Oman vs Papua New Guinea Match Prediction & Betting Tips, T20 World Cup Warm Up 2024
The 2nd warm-up match of the T20 World Cup 2024 will have Oman and Papua New Guinea lock horns. The match is scheduled to take place at Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad.
It will be the 3rd appearance for Oman in the T20 World Cup after 2016 and 2021 while Papua New Guinea will be participating for the 2nd time after being part of the 2021 edition. Both the sides have recently faced each other in a T20I series which Oman won.
Oman will be led by Aqib Ilyas and Papua New Guinea will be captained by Assad Vala.
OMAN vs PNG, Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad Pitch Report
The pitch at Brian Lara Stadium is a balanced surface with assistance for the batters in the initial overs and as the game proceeds, the pitch starts getting slower which favours the spin bowlers. The average innings score is around 175. In 2023, England smashed 267 runs in 20 overs against West Indies at this venue.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Oman vs Papua New Guinea, T20 World Cup Warm Up Match 2024
Oman Team News & Playing 11
OMAN Team News
Oman had a good outing in the Mens T20I Premier Cup 2024 and we are anticipating that they will go with the same combination in the T20 World Cup. Full strength squad is available as no injuries are reported.
OMAN Team Batting
The top batters from Oman will be Zeeshan Maqsood and Kashyap Prajapati. In 64 T20Is, Zeeshan has scored 1295 runs at a decent strike rate of 121.94 and Prajapati has accumulated 812 runs at an average of 23.2.
OMAN Team Bowling
Oman’s top bowlers will be Bilal Khan and Fayyaz Butt. Left-arm pacer Bilal is an experienced international player with 74 T20Is in which he has taken 106 wickets at an average of 17.07. Fayyaz is also a pacer and he has taken 45 wickets in 43 T20I matches at a strike rate of 18.47.
OMAN Team Form
Oman won the T20 World Cup 2024 Asia Qualifier in November 2024, beating Nepal in a Super Over in the final match. In April 2024, Oman reached the final of the Men’s T20I Premier Cup.
Oman Predicted Playing 11
Kashyap Prajapati, Naseem Khushi, Aqib Ilyas (c), Zeeshan Maqsood, Pratik Athavale (wk), Ayaan Khan, Khalid Kail, Rafiullah, Shakeel Ahmed, Fayyaz Butt, Bilal Khan
Papua New Guinea Team News & Playing 11
PNG Team News
PNG might go with almost the same combination like they did recently on the tours to Hong Kong and Malaysia. No injuries are reported so far.
PNG Team Batting
The top batters from the PNG side will be Assad Vala and Norman Vanua. Assad Vala is an experienced player and he has scored 1207 runs in 53 T20Is at a strike rate of 120.34. Norman Vanua has scored 620 runs at a good strike rate of 135.08 and he has also taken 51 wickets in 49 T20Is.
PNG Team Bowling
Charles Amini and Kabua Morea will be the top picks from the bowling line-up of PNG. Amini has taken 43 wickets in 51 T20I matches and he also comes as a handy batter as well as he has scored 886 runs. Kabua Morea is a left-arm pacer and he has picked 32 wickets in just 19 T20Is at an average of 14.91.
PNG Team Form
PNG recently toured Oman, Hong Kong and Malaysia and they displayed a decent performance. In the Hong Kong T20I series where 4 teams took part, PNG won the final by beating Nepal in March 2024.
Papua New Guinea Predicted Playing 11
Tony Ura, Assad Vala (c), Charles Amini, Lega Siaka, Hiri Hiri, Hila Vare, Kiplin Doriga (wk), Norman Vanua, Chad Soper, John Kariko, Jack Gardner
🏆 Oman vs Papua New Guinea Prediction
According to the analysis, we are backing Oman to win against Papua New Guinea. Oman has a better quality of squad and they have recently been in good form including the series against PNG which they won by 2-1. Oman also dominates the head to head record against PNG as they have won 3 out of 4 encounters.
