Namibia vs Oman T20 World Cup 2024 Preview: Dream11 picks, predicted XIs, pitch report and more

Namibia and Oman will clash in a Group B match of the T20 World Cup 2024 on Sunday, June 2 (Monday, June 3). The contest will take place at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Expectations are high for Namibia, particularly after their impressive performances in the 2021 and 2022 editions of the tournament. Notably, they caused a major upset by defeating Sri Lanka in Geelong. With their growth in T20 cricket, Namibia may once again challenge some of the top teams.

NAM vs OMA: Head-to-Head Stats

Namibia and Oman have met six times in T20Is since their first encounter in 2019. Namibia has emerged victorious in four of these matches, while Oman has won twice.

NAM vs OMA: Pitch Report

The pitch at Barbados is expected to be balanced, with an average score around 157 runs. Out of 24 matches held at the venue, 16 have been won by the team batting first.

NAM vs OMA: Predicted Playing XIs

Namibia's Predicted Playing XI: Nikolas Davin, Jean-Pierre Kotze, Michael van Lingen, Gerhard Erasmus (c), JJ Smit, David Wiese, Jan Frylinck, Zane Green (wk), Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo

Oman's Predicted Playing XI: Kashyap Prajapati, Naseem Khushi (wk), Aqib Ilyas (c), Zeeshan Maqsood, Pratik Athavale (wk), Ayaan Khan, Khalid Kail, Shakeel Ahmad, Rafiullah, Fayyaz Butt, Bilal Khan

NAM vs OMA: Dream11 fantasy team picks

Wicket-keeper: Pratik Athavale, Zane Green

Batter: Kashyap Kumar (c), Khalid Kail, Ayaan Khan, Gerhard (vc)

All-rounder: Zeeshan Maqsood, David Wiese

Bowler: Bilal Khan, Ben Shikongo, Bernard Scholtz

NAM vs OMA, T20 World Cup 2024: Winner prediction

Namibia are favourites to win their match against Oman as they showed some exceptional form in the previous edition of the tournament. 

NAM vs OMA, T20 World Cup 2024: Squads

Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (c), Zane Green, Michael Van Lingen, Dylan Leicher, Ruben Trumpelmann, Jack Brassell, Ben Shikongo, Tangeni Lungameni, Niko Davin, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, JP Kotze, David Wiese, Bernard Scholtz, Malan Kruger, PD Blignaut

Oman: Aqib Ilyas (c), Zeeshan Maqsood, Kashyap Prajapati, Pratik Athavale, Ayaan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Naseem Khushi, Mehran Khan, Bilal Khan, Rafiullah, Kaleemullah, Fayyaz Butt, Shakeel Ahmad, Khalid Kail.

Reserves: Jatinder Singh, Samay Shrivastava, Sufyan Mehmood, Jay Odedra