Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Predictions – T20 World Cup 2024 – 05/06/2024
Impressive Papua New Guinea start favourites against Uganda
Papua New Guinea and Uganda are set to lock horns in match no. 9 of the T20 World Cup 2024 on Wednesday, June 5th. The two teams which are part of Group C will collide at Providence Stadium in Guyana, with the action scheduled to begin at 5:00 AM IST on Thursday morning.
Here is our analysis for this encounter.
Papua New Guinea vs Uganda: Prediction [T20 World Cup 2024] – Best Bets
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PNG have some pretty good players in the side such as Assad Vala, Tony Ura, Charles Amini, Sese Bau and John Kariko. PNG did well in the last game and should win this game.
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Papua New Guinea have a better batting unit in this fixture compared to Uganda, who are coming off a heavy defeat against Afghanistan.
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Assad Vala is a valuable all-rounder for PNG and he has picked six two-wicket hauls in the last 10 games while scoring some runs. Back him to come good in this game.
Venue and Pitch Analysis
Providence Stadium in Guyana is known to be a nightmare of a venue for batters with a great deal of assistance for spinners on these pitches. The average first innings score at this ground in the shorter format reads 149.
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Head-to-Head Record Papua New Guinea vs Uganda
Papua New Guinea and Uganda have faced each other only once in T20 cricket back in 2022, where PNG came out on top by eight wickets.
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea fought hard in their first game of the T20 World Cup 2024 against West Indies, although ended up on the losing side. Sese Bau scored a fifty to help the side get 136 in 20 overs. Assad Vala picked 2 for 28 while John Kariko snared 1 for 17 to push the game till the 19th over.
Uganda
Uganda are playing their first ever T20 World Cup after securing their spot through Africa Qualifier. They won five games in the tournament and finished second. However, their debut in this tournament was far from what they would have hoped for as they lost to Afghanistan by 125 runs.
Where to Watch Papua New Guinea vs Uganda
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- Star Sports Network (TV) / Disney+ Hotstar (Streaming) – India
- Sky Sports / SkyGo app – UK
- Amazon Prime Video – Australia
- SuperSport – South Africa
- Sky Sports NZ – New Zealand
- Willow TV – Papua New Guinea & Uganda
- ESPN Caribbean – West Indies
- Ten Sports – Pakistan
- STARZPLAY – MENA region
Toss Prediction
Providence Stadium in Guyana has been a host to 55 T20 matches, with the team batting second winning 33 of those, showing a strong bias for chasing. Expect the team winning the toss to field first in this game.
Papua New Guinea vs Uganda – Key Points
Take a look at the weather forecast, key matchup and favourites to get a better picture of the match.
Weather conditions
The weather in Guyana is likely to be mostly cloudy and humid on Wednesday evening. There is around a 25% chance of precipitation while the temperature could hover between 25 to 30 degree Celsius.
Favourites to win the match – Papua New Guinea
As per the bookmakers, Papua New Guinea are favourites heading into this game. PNG were impressive in their first game, where they pushed West Indies to the limits.
Key matchup
Assad Vala smashed an unbeaten 93 off 47 in the only clash against Uganda.