India, Feb. 20 -- The T20 World Cup 2026 group stage will end on Friday with the final league game between Australia and Oman. No one would have believed that Australia wouldn't make it to the Super 8s if the same had been predicted before the tournament began. However, this is exactly what happened, as the Mitchell Marsh-led side failed to make it out of Group B, while Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe advanced to the next round. Australia's campaign was doomed from the start after the injury setbacks to Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood. The 2021 champions then faced back-to-back defeats against Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, leading to their early elimination.

Australia would now hope to gain some respectability by beating Oman in their final Group B matc...