The 1st Match of the T20 World Cup 2021 is scheduled to play OMAN vs PNG on Sunday, 17th October 2021 at Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amerat.

Oman is going to play its first match of the T20 World Cup on its home ground. They had recently faced Sri Lanka at the same venue. They lost the series of two matches but they played good cricket. Oman has to face some strong teams in this tournament like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This will be a tough task to beat these teams but if they could manage to win against these teams, they will surely qualify for the super 12 stages.

Papua New Guinea had qualified for the T20 World Cup for the first time in their cricketing history and they have a big challenge in this tournament. They have to beat Namibia, Scotland, and Oman to move to the super 12 groups. We know that this will not easy for this team.

This will be the first T20 International match between these two teams.

Oman is overall a strong team as compared to Papua New Guinea at least on papers. According to our match prediction, Oman is the favorite team that will win this match. There are many factors that make Oman a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• The batting order of Oman is strong and experienced
• The bowling unit of Papua New Guinea is also strong
• Both teams have a strong batting order in the side at least on papers
• Oman had given tough time to Sri Lanka recently and we are sure they will easily beat PNG

Oman is full of experienced and young players of the t20 format. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Oman have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Oman has a 70% chance to win this match
Papua New Guinea has a 30% chance to win this match

The toss will play an important role in the decision of all matches of World Cup T20. Having a good total on the board is always a big advantage in these kinds of big matches. According to our toss prediction, the team that will win the toss may choose to bat first.

The 1st Match match of World Cup T20 2020-21 is going to be held at Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amerat. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting. The track is slower than the others we have seen and helps the spinners quite a bit. We are hoping that the surface is bound to get slower and be a bit more difficult for batting in this match. A score of 180 is going to be tough to chase.

The weather forecast in Al Amerat is predicting some clouds around on match day but the weather forecast does not predict rain. We should be able to have a full uninterrupted match.

Date: Sunday 17th October 2021
Time: 04:00 PM BD

Stadium: Al Amerat Cricket Ground
Location: Al Amerat, Oman
Time Zone: UTC +04:00
Floodlights: Yes

Total matches: 24
Matches won batting first: 10
Matches won bowling first: 14
Average 1st Inns scores: 151
Average 2nd Inns scores: 128
Highest total recorded: 210/4 (20 Ov) by KUW vs BHR
Lowest total recorded: 64/10 (11 Ov) by NEP vs OMAN
Highest score chased: 183/9 (20 Ov) by IRE vs NED
Lowest score defended: 145/8 (20 Ov) by IRE vs NEP

Tony Ura, Assad Vala(c), Lega Siaka, Charles Amini, Sese Bau, Kiplin Doriga(w), Norman Vanua, Chad Soper, Jason Kila, Damien Ravu, Nosaina Pokana, Kabua Morea, Hiri Hiri, Gaudi Toka, Simon Atai.