Pak vs USA T20 wc 2024 match was a big disappoint for Pakistan as they faced opening match defeat by the new comer USA.
Batting first Pakistan set a weak total to chase
Batting first Pakistan started struggling from start of the innings,with 3 early wickets, Pakistan was in defensive mode against USA in their starting overs. As pitch was also helpful to bowlers,Pakistani batsman slowly built the partnership and set a respectable run rate after 10 overs.Babar Azam, Shabad & Afridi were the main scorers from Pakistan side.But after 15 overs they could not overpower the USA bowling attack, kept loosing wickets at regular intervals and finally crawled to 159/7 runs in 20 overs.
USA SHOWED DETERMINED BATTING
Starting to chase score set by Pakistan, USA started batting in a determined way. Andries Gous and the captain Monank Patel brought up a 68-run partnership. Maintaining asking run rate and without losing to many wickets match enters in final over where this match stucked on equal runs with USA scoring 159/3 and went into super overs.
Super Over PAK vs USA T20 wc2024 match
USA scored 18 runs in super over with some good hits and loose bowling by Pakistani bowler Mohammad Amir. He missed his line, bowled a couple of wides and gave away 18 runs.
In reply Pakistan crumbled and failed to achieve the target,only scored 13/1 in super overs and losing the match by 5 runs,resulting in a big turn over of this tournament