In what will go down as one of the biggest upsets in cricket history, USA defeated Pakistan in a group fixture of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 on Thursday. USA, making their world cup debut, got the better of former champions Pakistan in the Super Over with Saurabh Netravalkar producing a stellar show with the ball.
Batting first, Pakistan recovered from a top-order collapse to post a decent 159/7 with skipper Babar Azam hitting 44 off 43 while Shabad Khan belting 25-ball 40.
USA’s chase was powered by captain Monak Patel’s 38-ball 50 before Aaron Jones (36*) and Nitish Kumar (14*) helped them finish on level terms at 159/3 forcing a Super Over.
USA set Pakistan 19 runs to win and Netravalkar kept the 2009 winners to 13/1 to create history.
“It is a big achievement, beating Pakistan and that too playing (Pakistan) for the first time,” said USA captain Monak after the match. “It was a complete team effort. We won the toss and we made sure we utilised the conditions well, we did really well to keep them under 160. I am happy with my contribution and more happy that we won the game.”
History created by USA cricket beating Pakistan— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) June 6, 2024
Neutral fans enjoying USA win vs Pakistan Take a bow @usacricket and skipper Monank Patel, you’ve earned the respect of the cricket world #PakvsUSA #T20worldcup pic.twitter.com/kV0qndPD25— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) June 6, 2024
USA just beat Pakistan in the Cricket World Cup in what was a huge upset.USA’s star player in the game is a senior engineer at Oracle pic.twitter.com/k2cg5GKpPV
— Tanay Jaipuria (@tanayj) June 6, 2024
We did it!! We really did it! We took down Pakistan. Wow!!#USAvPAK— Michael Kugelman (@MichaelKugelman) June 6, 2024
US team mein mostly Indians hai. Aur India Pakistan ko World Cup mein aksar dho deti hai pic.twitter.com/jQnvtXFZqB— Sagar (@sagarcasm) June 6, 2024
Pakistan might as well permanently retire from cricket— Ali (@Legendshadow__) June 6, 2024
USA have now won both their group matches to collect four points and currently sit at the top of the table ahead of India, Pakistan, Canada and Ireland. They will next face India on Wednesday.
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