In Group B of the tournament, two Test nations England and Australia have to play three non-Test nations Namibia (Africa Qualifier No. 1), Scotland (European Qualifier No. 2) and Oman (Asia Qualifier No. 2). For simplicity, we can say that these three teams have no chance to play in the Super 8, but their intention is that these three teams should be able to give a better competition so that no one says that such teams should not play in this event. At least their mutual matches will be exciting.

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The team is playing in this World Cup on the back of its undefeated performance in last year's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier and all-rounder Gerhard Erasmus is the captain. The team features 12 of the 15 players who played in the qualifying tournament. One special name is David Wiese, the South African-born all-rounder and T20 specialist who has played in multiple leagues. One special thing is that all-rounder Nicole Lofty-Eaton was not selected, although Lofty-Eaton made the record of fastest 100 by scoring 100 in 33 balls against Nepal in February this year. A case of breaking discipline is being filed against him. The team also includes fast bowler Jack Brassell, who participated in the Under-19 World Cup earlier this year. Namibia is playing its third consecutive T20 World Cup and played in the second round in 2021.

Team: Gerhard Erasmus (captain), Zane Green, Michael Van Lingen, Dylan Leichter, Ruben Trumpelman, Jack Brassell, Ben Shikongo, Tangeni Lungameni, Nico Devlin, JJ Smit, Jan Frylink, JP Coates, David Wiese, Bernard Scholtz, Malan Kruger, P.D. Blignaut. There are 16 players in this team and after playing 4 practice matches in West Indies, one player will be dropped.

Group match schedule and Indian match time

June 03, 2024, Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – 6.00 am vs Oman
07 June, 2024, Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – 12.30 midnight vs Scotland
June 12, 2024, Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua – 6.00 am vs Australia
June 15, 2024, Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua – 10.30 PM vs England

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In the team, the most talked about return is batsman Michael Jones and fast bowler Brad Wheal – both last played in the T20 World Cup 2022. The interesting thing is that he is not in the team that will play triangular in Netherlands but is in the World Cup team. Richie Berrington is the captain and claims that this time he will create an even bigger ruckus than the big win over West Indies in 2022. Experienced seamer Josh Davey was not selected. He played in the last 3 T20 World Cups in 2016, 2021 and 2022.

In preparation for the tournament, Scotland are scheduled to play a triangular with the Netherlands and Ireland and Jones and Wheal will miss that and continue playing English county cricket respectively. Similarly, Dewey also gave more importance to the county contract. This will be Scotland's 6th World Cup and have played in the second round only once.

Team: Richie Berrington (captain), Matthew Cross, Brad Currie, Chris Greaves, Ollie Hayers, Jack Jarvis, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Sufyan Sharif, Chris Soule, Charlie Tear, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal.

Group match schedule and Indian match time

June 04, 2024, Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – 8.00 PM vs England
June 07, 2024, Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – 12.30 midnight vs Namibia
June 09, 2024, Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua – 10.30 PM vs Oman
June 16, 2024, Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St. Lucia – 6.00 am vs Australia

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Batting all-rounder Aaqib Ilyas is the captain and previous captain Zeeshan Maqsood – who was the captain since the 2016 World Cup – is also in the squad. To prepare for the World Cup, took part in the recently held ACC Premier Cup. 8 players from the team that played in the final are in the World Cup team. Oman hosted the tournament along with the UAE in 2021 but failed to qualify for 2022. Will play only his third T20 World Cup.

Team: Aaqib Ilyas (captain), Zeeshan Maqsood, Kashyap Prajapati, Pratik Athawale (wk), Ayan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Naseem Khushi (wk), Mehran Khan, Bilal Khan, Rafiullah, Kaleemullah, Faiyaz Butt, Shakeel Ahmed, Khalid. Cal. Reserves: Jatinder Singh, Samay Srivastava, Sufiyan Mahmood, Jai Odedara.

Group match schedule and Indian match time

June 03, 2024, Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – 6.00 am vs Namibia
June 06, 2024, Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – 6.00 am vs Australia
June 09, 2024, Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua – 10.30 PM vs Scotland
June 14, 2024, Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua – 12.30 midnight vs England

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