Newcomers America shocked previous champions Pakistan in a thrilling super over which resulted to the first major upset of the ongoing T20 World Cup in Dallas on Thursday.
Pakistan were asked to bat first and made 159/7 in the allocated 20 overs. The USA put up a good show and finished at 159/3.
18 runs with one wicket were notched for by USA while Pakistan scored 13 for one in the Super Over, where these two sides had equalized their scores.
The loss is reminiscent of Pakistan’s stunning defeat to Ireland during the 2007 ODI World Cup.
This was Ireland’s initial appearance at such an event in their history.
Captain Monank Patel hit a fluent fifty off thirty eight balls find out who contributed thirty five from twenty six balls Aaron Jones remained unbeaten on thirty six off only twenty three deliveries after playing the hero’s role in USA’s win against Canada during their opening tie.
Babar Azam was top scorer for Pakistan with forty four while Shadab Khan added forty more runs onto it.
Taking three wickets for 30 runs, Nosthush Kenjige led US attack against Pakistan.
USA began this tournament by beating Canada, and this triumph today did not just bettered their place in the standings but also entered them into books of histories.
Playing XIs
Pakistan – Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir, Haris Rauf.
United States of America – Steven Taylor, Monank Patel (wk/c), Andries Gous, Aaron Jones, Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan.
