Afghanistan vs Uganda Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: While Uganda come into the game as the latest debutants at an ICC World Cup, Afghanistan are potential dark horses on the back of a stunning ODI World Cup display in India last year.
AFG vs UG Live Score, T20 World Cup Match Today: Get Afghanistan vs Uganda Live Updates at Providence Stadium in Guyana
Afghanistan vs Uganda Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024 Match Today: Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran take Afghanistan to 183/5 in the first innings against Uganda at the Providence Stadium in Guyana in the T20 World Cup on Tuesday.
Uganda were the second team to qualify from the ICC T20 World Cup Africa qualifiers, after Namibia and pipped the likes of Zimbabwe and Namibia to make their way to the tournament. Led by Brian Masaba, the team features Frank Nsubuga, who will be among the oldest players to feature in the competition at the age of 43.
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Afghanistan on the other hand come into the tournament as dark horses, having defeated the likes of England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka at last year’s ODI World Cup in India. Globetrotting T20 spin sensation Rashid Khan will take over as skipper after Ibrahim Zadran led the side in their previous ICC tournament.
Follow AFG vs UGA live score and updates below
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, 2024 – Match 5
Afghanistan
183/5 (20.0)
vs
Uganda
18/3 (4.1)
Bowling
Mujeeb Ur Rahman1/10 (2)
Naveen-ul-Haq *0/2 (0.1)
Batting
Riazat Ali Shah3 (11)
Dinesh Nakrani *6 (7)
Play In Progress ( Day – Match 5 ) Uganda need 166 runs in 95 balls at 10.48 rpo
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Uganda sealed their 2024 T20 World Cup qualification in November last year – pipping the likes of Zimbabwe and Kenya, known power centres in African cricket. (Photo: Uganda Cricket)
Frank Nsubuga says he and his teammates couldn’t sleep. “When we returned home, it was like we were dreaming with open eyes,” he tells The Indian Express.
The throwback is to November 2023. Such was the occasion for the Uganda cricket team, who had managed to qualify for their first-ever ICC World Cup, pipping the likes of Zimbabwe and Kenya – known power centres in African cricket.
But how did they get here? It would be wrong to consider their qualification as a fluke. Not long after they made it to the T20 World Cup, Uganda successfully defended their African T20 Cup title. It’s a competition that offers a stage to lesser-known sides in the continent, and of late, Uganda has emerged as a contender to compete at the pinnacle of the sport. But the ticket to the US and the West Indies wasn’t earned in a day. (READ MORE)
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