AFG vs UGA T20 World Cup 2024: The 9th season of the T20 World Cup has started with a bang. The fifth match of the tournament was played between Afghanistan and Uganda. The Afghanistan team achieved a historic victory in this match. Let us tell you, Uganda is participating in this mega event for the first time in its cricket history, but it had to face a big defeat in its first match. On the other hand, this was also its first international match against Afghanistan.
Afghanistan scores historic win in Guyana
Afghanistan batted first in this match and put a big score on the board. Afghanistan scored 183 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. During this, Rahmanullah Gurbaz played an innings of 76 runs in 45 balls. In which he hit 4 fours and 4 sixes. At the same time, Ibrahim Zadran hit 70 runs in 46 balls. There was a partnership of 154 runs for the first wicket between these two players. In response, the Ugandan team was all out for just 58 runs.
This happened for the fourth time in the history of T20 World Cup
Afghanistan won this match by 135 runs. This is the fourth biggest victory by margin of runs in the history of T20 World Cup. Before this, only three times in T20 World Cup, a team had won a match by margin of 120 or more runs. Sri Lanka holds the record for the biggest victory in T20 World Cup. In 2007, Sri Lanka defeated Kenya by margin of 172 runs.
Biggest winning margin in T20 World Cup
172 runs – Sri Lanka vs Kenya, Johannesburg, 2007
130 runs – Afghanistan vs Scotland, Sharjah, 2021
130 – South Africa vs Scotland, The Oval, 2009
125 runs – Afghanistan vs Uganda, Guyana, 2024
116 runs – England vs Afghanistan, Colombo RPS, 2012
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