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AUS vs OMAN Highlights: Australia started the T20 World Cup 2024 with a win. Australia defeated Oman by 39 runs at Kingston Oval in Bridgetown. Batting first, the Australian team was struggling. After 14 overs, the team's score was just 80 runs. However, then Marcus Stoinis' explosive batting took the score to 164 runs. In response, the Oman team could only score 125 runs. Even though the team lost, but at one time Australia had to sweat against Oman.
Oman made a fielding mistake
Australia won the toss and chose to bowl first and troubled the Australian batsmen a lot. Travis Head scored 12 runs while Mitchell Marsh scored 14 runs off 21 balls. Marsh and Maxwell were out on two consecutive balls. Maxwell, who failed in the IPL, became a golden duck here too. After 14 overs, Australia's score was 80 runs for three wickets. But in the 15th over, Ayan Khan gave a lifeline to Stoinis. And this proved to be the turning point of the match. He hit 4 sixes in a single over.
Stoinis, who scored 9 runs in 14 balls, completed his half-century in the next 13 balls. However, David Warner took 46 balls to score his half-century. Stoinis and Warner shared a 102-run partnership. Due to this, Australia was able to reach the score of 164. Stoinis remained unbeaten after scoring 67 runs in 36 balls. Warner scored 56 runs in 51 balls.
The top order did not perform
Oman's top order did not work in this match. On the third ball, Starc dismissed Pratik Athawale without opening the account. Australia breathed a sigh of relief as Oman lost 6 wickets for 57 runs after 13 overs. However, Ayan Khan struggled again. He contributed 36 runs in 30 balls and Mehran Khan contributed 27 runs in 16 balls. However, this was not enough and Oman's team could only score 125 runs for 9 wickets. Player of the Match Marcus Stoinis also took three wickets. Starc, Ellis and Zampa got 2-2 wickets.