Wednesday , December 25 2024

USA made a big comeback in the T20 World Cup, defeated Pakistan in the Super Over in a thrilling match

ICC T20 World Cup 2024 : The 11th match of the T20 World Cup 2024 was played between America and Pakistan at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas. In which America caused a big upset by defeating Pakistan in the super over.

Pakistan batted first

After losing the toss and deciding to bat first, Pakistan scored 159 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing the score, the American team could also score only 159 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. After this, a super over was played.

War broke out in the super over

In the super over, Aaron Jones and Harmeet Singh came to bat for America. Both scored 18 runs and gave Pakistan a target of 19 runs. After this, Pakistan's team, which came to achieve the target of 19 runs, could score only 13 runs in 6 balls. In the super over, Iftikhar Ahmed and Fakhar Zaman came to bat for Pakistan, while Saurabh Netravalkar bowled for America.

America played a better game than us: Babar Azam

According to reports, after losing the match, Pakistan captain Babar Azam said that he failed to assess the situation. In the match, America bowled and batted better than us. He said that while batting first, we did not perform well in the first 6 overs. We were on the backfoot after losing 2 wickets in a row. After the match, Babar said that even our spinners could not take wickets in the middle overs, due to which we had to suffer the consequences.

America will face India on June 12

It is worth noting that before the match against India, America has reached the top of Group A with 2 wins in 2 matches. USA defeated Canada by 7 wickets in its first match. Pakistan's next match is against India on 9 June. When America will face India on 12 June.