Rwanda Cricket to host 3rd edition of ILT20 Continent Cup in September 2026

Rwanda Cricket Association (RCA) will be hosting the Men’s National teams of Kenya, Botswana, Sierra Leone, and Uganda, in what will be a truncated event now (was originally announced as the biggest till date, in terms of participation in the ILT20 Continent Cup tournament with Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania), in the overall third (3rd) edition of the event, from September 08th – 19th, 2026, at the Gahanga International Cricket stadium ovals in Kigali. Uganda Men are the Defending Champions from the previous edition held in 2024, having also won the inaugural edition held in 2023.

All the teams in the tournament will play against each other in a double round-robin group stage format, following which, the top two (2) teams in the points table will compete in the Final for the trophy. The tournament will provide opportunity to the Ugandan team in terms of game-time, ahead of the 2028 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional Qualifier C in Lagos in October 2026.

ILT20 Continent Cup 2026 Schedule

08th – 09th September 2026: Kenya vs Sierra Leone (Scorecard) ; Rwanda vs Botswana (Scorecard) ; Uganda vs Sierra Leone (Scorecard) ; Kenya vs Rwanda (Scorecard)

10th – 11th September 2026: Uganda vs Botswana (Scorecard) ; Rwanda vs Sierra Leone (Scorecard) ; Uganda vs Rwanda (Scorecard) ; Kenya vs Botswana (Scorecard)

12th – 13th September 2026: Uganda vs Kenya (Scorecard) ; Botswana vs Sierra Leone (Scorecard) ; Sierra Leone vs Kenya (Scorecard) ; Botswana vs Rwanda (Scorecard)

15th – 16th September 2026: Sierra Leone vs Uganda (Scorecard) ; Rwanda vs Kenya (Scorecard) ; Botswana vs Uganda (Scorecard) ; Sierra Leone vs Rwanda (Scorecard)

17th – 18th September 2026: Rwanda vs Uganda (Scorecard) ; Botswana vs Kenya (Scorecard) ; Kenya vs Uganda (Scorecard) ; Sierra Leone vs Botswana (Scorecard)

19th September 2026: FINAL (Scorecard)

Uganda: Riazat Ali Shah, Kenneth Waiswa, Charles Musemeza, Cyrus Kakuru, Gerald Olipa, Juma Miyaji, Cosmas Kyewuta, Enock Kasaija, Fahad Mutagana, Joseph Baguma, Matthew Musinguzi, Anas Baig, Robinson Obuya and Ronald Lutaaya

Kenya: Dhiren Gondaria, Gurdeep Singh, Sukhdeep Singh, Sachin Gill, Rakep Patel, Brian Likavu, Shem Ngoche, Francis Mutua, Lucas Ndandason, Vishil Patel, Peter Koech, Nitish Hirani, Gerald Muthui and Rushab Patel

Botswana: Thatayone Tshose, Mounroux Kasselman, Vinoo Balakrishnan, Phemelo Silas, Boemo Khumalo, Ryan Adams, Boemo Kgosiemang, Botlhe Keganne, Dhruv Maisuria, Katlo Piet, Mmoloki Mooketsi, Tumelo Mpatane, Valentine Mbazo and Myolisi Fumba

Sierra Leone: Lansana Lamina, Alusine Turay, Samuel Conteh, Aliya Kamara, Abubakarr Kamara, Raymond Coker, Yegbeh Jalloh, George George Sesay, Eric Musa Turay, Solomon Williams, Mohamed Turay, David Halloway, Ibrahim Kpaka and Brima Ansumana