The 2021 winners have made one change to the playing XI by including Matthew Renshaw
Australia and Oman will go head-to-head in the last group match of the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup. Both teams will play for pride, having already been eliminated from the tournament.
The two sides will look to end the competition on a positive note by winning the game in question and gaining confidence for the matches to come.
If we talk about both teams individually, the Mitchell Marsh-led side would aim to have a good outing with bat, ball and in the field collectively, something which the team hasn’t been able to do so far.
Australia will look up to their captain, Mitchell Marsh, to lead from the front and his opening partner, Travis Head, to take the aggressive route in the first six overs in order to get the opposition bowlers under pressure.
Oman, on the other hand, would hope to restrict Australia, which will be batting first and back their batters led by the captain Jatinder Singh, who will open the batting to get the team off to a good start.
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Captains’ Corner
Mitchell Marsh, the Australian captain, said that they will bowl first, having won the toss, the reason being the freshness that the wicket possesses, and they will look to make the most of it by picking up wickets in the initial few overs. Marsh accepted that Australia haven’t been at their best in this edition of the competition, but also said that they will look to end the tournament with a win.
Jatinder Singh, the Oman captain, said that they would have batted first anyway. Jatinder was quick to admit that the tournament has been a big learning curve for Oman, and players will take a lot of positives from it. He added that playing Australia is a big honour for them, as they rarely get to play against full member nations.
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Playing XI
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Travis Head, Cameron Green, Tim David, Josh Inglis (wk), Matthew Renshaw, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa
Oman: Aamir Kaleem, Jatinder Singh (c), Karan Sonavale, Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Mohammad Nadeem, Vinayak Shukla (wk), Jiten Ramanandi, Jay Odedra, Shakeel Ahmed, Shafiq Jan
Pitch Report and Conditions
The pitch at the Palekele International Cricket Stadium for the game between Australia and Oman is expected to be on the drier side, meaning that the spinners will come into play early in the game.
The surface might help the fast bowlers as well in the initial few overs because of it being fresh, as Australian captain Mitchell Marsh said at the toss, and they will have to make the most of it by pitching the ball in the right areas.
As far as the batters are concrerned they will have to play the initial few overs in order to get used to the pace and bounce of the wicket and play their shots once they get their eye in.
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