Namibia Clinch Thrilling T20 World Cup Win Over Oman in Super Over

In an exciting T20 World Cup match here, Namibia's Ruben Trumpelmann became the first player to take wickets in the opening two deliveries of a T20 International as his team defeated Oman via the Super Over.

In the one-over eliminator, David Wiese and captain Gerhard Erasmus struck 21 runs for Namibia, while Oman managed 10 from the six deliveries that Wiese skillfully bowled.

Oman was asked to bat first at the Kensington Oval, but they were earlier dismissed for 109 in 19.4 overs. In response, Jan Frylinck made 45 off of 48 balls and Mehran Khan took 3/7 to stop Namibia at the same team score and force a Super Over.

This came after Trumpelmann, a left-arm fast bowler from South Africa who was born in Namibia, made history.

The 26-year-old accomplished the feat in the first two balls of the encounter by dismissing Oman captain Aqib Ilyas and opener Kashyap Prajapati for golden ducks.

Oman's best scorer, Khalid Kail, scored 34 in 39 balls.

In his second over, Trumpelmann claimed another wicket and returned with career-best figures of 4/21.

With the first ball of the match, he trapped Prajapati leg before with an in-swinging yorker, then he removed Ilyas with a ball that crashed onto the batter's toes.

Trumpelmann also recorded the team's greatest results in T20 World Cup history during this procedure. He broke his own record of 3/17, which he had set against Scotland in the UAE at the T20 World Cup in 2021.

Following his successive dismissals of Prajapati and Ilyas, Trumpelmann removed starter Naseem Khushi from the game before coming back to claim Kalemullah's wicket at the conclusion of the innings for his fourth wicket.

Wiese also contributed to the wicket total, scoring 3/28 in 3.4 overs as Oman struggled to contain the Namibian bowlers.

But the Oman bowlers were very disciplined and did not give up easily, eventually tying the game despite defending a modest total.

Many people believed that Namibian captain Erasmus would give the ball to Trumpelmann to bowl the Super Over, but he made the wise decision to select the 39-year-old Wiese because of his wealth of experience.

Player of the Match Wiese, who was also born in South Africa, commented after the thrilling victory: "Aged a couple of years tonight (Sunday)." Not many years remain in my life. The evening was emotionally taxing."

Regarding his batting and bowling in the Super Over, he stated: "My familiarity with the game was beneficial." The pitch was challenging and didn't play as we had anticipated. However, we adjusted rather nicely. It moved at two different speeds. one that required some time to fully realize the potential."

Quick scores: Ruben Trumpelmann 4/21, David Wiese 3/28; Oman 109 in 19.4 overs. Namibia 20 overs, 109/6. Namibia won the Super Over in a tied match.

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