Tuesday, June 4
*Uganda Vs Afghanistan - 3:30am
Cricket Cranes head coach, Abhay Sharma says they will not focus on the opposition rather their 'preparations' on Tuesday when Uganda takes to the field for their first game at the World Cup.
The Cricket Cranes will take on Afghanistan in their first ever World Cup game as outright underdogs at the Providence Stadium in Guyana, but despite the quality of opposition who are ranked 10th in the Men's T20i rankings, Sharma who is just two months into the job insists his team will concentrate on what they have been working on during training.
"They will bring different bowling challenges for us. They have really good spinners, but we will focus on our preparations. We have done decently well, and we are looking forward to a good competition in this game. We will try and challenge them."
Starting Tuesday for the next two weeks, Uganda will be sailing in an unfamiliar waters, but they will be looking to prove themselves on the global stage and leave a lasting mark.
With the team devoid of any injury concerns, Sharma has a fully fit squad to select from. Youngsters Juma Miyaji and Cosmas Kyewuta- the team's opening bowlers- slogger Robinson Obuya, Dinesh Nakrani, Alpesh Ramjani, Riazat Ali Shah and the team's tail end go-to-guy, Bilal Hassun are some of the players the fans will be banking on for a positive result.
Afghanistan have been a team on a progressive rise, and have asserted themselves as a force to be reckoned with, and given their experience, will head into the game as overwhelming favourites, but with the aforementioned players and the leadership from team captain Brian Masaba, Ugandan fans will follow this game with a keen eye.
A huge game for the East Africans, but after their heroics last year at the qualifiers in Namibia that brought about this berth, these are the kind of games they were signing up for. And Given how they beat Zimbabwe who are ranked just two places behind Afghanistan, an upset can't be ruled out.
It is time for the Ugandan players to take the bull by the horn, and sell themselves out their. The odds are understandably, hugely against Uganda, but how they approach this game is what awaits to be seen.
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