Today (June 2) in the T20 World Cup 2024, the West Indies will host Papua New Guinea at the Providence Stadium in Guyana, and Namibia will play Oman at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados – here is the predicted XI for the match, team news, and today’s T20 World Cup match prediction for WI vs PNG and NAM vs OMA.
WI vs PNG, live score: Follow the live scorecard here
NAM vs OMA, live score: Follow the live scorecard here
WI vs PNG, NAM vs OMA: Toss updates
WI vs PNG: The toss will take place at 10.30 am local time
NAM vs OMA: The toss will take place at 8.30 pm local time
WI vs PNG, NAM vs OMA: T20 World Cup 2024 team news
The first team to win the T20 World Cup twice, the West Indies had spiralled to a first-round elimination in 2022, but are now back with one of the strongest units of this edition. And while their batting unit is among the most explosive, keep an eye on their incisive pacers and canny spinners.
Led by Assad Vala, Papua New Guinea are not quite in the same league, but ten members of their squad featured in the 2021 edition. Expect Ura himself and Assad Vala to take centre stage with the bat. Their thin spin attack may be exposed if it the usual slow Providence surface. In that case, Charles Amini has to play a major role.
The traditionally quicker Bridgetown pitch may play a role in the other match. In Ruben Trumpelmann, Tangeni Lungameni, Ben Shikingo, and the omnipresent David Wiese, Namibia probably have the better of the two seam attacks, but in Fayyaz Butt, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan, and Shakeel Ahmed, Oman are not far behind.
WI vs PNG, NAM vs OMA: Predicted Playing XIs
WI: Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Shai Hope (wk), Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell (c), Romario Shepherd, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Akeal Hosein
PNG: Tony Ura, Sese Bau, Assad Vala (c), Lega Siaka, Hiri Hiri, Charles Amini, Kiplin Doriga (wk), Alei Nao, Norman Vanua, Chad Soper, John Kariko
NAM: Michael van Lingen, JP Kotze, Jan Frylinck, David Wiese, Gerhard Erasmus (c), JJ Smit, Zane Green (wk), Ruben Trumpelmann, Ben Shikongo, Tangeni Lungameni, Bernard Scholtz
OMA: Kashyap Prajapati, Naseem Khushi, Pratik Athavale (wk), Aqib Ilyas (c), Shoaib Khan, Zeeshan Maqsood, Bilal Khan, Shakeel Ahmed, Kaleemullah, Mehran Khan, Ayaan Khan
T20 World Cup 2024: Upcoming matches
Sri Lanka (SL) vs South Africa (SA) - 10:30 am local time
Afghanistan (AFG) vs Uganda (UGA) - 8:30 pm local time
WI vs PNG, NAM vs OMA: Prediction for today’s T20 World Cup match
West Indies are outright favourites against Papua New Guinea, but Namibia versus Oman may turn out to be a keenly contested clash that may come down to the surface.
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