Having already lifted the World Take a look at Championship mace and the 50-over World Cup trophy, Australia will look to develop into the primary group to win all three world titles concurrently once they tackle Oman of their first match of the T20 World Cup. To attain this feat, the previous champions will depend on their wealth of expertise, with lots of Australia's nice modern-era gamers making ready for his or her ultimate farewell in worldwide colors. The T20 trophy eluded Australia for a very long time, however a primary title in 2021 modified that. Nevertheless, a 12 months later, they did not progress past the league stage on residence soil.
Nevertheless, Australia's group has no scarcity of match-winning gamers, beginning with new captain Mitchell Marsh. The all-rounder will play a key position batting at quantity 3. Travis Head is in nice type and carried out brilliantly for the group within the WTC ultimate and the ODI World Cup ultimate.
Australia could experiment within the group stage to decide on their finest XI. Leg spinner Adam Zampa will play a key position whereas left-arm spinner Ashton Agar can also be anticipated to be included within the group.
The dependable trio of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood will spearhead the quick bowling unit.
Oman misplaced their first match in opposition to Namibia. Though they carried out nicely with the ball and took the match to the Tremendous Over, the batsmen should present extra accountability if they’re to attain an upset win in opposition to Australia.
Groups: Australia: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Inexperienced, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa.
Oman: Aqib Ilyas (captain), Zeeshan Maqsood, Ayan Khan, Kashyap Prajapati, Shoaib Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Pratik Athawale, Naseem Khushi, Khalid Kail, Mehran Khan, Bilal Khan, Kalimullah, Fayyaz Butt, Shakeel Ahmed, Rafiullah. Reserves: Jatinder Singh, Samay Srivastava, Sufyan Mahmood, Jay Odedra.
The match will begin at 6 am Indian time.
Pakistan wish to put the off-field drama behind them
The runners-up of the final version, Pakistan, will tackle co-hosts USA within the second match. On paper, the Babar Azam-led aspect seems like a robust contender to win this encounter, however Pakistan's latest efficiency means that this match won’t be straightforward.
Pakistan misplaced a T20I in Eire after which suffered a 0-2 defeat in England this week, which isn’t an excellent end result forward of the worldwide occasion. Previous to that, they drew 2-2 at residence with a New Zealand aspect that was lacking a number of members of its World Cup squad.
The build-up to the massive occasion has been tumultuous, with a change in captaincy, reshuffling of the highest order and gamers popping out of retirement.
Babar was reappointed because the captain after Shaheen Afridi was briefly handed the T20 captaincy. The pacer was later supplied the vice-captaincy however he declined to take it.
Babar and Mohammad Rizwan are Pakistan's most constant T20 performers however their strike price has been a priority because the duo has struggled to attain fast runs.
But when there’s one factor that units Pakistan aside is their unpredictability. They will shock or demoralise their opponents at any time.
They may rely closely on their quick bowling division which includes Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf and Mohammad Aamir, who’ve returned from retirement.
The USA can be excessive on confidence after their seven-wicket win over Canada within the match opener.
Groups: Pakistan: Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abbas Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.
USA: Monak Patel, Shayan Jahangir, Andries Gous, Nitish Kumar, Steven Taylor, Harmeet Singh, Corey Anderson, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Ali Khan, Jessy Singh, Saurabh Netravalkar, Nosthush Kenjige.
The match will begin at 9 pm Indian time.
Uganda's invasion of PNG
The third match of the day can be between Papua New Guinea and Uganda.
PNG carried out brilliantly in opposition to West Indies. The 2-time champion group was put below plenty of stress by PNG's bowlers.
Despite the fact that the Asad Walal-led aspect misplaced, they’ll fancy their probabilities on this encounter.
In the meantime, debutants Uganda suffered a 125-run defeat by the hands of Afghanistan of their first match.
Whereas their bowlers, led by skipper Brian Masaba, confirmed a preventing spirit, their batsmen utterly surrendered and their fielding was additionally poor.
The African nation will hope to register their maiden T20 World Cup win by bettering on these features.
Workforce: Papua New Guinea: Asadulla Vala, CJ Amini, Eli Nao, Chad Soper, Hila Have been, Hiri Hiri, Jack Gardner, John Kariko, Kabua Wagi Morea, Kipling Doriga, Lega Siaka, Norman Vanua, Sema Kamea, Sese Bau, Tony Ura.
Uganda: Brian Masaba, Simon Ssezazi, Roger Mukasa, Cosmas Kyavuta, Dinesh Nakrani, Fred Achellam, Kenneth Waiswa, Alpesh Ramazani, Frank Nsubuga, Henry Ssenendo, Bilal Hasun, Robinson Obuya, Riazat Ali Shah (vice-captain), Juma Miyazi, Ronak Patel.
The match will begin at 5 PM IST.
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