The Uganda cricket team achieved a memorable victory on Sunday (November 26). This team defeated Zimbabwe in T20 cricket by 5 wickets. This is the first time Uganda has defeated a major cricket team. What’s special is that this was the first time the Ugandan team took the field in front of a full ICC member.
There are only 12 names among the full members of the ICC. Zimbabwe is also one of them. In such a situation, Uganda’s victory over Zimbabwe is very significant. This win will not only give a boost to cricket in Uganda but if all goes well, this team can also take part in the 2024 World Cup.
In fact, this victory for Uganda came in the African Region Qualifier matches for the 2024 T20 World Cup. Seven teams will take part in these games, with the top two teams among the 20 teams taking part in the T20 World Cup to be played in the West Indies and America next year. With their latest win, Uganda secured third place in the points table among these seven teams. In such a situation, if she continues this performance in the remaining qualifiers, the door will be open for her to take part in a World Cup for the first time.
Namibia (6 points) is in first place in the “African Region Qualifier” with seven teams. In second place is Kenya (6 points) and in third place is Uganda (4 points). At the same time, Zimbabwe only has 2 points in its account so far. All these teams played 3-3 games. Now, if Uganda wins their remaining three matches, they can qualify for the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Uganda captain Brian Masaba won the toss and elected to bowl first and thanks to the strength of his bowlers, Zimbabwe restricted 136 runs in just 20 overs. Dinesh Nakrani bowled brilliantly here and took 3 wickets for 14 runs in 4 overs. After that Uganda soon lost their first pair and achieved the target but after that the middle order fought with wisdom and gave Uganda an easy win.