Australia will be up against Ireland in the 19th match of the ICC 2026 WT20. This match will be played at Premadasa Stadium and this is a Group B Fixture. Australia were led by Travis Head in the last game due to injury to Marsh. Australia have a very good record at ICC events and they started the WT20 with a win over Ireland. They will be without a few of their key players so it will be interesting to see how they go about it.

On the other hand, Zimbabwe won the previous match against Oman. Zimbabwe were clinical with both bat and ball. They will be keen to continue their good form. Sikandar Raza will lead the Zimbabwe side for this Australia vs Zimbabwe match prediction. In this article we look at the playing XIs, top picks for this match. 300x300

Australia vs Zimbabwe Match Details

Series

ICC Men’ T20 World Cup 2026

Match

Australia vs Ireland, Match 19

Toss

To be updated

Venue

R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Match Timings

11:00 am IST, 13th February

Live Streaming

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Australia vs Zimbabwe Stats

Player

Team

Performance

 

Travis Head

 

Australia

 

1230 runs

 

Adam Zampa

 

Australia

 

143 wickets

 

Sikandar Raza

 

Zimbabwe

 

2888 runs

Australia vs Zimbabwe Probable Playing XI

Australia: Mitchell Marsh(c)/Renshaw, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Ben Dwarshuis, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa

Zimbabwe: Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Dion Myers, Brendan Taylor(w), Sikandar Raza(c), Ryan Burl, Tashinga Musekiwa, Brad Evans, Wellington Masakadza, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani If you're a gamer and like to predict matches, then play on Stake, using SportsTiger's special promo code which will help you with 200% deposit bonus - TIGSTA.

Australia vs Zimbabwe Dream11 Captaincy Picks

Sikandar Raza has scored 2888 runs in his T20I career and will captain the side in this World T20. He will be a top pick for SL vs IRE Dream11 match

Travis Head has scored 1230 runs in 50 T20I matches and will be a good captaincy pick in SL vs IRE Dream11 match. 1220x90

Australia vs Zimbabwe Match winner

Australia have an excellent record at the ICC tournaments and always do well. Looking at the squads of both sides and the recent form, Australia is expected to win this match.