NEW DELHI: Zimbabwe produced a ruthless pace-bowling display to bundle out Oman for just 103 in their Group B T20 World Cup clash in Colombo on Monday.

Blessing Muzarabani struck early with the new ball, setting the tone before fellow left-armer Richard Ngarava piled on the pressure. The pair shared six wickets between them as Oman's batting collapsed to 27 for 5 inside seven overs, leaving the side in deep trouble.

The damage was compounded by Brad Evans, who returned impressive figures to ensure there was no recovery. Despite small contributions from Vinayak Shukla, Sufyan Mehmood and Nadeem Khan, Oman never threatened to post a competitive total.

Zimbabwe's disciplined and relentless bowling effort left Oman well short of par on a pitch offering little margin for error.

Opting to field after the coin landed in favour of Zimbabwe skipper Sikandar Raza, Muzarabani struck thrice and lefty-arm seamer Richard Ngarava once to leave Oman precariously placed at 17 for four in the fourth over.

Raza then brought himself onto the attack and tasted success when he beat Wasim Ali in the flight to disturb his stumps.

After none of their top five batters managed to reach double digits, Mehmood and wicketkeeper Shukla tried to stabilise the Oman innings with a partnership of 42 runs for the sixth wicket.

However, just when their association had begun to raise hopes of lending their total a semblance of respectability, Oman lost their sixth wicket in the form of Shukla.

He was sent back by Ngarava after a brilliant catch by wicketkeeper Brendan Taylor off a back of a length delivery that cramped the batter for space.

This was soon followed by the wicket of Jiten Ramanandi as Ngarava struck for the third time in the game and Oman slipped to 71 for seven in the 15th over.

Evans then broke the resistance of Mehmood as the batter holed out at deep square leg after a half-hearted pull shot.

(With PTI Inputs)