{"id":3641,"date":"2026-09-09T10:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T10:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=3641"},"modified":"2026-09-09T10:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T10:04:14","slug":"rwanda-beats-botswana-in-ilt20-continent-cup-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/09\/rwanda-beats-botswana-in-ilt20-continent-cup-opener\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda beats Botswana in ILT20 Continent Cup opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"942\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/17888842033340fc8163b-e8d5-4aac-9602-164107050001.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/17888842033340fc8163b-e8d5-4aac-9602-164107050001.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/17888842033340fc8163b-e8d5-4aac-9602-164107050001-275x300.jpeg 275w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/17888842033340fc8163b-e8d5-4aac-9602-164107050001-768x837.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda made a winning start to the 2026 ILT20 Continent Cup on Tuesday, beating Botswana by 55 runs at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The match was played on the opening day of the tournament, with Rwanda winning the toss and choosing to bat first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Captain Didier Ndikubwimana and Hamza Khan put together a 122-run partnership as Rwanda posted 192 for two from its 20 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Botswana needed 193 runs to win but could not keep pace with the target, finishing 55 runs short after its 20 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ndikubwimana was named player of the match after helping Rwanda build a strong total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result gives Rwanda an early win ahead of its second match against Kenya on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kenya also began its campaign with a victory, beating Sierra Leone by 94 runs in Tuesday\u2019s other match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uganda will face Sierra Leone at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday before Rwanda plays Kenya at 1:30 p.m. at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda will be looking to build on Tuesday\u2019s result when it meets Kenya, which also opened the tournament with a win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda made a winning start to the 2026 ILT20 Continent Cup on Tuesday, beating Botswana by 55 runs at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium. The match [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,35,27,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current_affairs","category-regional","category-sports","category-top_stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3643,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3641\/revisions\/3643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}