Pak vs USA Match Result: Batting first, Pakistan scored 190 runs thanks to Sahibzada Farhan (73), in reply the American team could score only 158 runs.
Colombo: Pakistan registered its second win in the T20 World Cup. The team defeated America by 32 runs. With this, the score of 2024 T20 World Cup has also been settled two years ago, when the USA team defeated Pakistan. After losing the toss and opting to bat first, Pakistan scored 190 runs for nine wickets at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. Sahibzada Farhan (73 in 41 balls) scored a half-century. In reply, the American team could score only 158 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs. Usman Tariq broke America’s back by taking three wickets and Shadab Khan took two wickets.
America had got a good start. Shayan Jahangir and Andries Gaus (13) added 42 runs for the first wicket. But this partnership broke in the fifth over. Ghaus was dismissed by Mohammad Nawaz. Captain Monank Patel, who came after this, could score only three runs. Soon Jahangir also returned to the pavilion. He scored 49 runs on 34 balls. Milind Kumar (29) and Shubham Ranjane made a partnership of 54 runs, but it was enough to reduce the margin of defeat.
Milind was out in the 16th over. Sanjay Krishnamurthy (0), Harmeet Singh (6), and Mohammad Mohsin (0) could not do anything special. Ranjane (51) was out LBW in the last over. His innings included three sixes and three fours. Shadley Shalkwick (1) and Ehsan Adil (1) remained unbeaten. Earlier, apart from Farhan, Babar Azam (46 in 32 balls) and Shadab Khan (30 in 12 balls) also performed brilliantly for Pakistan. Saim Ayub (19) was the second batsman to cross the double figure. Shadley Shalkwick took four wickets for America. He gave only 25 runs in four overs. He also took four wickets against India.
Pakistan had a great start. Ayub made a partnership of 54 runs with Farhan for the first wicket. But the pair broke up in the sixth over. Ayub was dismissed by Shadley Shalkwick. Captain Salman Aga (1) was also out in the same over. After this Farhan and Babar added 81 runs. In the beginning, Babar had some difficulty in scoring runs, but later he played fast. Babar was out in the 15th over. Farhan also returned to the pavilion in the 16th over. His innings included five sixes and six fours.
Among the batsmen who came later, only Shadab could survive. Mohammad Nawaz (5), Faheem Ashraf (1), Usman Khan (0), and Abrar Ahmed (0) were the other players out. Shaheen Afridi (9) remained unbeaten. Pakistan had entered with one change. Controversial spinner Usman Tariq was included in the team in place of Salman Mirza. America made two changes, Ehsan Adil in place of Ali Khan and Shayan Jahangir in place of Saiteja Mukkamalla.
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