Muscat - Oman booked their place in the semi-finals of the ACC Men’s Premier Cup 2026 despite suffering a 49-run defeat against an unbeaten United Arab Emirates in their final Group B encounter at the YSD-UKM Cricket Oval in Bangi, Malaysia, on Tuesday. Despite the defeat, Sulakshan Kulkarni’s men had done enough in their earlier matches to finish among the top two in Group B, edging through on net run rate (NRR). Oman finished with an NRR of +0.649 after a three-way tie with Qatar (+0.227) and Kuwait (+0.152), with all three teams earning four points each. UAE, meanwhile, completed a perfect group campaign with four wins from four matches to finish at the top of Group B. The runner-up…