams to narrow the experience gap.