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The first match of the ICC T-20 World Cup on Thursday will be played between Uganda and Papua New Guinea. This match will take place at Providence Stadium in Guyana from 5 am (Indian time). Uganda, playing its first T20 World Cup, will face each other for the first time in a T20 tournament.
Both these teams of Group C have lost their first match. However, Papua New Guinea gave a tough fight to West Indies in the first match. Captain Asad Vala performed all-round. At the same time, many records were recorded in the name of Uganda due to poor play. The team was all out for just 58 runs against Afghanistan. This was the fourth smallest total in the T20 World Cup.
Uganda has made it to the World Cup by performing brilliantly in the Africa Qualifiers. They defeated Zimbabwe in the qualifiers. Therefore there are expectations from him to do well.
The first encounter took place in the last World Cup qualifier
There was only one encounter in T20 between Papua New Guinea and Uganda. In this, PNG team won by 8 wickets. Playing first, Uganda had scored 160 runs losing 4 wickets. In reply, captain Asad Vala played an unbeaten inning of 93 runs and the team won the match by 8 wickets.
Assadwala of Papua New Guinea is performing all-round
Team captain Asad Vala is in form. He played an innings of 21 runs in the match against West Indies and also took 2 wickets. As a record, Asad has played 17 T20 matches in the last 12 months. He has scored 426 runs at a strike rate of 118.66. At the same time, Tony Ura has the ability to score fast runs for the team.
PNG’s top players in the last 12 months…
Mukasa is Uganda’s top scorer, scored 78 runs in the match against PNG
Uganda’s Roger Mukasa has scored 927 runs in 36 matches in the last 12 months. He is Uganda’s top scorer. At the same time, Sesaji has also shown very good performance. He is the only player to have scored a century in T-20 for Uganda. In the match against Papua New Guinea, Sesaji scored 78 runs in 48 balls.
Uganda’s top players in the last 12 months…
Weather Report- There is a possibility of cloudy sky in the morning on 6th June. The probability of rain is up to 60 percent. The temperature will be around 27 degrees Celsius.
pitch report
The match between PNG and Uganda played a low scoring match on the pitch in the first match in Providence, Guyana. Spinners will get help on the pitch.
Possible playing eleven
Papua New Guinea- Asad Wala (Captain)Tony Ura, Lega Sika, Sese Bau, Hiri-Hiri, Charles Amini, Kipling Doriga, Ellie Nao, Chad Soper, Kabua Moriya, John Kariko.
Uganda- Brian Masaba (Captain)Simon Sessaji (wicket-keeper), Roger Mukasa, Raunak Patel, Riyazat Ali Shah, Dinesh Nakrani, Alpesh Ramjani, Robinson Obuya, Bilal Hasan, Cosmas Kyawuta and Henry Senyondo.
