Online Desk: Bangladesh A outclassed their Omanis counterparts with an eight-wicket victory in an Emerging Asia Cup fixture at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo on Saturday. The result keeps the Saif Hassan-led side’s hopes alive to progress to the semifinals after they began their campaign with a defeat against hosts Sri Lanka on Thursday.

Bangladesh A dominated the game from winning the toss to stifling Oman’s flow of runs in the opening overs, as they had to wait until the ninth over to hit double digits. By that stage, Oman had lost two wickets – including skipper Aqib Ilyas for naught.

Their overly cautious approach worked to some extent as Oman crawled to 99 for the loss of four wickets in the 35th over. However, once Mahmudul Hasan Joy sent Shoaib Khan (23) back in the hut, their innings fell apart and eventually restricted it to 126 all out in 46 overs. Pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib, who helped clean up the tail, was the pick of the bowlers for Bangladesh A with figures of 4-18.

In reply, in-form batter Tanzid Hasan Tamim struck two sixes and 11 boundaries for his 49-ball 68, his second fifty in as many games in the tournament, while fellow opener Mohammad Naim scored 47 off 42 deliveries as Bangladesh A reached target after 16.3 overs, without breaking a sweat.