Match Details
Date: June 6, 2024
Time : 6:00 AM IST
Venue : Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
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Preview
Australia will take on Oman in the Group B match of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. The former champions from 2021, Australia, will be playing their first match of the tournament after most of their players assembled in the Caribbean just a few days ago. Meanwhile, Oman have already played their T20 World Cup 2024 opener, losing to Namibia in the Super Over.
Pitch Report
The pitch for the first match in the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown provided assistance to the fast bowlers and spinners alike, making it difficult for the batters to hit boundaries. With that, the average first innings score of 156 at this venue in T20Is could prove to be quite a competitive total when Australia takes on Oman in their upcoming match.
Team Analysis
Australia
Mitchell Marsh will captain Australia in the T20 World Cup 2024, shouldering the responsibility of the leadership role apart from being a vital all-rounder in the team. Some of the key players for Australia in the T20 World Cup 2024 will be David Warner, Travis Head, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and Adam Zampa, who will have to deliver consistent performance throughout the tournament, to help them win it once again.
Australia squad for T20 World Cup 2024
Mitchell Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa
Oman
In their T20 World Cup 2024 opener, Oman suffered a tough loss in the Super Over against Namibia after making a stunning comeback in the match while defending a 109-run total. Although the batters had a tough outing in Bridgetown, the bowling attack kept Oman in the fight until the end, with Mehran Khan picking up three wickets, while the captain Aqib Ilyas and Bilal Khan bowled decent spells as well.
Oman squad for T20 World Cup 2024
Aqib Ilyas (c), Zeeshan Maqsood, Kashyap Prajapati, Pratik Athavale, Ayaan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Naseem Khushi, Mehran Khan, Bilal Khan, Rafiullah, Kaleemullah, Fayyaz Butt, Shakeel Ahmad, Khalid Kail
Match Prediction
Conclusion
Australia will be definite favourites to get the better of Oman in their upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 match mainly because of the difference in class of the players in both the teams.
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