West Indies got a destructive victory against Uganda in their group stage. They demolished them in both the departments by 134 runs.
Both the teams got victory in their respective matches. The hosting nation got a close victory in the last moments against PNG whereas Uganda created history after defeating PNG in a close encounter.
The Carribean team after winning the toss chooses to bat first.
West Indies scored 173/5 in 20 overs and Uganda in reply equalled the record of lowest T20 World Cup score after getting all out in 12 overs and scored 39 runs.
Johnson Charles scored the most runs for the team after scoring 44 runs. But his knock was a little slow as he took 42 balls to reach there. He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. Then Andre Russell towards the end showed his muscle power again and scored 30 runs in just 17 balls in which 6 fours were included.
Uganda’s skipper Brian Masaba got 2 wickets while Alpesh Ramjani, Cosmas Kyewuta and Dinesh Nakrani got 1 wicket each.
In the chase, Uganda players didn’t stand in front of the Caribbean bowlers. Only Juma Miyagi touched the double digit mark and scored 13 runs in 20 overs. Three batters got out on a duck.
Akeal Hosein bowled the best bowling figure in T20 World Cup for the Caribbeans and his career best figures after grabbing 5 wickets in his 4 overs. He conceded only 11 runs in his spell with an economy of 2.80. Alzarri Joseph got 2 wickets while Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd and Gudakesh Motie got 1 wicket each.