Today (June 5) at the T20 World Cup 2024, Papua New Guinea will play Uganda in Guyana, and Australia will play Oman in Barbados – here are the predicted XIs, team news, and today’s T20 World Cup live score for PNG vs UGA and AUS vs OMA.
PNG vs UGA, live score: Follow the live scorecard here
AUS vs OMA, live score: Follow the live scorecard here
PNG vs UGA, AUS vs OMA: Toss updates
PNG vs UGA: The toss will take place at 7:30 pm local time
AUS vs OMA: The toss will take place at 8:30 pm local time
PNG vs UGA, AUS vs OMA: T20 World Cup 2024 team news
PNG news
PNG gave hosts West Indies a scare in their opening game. Batting first, they made 136-8 and pushed West Indies till the 19th over while defending the score. The experienced Sese Bau scored a half-century and would look to carry the PNG batting once again while skipper Assad Vala will have an important role to play with both bat and ball.
Uganda news
Uganda suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Afghanistan in their opening fixture. They would need to regroup and bounce back quickly. Brian Masaba, their captain, was the pick of the bowlers in their last game and would need to similarly inspire his team if they are to stay alive in the tournament.
Australia news
Australia played both their warm-up games with only nine playersas the others took their time to join the squad. In what will be their first game of the tournament, they'll have several decisions to make with respect to the make-up of their team, including but not limited to deciding between picking two specialist spinners and one, and deciding on who the first-choice wicketkeeper is going to be between Matthew Wade and Josh Inglis.
Oman news
Oman lost their first game of the ICC T20 World Cup in the super over against Namibia. Their middl order of Zeeshan Maqsood, Khalid Kalil, and Ayaan Khan did the bulk of the scoring and would have a lot of responsibility once again. Captain Aqib Ilyas will be the key player, batting at No.3 and bowling his tidy leg spin.
PNG vs UGA, AUS vs OMA: Predicted Playing XIs
PNG: Tony Ura, Assasd Vala (c), Lega Siaka, Sese Bau, Hiri Hiri, Charles Amini, Kiplin Doriga (wk), Chad Soper, Alei Nao, Kabua Morea, John Kariko.
UGA: Ronak Patel, Simon Ssesazi (wk), Roger Mukasa, Riazat Ali Shah, Dinesh Nakrani, Alpesh Ramjani, Robinson Obuya, Brian Masaba (c), Bilal Hassan, Cosmas Kyewuta, Henry Ssenyondo.
AUS: David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa.
OMA: Kashyap Prajapati, Naseem Khushi (wk), Aqib Ilyas (c), Zeeshan Maqsood, Khalid Kail, Ayaan Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Mehran Khan, Shakeel Ahmed, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan.
ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Last day's results
Scotland vs England – No result
Netherlands vs Nepal – Netherlands won by six wickets
ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Upcoming matches
USA vs Pakistan - 10:30 am local time
Namibia vs Scotland - 3:00 pm local time
PNG vs UGA, AUS vs OMA: Prediction for today’s T20 World Cup match
PNG will start as favourites against Uganda, having given two-time world champions West Indies a scare earlier in the tournament. In the other game, Australia are expected to dominate Oman, who would want to put up a fight and not get rolled over.
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