Brian Masaba will captain Uganda in the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup in the USA and the West Indies, their first appearance in a senior men’s ICC World Cup in any format.
Masaba leads a squad of 15 that includes 43-year-old Frank Nsubuga, an offspinningallrounder who is set to be the oldest player in the tournament ahead of
Oman’s Mohammad Nadeem and NaseemKhushi, both of whom are 41.Riazat Ali Shah, who was born in Gilgit in Pakistan and moved to Uganda at the age of 16, has been named vice-captain, while Ronald Lutaaya and Innocent Mwebaze are the two travelling reserve players.
Uganda’s squad has five changes to the 17-player group that oversaw their progression to the T20 World Cup from the Africa qualifiers last year. Wicketkeeper Cyrus Kakuru, seamer David Wabwire, batter Pascal Murungi and experienced left-armer Jonathan Ssebanja have not made the cut while Lutaaya is in the reserves. Fred Achelam, who was Uganda’s wicketkeeper at the Africa Games in Ghana earlier this year, will take the gloves while allrounderJuma Miyagi and medium-pacer CosmasKyewuta have been included in the squad. The selections were reward for members of the team who reached the semi-finals of the African Games, where they lost to Namibia. At that tournament, Ugandan players dominated the run and wicket charts as three of the top five run-scorers – Roger Mukasa, Simon Ssesazi and Dinesh Nakraniand two of the three leading wicket-takers.—APP
