T20 World Cup 2024: Australia captain Mitchell Marsh and David Warner share heartwarming moment with Team Uganda

The T20 extravaganza is well underway in the form of the T20 World Cup 2024 kicking off on Sunday, June 2. This ICC mega event is special in many ways apart from getting hosted by the United States of America (USA) for the first time. In the last two decades, some teams around the globe have made commendable progress and have been on a constant rise. One such who are going to make their special debut in the cricket carnival are the spirited African nation, Uganda.

As a result, this surely makes for an exciting contest between bat and the ball with new teams challenging major cricket-playing nations for the first time which fans and cricket stars from other nations are itching to witness. While Australia never fail to amaze fans by their performances on the field, off the field too they often come up with pranks and lesser thought gestures. In the same vein, in one delightful gesture, Mitchell Marsh the Australia Captain and the veteran opener David Warner took their time out to spend some quality time with the young Ugandan side.

Interestingly in Trinidad, where the Men in Yellow showed their cricketing power by mauling opponents despite being a 9-man squad due to Indian Premier League commitments of various players, Mitchell Marsh lived a memorable moment when he was presented with a playing jersey by none other than Uganda team during his stay at the hotel in Port of Spain.

Besides, David Warner mingled with the youngsters and posed generously for clicking photographs with the players of the East African nation. Moreover, he along with other Australian players signed jerseys for the young cricketers. Furthermore, Marsh did not just stop there. He went a notch ahead to don the Uganda jersey, which looks very similar to Australia's playing kit.

Hence it won't be wrong to say this depicts universal diversity and how other nations can come together to lift the spirits of young nations who are trying to make their name in the international cricket arena. Not to forget that Uganda stunned Zimbabwe during the qualifiers to book their berth for the T20 World Cup 2024 edition.

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Check Out Mitchell Marsh-Uganda's heartwarming moment here:

Australia captain Mitchell Marsh and David Warner posed for photos with the players of the Uganda cricket team.

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— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) June 2, 2024

"That was a really special moment. It's things like that – it's not just about the cricket throughout these World Cups. It's about opportunity and teams having earned the right to be here," Marsh said to reporters in Barbados.

T20 World Cup 2024 features 20 nations, Australia will begin their campaign against Oman

Meanwhile, speaking of the Australian contingent, the Men in Yellow will play in Antigua, Barbados and St Lucia across the Caribbean islands apart from playing in the USA as well. Notably, the Mitchell Marsh-led side will aim to win yet another World Cup in a bid to become the first team to hold every major ICC trophy both in Men's and Women's cricket at the same time.

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The T20 World Cup 2024 kicked off on (Sunday) June 2, when hosts USA took on Canada in the opener. While Australia will begin their campaign against Oman on Thursday, June 6, in Bridgetown.