Rwanda continued spectacular run on the ICC Males's T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier A with a dominant 8-wicket victory over Sierra Leone in Gaborone, Botswana, on Friday.
After one other disciplined bowling show, Lawrence Mahatlane’s facet dismissed Sierra Leone for simply 88 runs in 19.3 overs earlier than comfortably chasing the goal with 89/2 in 15 overs.
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Ignace Ntirenganya earned Participant of the Match honor after an impressive spell of three wickets for 17 runs in 3.3 overs.
With the bat, captain Didier Ndikubwimana anchored the innings with 28 runs off 43 balls, whereas Isaie Niyomugabo guided the chase with a composed unbeaten 36 off 33 balls. Oscar Manishimwe added late momentum with an unbeaten 12 runs off 9 deliveries.
The victory marks Rwanda fifth consecutive win of the event after earlier victories towards Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, and Mali.
With two matches remaining, the qualification race is getting into its decisive stage. Friday conflict between Botswana and Kenya might fully reshape the standings. Kenya will seemingly want a victory to maintain qualification hopes alive, whereas Botswana might place itself in a really robust place forward of the ultimate day.
Rwanda will now face Botswana in a match already being seen as one of many greatest encounters of the event.
Rwanda equation is straightforward, yet another victory would formally safe qualification to the subsequent stage of the ICC Males T20 World Cup pathway and crown what has already been an impressive marketing campaign in Botswana.
Present standings
Rwanda — 10 pts
Botswana — 8 pts
Kenya — 6 pts
Cameroon — 4 pts
Mali — 2 pts
Sierra Leone — 0 pts
Côte d’Ivoire — 0 pts
