Afghanistan is all set to take on Uganda in the fifth match of the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup on June 4. This match will be played in Providence Cricket Stadium, Guyana at 5:30 am (PKT).
Teams Preview:
Afghanistan has a lethal bowling attack including their pacers, Naveen ul Haq and Fazal Haq Farooq while mystery spinner Rashid Khan can easily trap any batsman. Apart from this Muhammad Nabi is a very good spinner especially, when it comes to economy rate.
Apart from this they have very good opening partners Rehmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zardan. They can build exciting partnerships on any pitch in the world as they made against Pakistan in the ODI World Cup 2023 to lead the team to famous glory. Muhammad Nabi and Rashid Khan are also the clean strikers of the ball.
On the other hand, Uganda has a remarkable history as they defeated Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup qualifiers to make it to the T20 World Cup.
Uganda don’t have any big names in their lineup. They were recently defeated by Scotland when they scored a very low total. The bowling lineup is the same, they don’t have any big names in their bowling lineup. They come from the Slums of Uganda where they have no grounds to play and no proper organizations to arrange cricket tournaments for them.
Key player:
Afghanistan: In batting Rehmanullah Gurbaz can make his impact with his batting while in bowling Rashid Khan could be a nightmare for the underdogs Ugandans.
Uganda: Uganda doesn’t have any prominent names but Juma Miyagi and Captain Brain Masaba can make an impact.
Last five contest (AFG and UG head to head):
Afghanistan and Uganda have never faced each other in T20 but in the last five T20 contests, Afghanistan has won 3 while Uganda has won 4 out of five matches.
Here are the probable playing XI of both teams:
Afghanistan Playing XI:
Rashid Khan (captain), Rehmanullah Garbaz (wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Umarzai, Najeebullah Zadran, Muhammad Nabi, Gulbuddin Naib, Mujeebur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq, Fazal Haq Farooqui, Farid Ahmad Malik
Uganda playing XI:
Brian Masaba (captain), Simon Sisazi, Roger Makassa, Kosmas Kyuta, Fred Achilam, Alpesh Ramjani, Frank Nseboga, Bilal Hasan, Robinson Obia, Riazat Ali Shah (VC), Ronk Patel
Live Streaming:
Live Streaming (On TV)
Pakistan: Ten Sports & PTV Sports
India: Star Sports
UK: Sky Sports
West Indies: ESPN Caribbean
South Africa: SuperSport
Live Streaming (Online)
Pakistan: Tamasha app & Myco app
India & Bangladesh: Disney+Hotstar
UK: Sky Go app
West Indies: ESPN Play Caribbean’s app
USA: Willow TV’s website
South Africa: SuperSport’s app
Australia: Amazon Prime Video
Match details:
The match between Afghanistan and Uganda will be played on June 4 in Providence Cricket Stadium, Guyana at 5:30 pm (PKT)
Match Predictions:
Afghanistan will easily win this match as they have strong batting and bowling lineups.
Probable scenarios:
Scenario 1:
AFG won the toss and decided to bat first
Power Play: 55-60 runs
First-inning Total: 190-200
AFG won the match
Scenario 2:
AFG won the toss and decided to bowl first
Power Play: 30-35 runs
Frist inning total: 125-135
AFG won the match