Papua New Guinea will take on Uganda in the 9th match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Both the sides will see this as an excellent opportunity to grab their first ever win in a World Cup. The match will start at 5 30 am Bangladesh Standard Time.

Papua New Guinea started their campaign with a defeat against West Indies. However, the contest was way closer than anyone anticipated. PNG only managed to score 136, but theri bowling unit appiled enormous pressure on West Indies, as they dragged the game right until the end.

PNG will be taking motivation from their encounter with the West Indies, and will be looking to beat Uganda in order to achieve their first ever World Cup victory.

Uganda received a thrashing from Afghanistan in their opening game. However, the side is participating in a World Cup for the very first time, and will realise that this is their best opportunity to grab their first win in a World Cup. Therefore they will be looking to give it their all.

PNG (probable XI): 1 Tony Ura, 2 Assad Vala (capt), 3 Lega Siaka, 4 Sese Bau, 5 Hiri Hiri, 6 Charles Amini, 7 Kiplin Doriga (wk), 8 Chad Soper, 9 Alei Nao, 10 Kabua Morea, 11 John Kariko

Uganda (probable XI): 1 Ronak Patel, 2 Simon Ssesazi (wk), 3 Roger Mukasa, 4 Riazat Ali Shah, 5 Dinesh Nakrani, 6 Alpesh Ramjani, 7 Robinson Obuya, 8 Brian Masaba (capt), 9 Bilal Hassan, 10 Cosmas Kyewuta, 11 Henry Ssenyondo