T20 World Cup: Cyclone Shaheen almost forced Oman to wave ‘goodbye’ to event, says cricket board chief Khimji

Oman would have missed out on hosting the T20 World Cup had Cyclone Shaheen taken a different route on Sunday, said the country’s cricket board’s chairman. Eleven people were killed as heavy winds and rain swept through the country after the cyclone made landfall in Oman.

The Gulf state will host six Group B matches at Al Amerat near Muscat, including three involving their own team, and Oman Cricket Chairman Pankaj Khimji said they were “very fortunate” to have missed the worst of the storm.”We were so close to being virtually wiped out,” Oman Cricket chairman Pankaj Khimji told Reuters.”We had the cyclone only a few nautical miles north. It made landfall there and it devastated that whole region and flooded the whole plain over there. Had this happened over here in this area, I’d have said ‘Goodbye’ to the World Cup,” he said.While a handful of hospitality tents bore the brunt of the storm, the organisers were pleased with the greener look of the outfield following the intense rain.”We got about three to four inches of rain,” said Khimji. “And that made the ground even more lush and greener, it looks even prettier now. It washed off all the dirt and sand.”The tournament was moved to the United Arab Emirates and Oman from India due to a COVID-19 surge and Khimji said it was a huge honour for minnows of the cricket world to stage such a prestigious event.”This cricket coming to Oman is gigantic,” he said.”To think that there will be tens of millions of people watching the first game, it’s overwhelming to an extent.”How often will an associate country get a chance to host and play in the World Cup at the same time? This is unreal, I’m living a dream.”Zeeshan Maqsood will lead a bunch of Omani amateurs in the tournament and Khimji was hopeful they could make the Super 12 stage with a top-two finish in Group B, which also includes Bangladesh, Scotland and Papua New Guinea.”They have been fantastic. These are rank amateurs, they have a job which they do nine-to-five, and they’ve taken a month or two off just to compete in this World Cup.”England arrived in Muscat on Tuesday to begin their 10-day preparatory camp before the Super 12 stage in the United Arab Emirates. The World Cup gets underway on October 17.



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