Roger Galwanao Mukasa (born 22 August 1989) is a Ugandan international cricketer. He played in the

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. He has represented Uganda in first-class,

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and

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. His shirt number is 37.

Career

Mukasa was selected in the Uganda cricket team's squad for the

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. Roger Mukasa played against Sarfaraz 11 or the Pakistan national U-19 cricket team, which won the tournament. In April 2018, he was named as the

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of the Uganda squad for the

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tournament in Malaysia. In July 2018, he was part of Uganda's squad in the Eastern sub region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament. In September 2018, he was named as the captain of Uganda's squad for the

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. The following month, he was named as the captain of Uganda's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Oman. In May 2019, he was named as the captain of Uganda's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda. He made his

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(T20I) debut for Uganda against

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on 20 May 2019. In July 2019, he was one of twenty-five players named in the Ugandan training squad, ahead of the Cricket World Cup Challenge League fixtures in Hong Kong. In November 2019, he was named in Uganda's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman.

References

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