The captain of Zimbabwe - Sikandar Raza says that they want to bowl first, as, looking at the wicket, there could be early movement. He adds that the pitch will get better later, so they want to give their seamers the best chance to bowl. He mentions that Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka share a good relationship, and they allowed them to come here early for preparation. On what will be a good score, Sikandar jokes that getting one more than the opposition will work. Shares that the idea is to bowl well and restrict Oman to a low score. He confirms that the bowling combination includes three seamers and two spinners.
Zimbabwe (Playing XI) - Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Dion Myers, Brendan Taylor (WK), Sikandar Raza (C), Ryan Burl, Tashinga Musekiwa, Brad Evans, Wellington Masakadza, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani.
Oman (Playing XI) - Jatinder Singh (C), Aamir Kaleem, Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Karan Sonavale, Jiten Ramanandi, Vinayak Shukla (WK), Sufyan Mehmood, Nadeem Khan, Shah Faisal, Shakeel Ahmed.
TOSS - The coin lands in favour of Sikandar Raza and Zimbabwe elect to BOWL first.