Uganda Create History, Deny Zimbabwe For First-Ever Place In T20 World Cup 2024
New Delhi: Uganda denied Zimbabwe to create history as they qualified for the T20 World Cup for the first-ever time after beating Rwanda in the final African qualifier on Thursday. Uganda thus join Namibia in the main event next year to be held in USA and West Indies. Needing just a win to make it to the ‘Big Dance’, Uganda just had to beat winless Rwanda.
Batting first, Rwanda were all out for just 65 runs. For Uganda; Alpesh Ramjani, Dinesh Nakrani, Henry Ssenyondo and Brian Masaba took two wickets each. In reply, Uganda rode on Simon Ssesazi’s unbeaten 26 to romp home in just 8.1 overs. This will be Uganda’s first-ever appearance in an ICC event.
Presenting the 2⃣0⃣ teams that will battle for ICC Men’s #T20WorldCup 2024
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Zimbabwe on the other hand, suffered losses against Namibia and Uganda, to miss out on the main event. The side had featured in the tournament’s previous edition, where they’d garnered a famous one-run win over Pakistan.