T20 World Cup: Uganda beat PNG by three wickets

The ninth match of the T20 World Cup 2024 was played between Papua New Guinea and Uganda on Thursday. In this match, Uganda won by three wickets with 10 balls to spare. PNG, who came to bat first after losing the toss in the match played in Guyana, were all out for 77 runs in 19.1 overs. In reply, Uganda scored 182 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 78 overs and won the match.

PNG’s poor performance
PNG had a bad start in this match. The team lost three wickets for a score of 19 runs. Ramjani made captain Assad Wala his victim on the first ball of the first over. He returned to the pavilion without opening the account. After this, Miyagi dismissed Sese Bau. He could score only five runs. Cosmas gave the third blow to the team. He got Tony Ura caught by Mukasa. He could score only one run. Against Uganda, Liga Syaka scored 12, Hiri Hiri scored 15, Charles Emini scored 5, Kiplin Dorjia scored 12, Chad Soper scored 4, Norman Venua scored 5, Ali Nao scored 5 runs. John Kariko remained unbeaten without opening his account. In this match, Alpesh, Cosmas, Miyagi and Frank Subuga took 2 wickets each for Uganda while Brian Masaba got one wicket.