In what was the first-ever recreation between them in worldwide cricket, the USA managed to take their Group A recreation in opposition to Pakistan right into a Tremendous Over Dallas on Thursday.
Profitable the toss and opting to bowl first, USA bowlers managed to limit Pakistan for 159/7 of their 20 overs quota. With 5 runs required off the final ball, Nitish Kumar scored a 4 over mid off to stage the scores.
Earlier, India-born American batter Monank Patel registered a half-century – his first in T20Is – to guide the cost with the bat whereas Andries Gous scored a helpful 35. The duo had been crusing clean to the full when Pakistan twice in fast succession. Regardless of the wickets misplaced and the run charge dipping in the direction of the tip, and with 12 runs wanted off the final three balls, USA managed to maintain the sport alive.
After dropping the toss, the 2009 winners and final version’s runner ups had been off to a poor begin after being put in to bat first.
Shedding Mohammad Rizwan, Usman Khan and Fakhar Zaman contained in the powerplay, Pakistan had been three wickets down for 26 at one stage.
The rocky begin was adopted by a restoration – non permanent at the least – as Shadab Khan (40 off 25) added 72 runs for the fourth wicket with skipper Babar Azam (44 off 43). However the US bowlers made a fast comeback to take away each set batters and put Pakistan on the backfoot.
It was Shaheen Shah Afridi whose cameo of 25 helped propel Pakistan past the 150-run mark.
Within the bowling division, Noshtush Kenjige was the choose of the bowlers for USA, as he snapped three wickets. Saurabh Netravalkar snapped a few wickets whereas Pakistan origin bowler Ali Khan and Jasdeep Singh took a wicket every.
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