Oman have played exactly 100 T20Is, but none of them have been against India. That will change on Friday, when the teams line up at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi for their respective final Group ‘A’ matches in the T20 Asia Cup.

Oman are already eliminated after defeats to Pakistan and UAE, India are through to the Super Fours following comprehensive victories against those same two teams. Ludhiana-born Jatinder Singh’s side occupies the 20th position in the ICC T20I rankings — only Hong Kong, at No. 24, are below them of the eight teams in this tournament — while India have been perched atop the charts for a while now and are the current T20 World Cup champions. To say that Oman will be thrilled to bits to share the same cricket ground as Suryakumar Yadav’s powerhouse outfit will be no exaggeration.