Babar Azam and USA Cricket Team
For the Pakistan cricket team, June 6 proved to be no less than a nightmare. The Pakistan team, which played in the T20 World Cup for the third time under the captaincy of Babar Azam, had a very bad start in which they had to face defeat from the associate team USA. This match between the two teams was played at the Dallas ground, in which the Pakistani team batted first and scored 159 runs in 20 overs, after which the US team also chased the target and scored 159 runs in 20 overs, due to which the match went into the Super Over, where the USA team won and managed to beat Pakistan by 5 runs and registered their second win in this T20 World Cup.
Batting first in the Super Over, America scored 18 runs
The US team got the chance to bat first in this super over, while Pakistan gave the responsibility of bowling to Mohammad Aamir. On the first ball of this over, Aaron Jones made a great start by hitting a four, while on the second and third balls a total of 3 runs were scored. With the fourth ball of the over being wide, a total of 2 runs were scored and then after that with one more run on the fourth ball, the score of USA reached 10 runs. With the 5th ball being wide again, 2 runs were scored and after that Jones scored 2 runs on the 5th legal delivery. Aamir again bowled the next ball wide, on which a total of 3 runs were scored, due to this the score of the US team reached 17 runs without any loss, while with one run on the last ball of the over, the US team gave Pakistan a target of 19 runs to win.
Saurabh Netravalkar showed excellent bowling and gave USA a victory
To chase the target of 19 runs, Iftikhar Ahmed and Fakhar Zaman were sent to bat in the super over from Pakistan’s side. On the other hand, Saurabh Netrawalkar was given the responsibility of bowling from America’s side. While no run came on the first ball of this over, Iftikhar hit a four on the second ball, while the next ball was wide and Pakistan’s score reached 5 runs. On the third ball, Iftikhar was caught out at long off while trying to play a big shot. Pakistan team needed a total of 14 runs in the last 3 balls, in which the next ball was wide while Shadab Khan hit a four on the fourth ball. Now Pakistan needed 9 runs in 2 balls, in which they scored 2 runs on the 5th ball, due to which they had to score 7 runs on the last ball to win but could score only 1 run and Pakistan had to face defeat in this match by 5 runs.
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