Debutants Uganda survived an early batting collapse at Providence Stadium in Guyana to register their maiden win in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup as they defeated Papua New Guinea by three wickets in a Group C clash. Frank Nsubuga and Riazat Ali Shah performed an instrumental function in serving to Uganda seal a thriller.
Uganda’s skipper Brain Masaba was fortunate on the toss and invited Papua New Guinea to put a rating on the board.
Papua New Guinea obtained off to the worst attainable begin as they misplaced their captain and some of the skilled batters in the line-up on the second ball of the match.
Tony Ura and Sese Bau added 17 runs for the second wicket earlier than Cosmas Kyewuta removed Bau to jolt Papua New Guinea once more.
Bau’s wicket opened the floodgates and Papua New Guinea by no means managed to get well from the setback. They folded for 77 in 19.1 overs as Uganda’s bowlers operated with loads of self-discipline and made shot-making extraordinarily troublesome for Papua New Guinea.
Alpesh Ramjani (2/17), Kyewuta (2/17), Juma Miyagi (2/10) and Masaba (1/17) all chipped in with wickets however Nsubuga was the standout bowler as he recorded probably the most economical spell in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup historical past with figures of 4-2-4-2.
Uganda’s chase additionally obtained off to a horrendous begin. They misplaced three fast wickets and have been languishing at 6 for the lack of three wickets in 2.1 overs.
Alei Nao and Norman Vanua gave numerous hope for Papua New Guinea up entrance as they made early inroads into Uganda’s batting order.
However, a resilient knock by the Player of the Match (POTM) Riazat Ali Shah (33 off 56 deliveries) turned the tide in Uganda’s favour and so they finally chased the entire down with 10 balls to spare. Riazat relied on rotation of strike and struck simply the solitary boundary through the course of his knock.
