The 18th match of the tournament will be of Group C between West Indies (WI) and Uganda (UGA). The match will be live at 06:00 A.M. (IST) and 08:30 P.M. (local).
Both the teams registered victory in their last encounters. West Indies got a close win against Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the last moments while Uganda opened their T20 World Cup win account after defeating PNG by a close margin.
Teams Analysis
West Indies (WI):
As they are the co-host of the tournament and are well known for power hitters but in their first match they escaped from the jaw-dropping moments by registering victory in the last moments. Their well known power hitters were unable to get that hitting perfect but their bowling looked much better.
Opener Johnson Charles who failed to open his account on the first match after departing in a golden duck, is known for destruction from the start. He has one century and five half-centuries to his name and the team is expecting this kind of performance in the upcoming matches. While partner Brandon King showed a great character of patience and scored 34 runs in 29 balls. Despite his slow performance, his valuable runs make it count for the team.
Hard hitter and inform batter Nicholas Pooran, though scored 27 runs but batted with a strike rate of 100 and this doesn’t justify his power. He needs to get more aggressive with the bat. Roston Chase, was the Player of the match in that match due to his brilliant 42 runs knock in 27 balls. Not only this he bowled an economical spell as he gave just 26 runs in his 4 overs.
Skipper Rovman Powell who is known for a power hitting in the death, struggled to bat easily. He only managed 15 runs in 14 balls but needed to step up for the team in the death overs. On the other hand, Andre Russell showed a great character of patience in his batting after scoring unbeaten 15 runs while with the bowl he got 2 wickets in his 3 overs after conceding only 19 runs. He is a perfect nightmare to the bowlers in the death overs as his strike rate is 163.58 in T20 international.
Spinner Akeal Hosein came to bowl in the powerplay and bowled an economical spell of 3 overs 9 runs and got a wicket. While pacer Alzarri Joseph after grabbing 2 wickets was little expensive in his spell as he conceded many runs in the death overs.
Probable Playing 11 of West Indies (WI):
Rovman Powell ©, Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Roston Chase, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie.
Uganda (UGA):
Uganda has created a historic milestone after registering their maiden victory in the ICC T20 World Cup, that came in the last match. Though that victory came after a hard fight. Their batting has been a little concern but their bowling is comparatively decent.
Most successful batter for the team was Riazat Ali Shah in the tournament. He scored 44 runs in 2 matches with a strike rate of 48.89. This shows that much slowness is there in their batting strength.
After him only two more batters are there in the team who crossed the double digit mark in total. Robinson Obuya who scored 15 runs and Juma Miyaji who got 13 runs with the bat.
They need to be a little more consistent in their batting line-up, only then they can stand better against the Carribean team as the hosting nation has a huge destructive batting unit.
In the bowling unit, Cosmas Kyewuta has taken most wickets for the team as he grabbed 4 wickets till now with an economy of 5.86. In both the matches he got 2 wickets each and the team is expecting the same form again. Skipper Brian Masaba and Alpesh Ramjani both got 3 wickets each in 2 matches. Masaba has a brilliant economy of 4.75 whereas Ramjani has a 6.25 economy.
Probable Playing 11 of Uganda (UGA):
Brian Masaba ©, Roger Mukasa, Simon Ssesazi (wk), Robinson Obuya, Riazat Ali Shah, Alpesh Ramjani, Dinesh Nakrani, Juma Miyagi, Kenneth Waiswa, Cosmas Kyewuta, Frank Nsubuga.
Pitch Report for the match between West Indies (WI) and Uganda (UGA):
The match will be played at Providence Stadium, Guyana. This will be the last group stage match that will be played. After this the Semi Final 2 will be seen here. As in all the four matches that were played here, it resulted in a slightly slower side when batting second. So the target can be achieved only when the chasing team restricts the opponents in a below par score. It can be highly useful that after batting first put runs on the board, then it can be easily defendable.
Weather Report:
There will be scattered thunderstorms throughout the day as the rain expectancy is 60%. Humidity will also be pretty high which will be close to 80%. The highest may be recorded as 30 degree celsius while the lowest may be around 25 degree celsius.
Best 11 for the match between West Indies (WI) and Uganda (UGA):
Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran, Brandon King, Andre Russell, Roston Chase, Romario Shepherd, Alpesh Ramjani, Brian Masaba, Gudakesh Motie, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph.