Yesterday dated 06June 2024 in first match of Pakistan, USA defeated Pakistan in a thrilling last over match game. This is the first big upset of the T20 world cup 2024 cricket tournament for team Pakistan and cricket world. In this match USA defeated Pakistan in super over match.
The result of the match came in super over and the result was against the Pakistan team and this is already the second super over match in this ICC T20 cricket world cup 2024 which is being playing in USA to promote the cricket in USA. Previously the result of the match between Oman and Namibia on 3June 2024 was concluded on the basis of super over match in which Namibia defeated Oman in a breath taking match. now in this match USA defeated Pakistan.
The first Upset of the world cup USA defeated Pakistan:-
Before starting the match this was an easy win match for Pakistan but the result was surprising for the world cricket and most socking and disappointing for the Cricket Pakistan. The frustration of the the loss could be seen not only on the faces of Pakistani players but also on the faces of Pakistan cricket staff and their supporter presented at the ground at the time when the match was being played between the two teams.
USA won the toss and decided to boll first:-
USA won the toss and they opted to boll first which was proved to be a good decision for the team USA during the toss when it was asked to the Pakistan skipper he also said if they would have won the toss they also decided to boll first because there was some help for the bowler in the morning.
Start of the Pakistan batting was not good:-
After loosing the toss the Pakistan came to the crease with his opening partner Mhd. Rizwan. When we saw their batting partnership pair in the past they both are one of the most successful Pakistan opener. But in this match the start was not as per the expectation of the Pakistan as they loosed their first wicket at the very first ball of the second over of the match as Rizwan departed on 9 Run with the help of one cracking six in 8 ball. Baber was also not looking in good touch as he scored 44 runs on 43 balls which was very slow batting when we talk about T20 cricket.
The Pakistan team carried on loosing wicket on regular interval due to which they hardly managed to cross the score of 150. They managed to score 159-7 in 20 Over. Which was not a bad total when we look up on the bowling line-up of the Pakistan which is full of the world best fast bowler.The score was looking safe and the match was in the favor of Pakistan.
The cracking start of USA with the Bat:-
This was very surprising start from the USA batsman as they started very well against this good bowling line-up of Pakistani pace factory. This quick start helps USA to reach on score 50 in the 5th over which pressurized the Pakistan bowling attack and they started doing many mistakes.
The caption of the USA Monank Patel showed good fight and scored 50 runs on 38 balls with the help of 7 fours and 1 six. Aaron Jones also showed good and matured cricket he scored 36 runs on 26 balls with 2 four and 2 sixes. In last over USA needed 15 Runs to won the match. The last over Harish Rauf came to defend 15 runs in last over which was looking an easy task for him because he has much experience of this condition but he disappointed his team and only succeed to manage a tie for Pakistan.
The super over:-
In this over world witnessed happening of the USA defeated Pakistan. USA bated first in super over match. Pakistan gave this responsibility to his best bowler Mhd Ammir but he showed no control in his line and length in this crucial over he gave 8 run as a extra with the help of those extras USA manages to score 18 run which was really a good total for super over match.
For Pakistan Iftikar Ahamad and Aakar Zaman came to surpass this total but Iftikhar loosed his wicket on third ball of the match and Pakistan could manage only score 13 run which lead Pakistan to a The first upset loose of the tournament.
Now Pakistan way to super eight is very difficult because they have to win against the team India which will be not easy task for Pakistan according to their current form.
USA defeated Pakistan