SKIPPER Chetan Suryawanshi and Manpreet Singh scored half-centuries in Singapore’s 63 run win over Uganda in the World Cricket League Division 3 tournament in Muscat on 15 November 2018.
Put in to bat, Singapore crafted their innings at a slow pace as early wickets were lost. Openers Arjun Mutreja and Aritra Dutta, who made 24, and No.3 Anish Paraam were back in the pavilion for a miserly 36-3. Surywanshi’s 57 and Manpreet’s 59 lifted the score for a decent total of 204 as the Republic’s batsmen struggled to put on a decent partnership with only the fourth-wicket stand of 56 between Rezza Gaznavi and Suryawanshi being worthy of notice.
The defence of that low total was praiseworthy. Opening bowlers Amjad Mahboob and Janak Prakash took two quick wickets each for Uganda to stutter to 21-4. Suryawanshi applied more pressure on the African nation with a wicket without addition to the Ugandan total and at 21-5, Singapore ensured Uganda were very much up against it and they eventually folded for 141. Janak Prakash finished with 3-20, Amjad Mahboob with 2-26 and Anantha Krishna with 2-47.
The victory was the second successive win for the national team in the current WCL. Singapore lost to Oman in the opener before downing Denmark. The win against Uganda was the first for the Republic against Uganda, reversing the previous two losses both in previous WCL Div 3 competitions.
Full Scorecard link –Singapore vs Uganda – Full Scorecard
