West Indies vs Uganda
A big record was seen being made in the match played between West Indies and Uganda in Group C at Guyana ground in T20 World Cup 2024. In this match, the Windies team, batting first, scored 173 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs, in which Johnson Charles scored 44 runs. At the same time, chasing the target of 174 runs, the Ugandan team was reduced to just 39 runs in this match, which is the joint lowest score of any team in the history of T20 World Cup, the Netherlands team was out for a score of 39 runs in the match against Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup held in 2014. Spinner Akil Hussain’s amazing performance was seen from the Windies team, who took 5 wickets.
Uganda’s team fell apart in front of Akil’s spin
When Uganda’s team came out to chase the target of 174 runs in this match, their start was very bad in which Roger Musaka became the victim of Akeel Hussain on the second ball of the first over without opening the account. After this, Uganda lost its second wicket at the score of 4, while half the team had returned to the pavilion by the score of 19. Uganda was able to score only 22 runs in the first 6 overs. From here it became absolutely impossible for them to make a comeback in the match. Uganda’s innings was reduced to a score of 39 runs in this match in which Akeel Hussain from West Indies took 5 wickets for 11 runs in his 4 overs, while Alzari Joseph took 2 while Romario Shepherd, Andre Russell and Gudakesh Moti took 1 wicket each.
Teams that were all out for the lowest scores in T20 World Cup history:
Netherlands – 39 runs (vs Sri Lanka, 2014)
Uganda – 39 runs (vs West Indies, 2024)
Netherlands – 44 runs (vs Sri Lanka, 2021)
West Indies – 55 runs (vs England, year 2021)
Uganda – 58 runs (vs Afghanistan, 2024)
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