DALLAS: Pakistan has a shaky start in the ICC Men’s T20I World Cup as the green shirts lose three quick wickets in their first match of the mega tournament against the United States of America at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas on Thursday.
The T20 World Cup 2024 hosts, the United States of America, elected to field first against Pakistan after winning the toss in the 11th match of the mega cricket event being played at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas on Thursday.
After the toss, USA skipper Monak Patel defended his decision of bowling first saying that chasing is easier and they did the same in their previous match against Canada.
“Chasing here is easier,” said USA captain Monak Patel at the toss as quoted by ESPN Cricinfo. “The way we chased down total was entertaining. Have momentum, and want to continue that. Excited for this challenge.”
USA Playing XI
Steven Taylor, Monank Patel (captain, wicketkeeper), Andries Gous, Aaron Jones, Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan
Pakistan Playing XI
Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir, Haris Rauf
Pakistan is the only team to have reached the semi-final of the T20 World Cup six times (2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2021 and 2022).
This is Pakistan’s first match of the World Cup while the USA began their T20 World Cup campaign with an emphatic win over Canada where they chased down the 195-run target in just 17.4 overs with Aaron Jones starring for the home side.
Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas 📍
Co-hosts USA have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Pakistan in their first international clash.#T20WorldCup | #USAvPAK | 📝: https://t.co/g7jUrn5MTY pic.twitter.com/vN1Qr9HaRd
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) June 6, 2024
