Watch: Brian Bennett takes jaw-dropping catch in ZIM vs OMAN T20 World Cup 2026 clash

Both Zimbabwe and Oman were excellent during their respective opening encounter of the T20 World Cup 2026 at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. Oman, despite the defeat, would be really proud of their feelings in the outfield with all the direct hits that they got. On the other hand, Zimbabwe were excellent with their catching, with some of the fabulous catches being shown around the field.

On the last ball of Oman’s innings, Nadeem Khan went for a massive hit where Brian Bennett grabbed an incredible running catch to end the innings at deep mid-wicket. It was a back-of-the-hand slower ball from Brad Evan, angled to the left-handed batter, who came down the track to nail a big shot.

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Bennett ran and flew to his right before going with both hands and catching it airborne before landing well and ensuring that the catch was taken cleanly. She was standing at a different position and had to run nearly 19M before putting his body in the air for nearly two meters and completing the catch.

Brian Bennett takes splendid airborne catch in T20 WC 2026

Some terrific bowling from the Zimbabwe side helped them bundle out the opposition for 103 runs, with only three of their batters getting into double figures, with two players ending in the ducks. Three Zimbabwe players ended with three wickets each, with the two new world bowlers Richard Ngarava and Blessing Muzarabani standing out with combined figures of six for 33 in their eight overs with two maidens.

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In reply, Zimbabwe completed the chase in 13.3 overs with eight wickets in hand. Their right-handed opening batter Bennett remained unbeaten on 48 runs in 36 deliveries with the help of seven boundaries.

Ahead of their next clash in the morning a few days later against Australia, Zimbabwe would be little concerned about the fitness test of their wicket-keeper batter, Brendan Taylor, who seemed to have pulled up his hamstring while coming back for the second towards the end of the game as their captain, Sikander Raza, confirmed in the post-match presentation ceremony.

Brief Scores: Zimbabwe 106/2 (Brian Bennett 48*, Sufyan Mehmood 2/12) vs Oman 103 (Vinayak Shukla 28, Blessing Muzrabani 3/16) by eight wickets.