The United States delivered a shocking performance in the T20 World Cup match against Pakistan on Thursday, June 7, 2024. It was a big victory for the USA, beating a more experienced and senior team than them in their T20 World Cup debut.
The match ended in a tie with the score of USA 159/3 and Pakistan ending with 159/7 after getting an invitation to bat first. Pakistan batted first and made 159 runs for the loss of 7 players. They had a slow start but Babar Azam and Shadab Khan made a good partnership and scored 72 runs together.
Shaheen Afridi also added some important runs at the end. For the USA, Nosthush Kenjige bowled really well and took 3 wickets.
The USA team needed 160 runs to win. They scored 159 runs with 3 players out, which means the scores were equal. In the very last moment, Nitish Kumar hit a boundary, which is 4 runs, so the match was tied.
Performance Pak and USA Team Players in the Match
The statistics of the recent match held on June 6, 2024, are below:
| Player of the Match | Performance |
| Monank Patel (USA) | 50 (38) |
Pakistan Performance
| Batsman | Runs (Balls) |
| Babar Azam | 44 (43) |
| Shadab Khan | 40 (25) |
| Shaheen Afridi | 23* (16) |
| Total | 159/7 |
| Bowler | Figures |
| Mohammad Amir | 1/25 (4) |
| Naseem Shah | 1/26 (4) |
| Haris Rauf | 1/37 (4) |
USA Performance
| Batsman | Runs (Balls) |
| Monank Patel | 50 (38) |
| Aaron Jones | 36* (26) |
| Andries Gous | 35 (26) |
| Total | 159/3 |
| Bowler | Figures |
| Nosthush Kenjige | 3/30 (4) |
| Saurabh Netravalkar | 2/18 (4) |
| Ali Khan | 1/30 (4) |
Performance of Pakistan and USA in the Super Over
This led to a super over, which is like extra time to decide the winner. The USA scored 19 runs in the Super Over, and Pakistan could only make 13 runs. So, the USA won the match in the end.
United States
| Batsman | Runs (Balls) |
| Aaron Jones | 11 (6) |
| Total | 18/1 |
| Bowler | Figures |
| Mohammad Amir | 0/18 (1) |
Pakistan
| Batsman | Runs (Balls) |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 4 (3) |
| Shadab Khan | 3* (3) |
| Total | 13/1 |
| Bowler | Figures |
| Saurabh Netravalkar | 1/9 (1) |
It seems Azam’s captaincy has negatively affected Pakistan in some way. They have gone through continuous defeats with the team for the first time in important ICC World Cup and T20 World Cup tournaments. In 2022, Pakistan lost to Zimbabwe in the ICC World Cup by 1 run.
In 2023, they lost against Afghanistan for the first time in the ICC Cricket World Cup, and now they lost against the USA in the T20 World Cup in 2024. The team needs to buckle up, work on their players, ,be more strategic to turn the tables and move further.
| Event | Opponent | Date | Venue | Result | Player of the Match |
| ICC Men’s World Cup 2022 | Zimbabwe | October 27, 2022 | Perth Stadium | Lost by 1 run | Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) |
| ICC Cricket ODI World Cup 2023 | Afghanistan | October 23, 2023 | MA Chidambaram Stadium | Lost by 8 wickets | Ibrahim Zadran (Afghanistan) |
| T20 World Cup 2024 | USA | June 6, 2024 | Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium | Lost in Super Over | Monank Patel (USA) |
Pakistan lost its first T20 World Cup 2024 match against the USA, which is the debutant of the T20 World Cup, reflecting a bad start. The USA, on the other hand, has had a brilliant beginning in the tournament, winning its first match against Canada on June 1st and now against Pakistan on June 6.
These two victories have led to an increase in the fan base of the team. The world is now looking forward to seeing what the USA’s performances will entail in the upcoming matches.
