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The 11th match of the T-20 World Cup will be played between America and Pakistan. With this match, Pakistan will start its campaign in this T20 World Cup. Whereas America had defeated Canada by 7 wickets in the first match of this World Cup.
Pakistan has performed well in the last 2 T20 World Cups. Pakistan reached the semi-finals in the 2021 World Cup. Pakistan also played the final in the 2022 T-20 World Cup. He was defeated by England in the final.
The match between USA and Pakistan will be played at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas. This is the same ground where America played its first match. America and Canada together had scored 391 runs in this ground.
On the other hand, America is fully prepared for this competition. If we look at the recent matches, apart from defeating Canada in the World Cup, America surprised everyone by defeating Bangladesh 2-1 in the series played against Bangladesh before the World Cup.
The biggest headache for Pakistan is their batting. Recently, they had to face 2-0 defeat in the series played against England. The poor performance of the batsmen in this series was the reason for the defeat. Now it has to be seen whether America will be able to cause the first upset of this World Cup by defeating Pakistan.
Interesting facts and records of both the teams before the match details
Group A, Match-11, Pakistan vs America
June 6, Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas
Toss- 8:30 PM, Match Start- 9 PM
Pakistan and America in T-20 International
America and Pakistan have not played any T20 International match against each other yet. These two teams will meet for the first time in the match to be held on June 6.
Importance of the match- Both the teams are in Group A. The two strongest teams of this group are India and Pakistan. The only match of this group so far has been between Canada and America. In which America had won. If America succeeds in wreaking havoc against Pakistan. So his chances of going to Super-8 will increase.
Roll of toss- It rained runs in the first match in Dallas. The team that wins the toss and chases in the match will have the advantage. Weather in Dallas will be 34 degrees Celsius. Due to wind in Dallas, bowlers may get swing in the initial overs. The chance of rain in the match is 10 percent.
Babar is Pakistan’s top scorer, Saurabh Netrawalkar is USA’s top wicket taker.
Players to watch….
(recent records)
- Andreas Gaus: America’s top order batsman played an innings of 65 runs on 46 balls against Canada in the first match of this T20 World Cup. In the recently played 7 matches, he has scored 226 runs at a strike rate of 149.
- Monank Patel: America’s Monank Patel is an explosive opener batsman. He could not do much against Canada. If we look at recent matches, Patel has scored 222 runs in 7 matches at a strike rate of 148. The team has hopes from him.
- Shadley Van Schalkwyk: He is a left arm pacer from America. There may be headaches for the Pakistani opener. Shadley Vaughan has taken 8 wickets at an economy of 9 in the last 7 matches.
- Fakhar Zaman: Fakhar is such a batsman who can win any match on his own. If we look at Pakistan’s recent form, he is the best batsman of the team. He has scored 256 runs at a strike rate of 155 in the 7 matches played so far.
- Shaheen Shah Afridi: Pakistan’s fast bowler Shaheen can make the match one-sided on the basis of his swing. Shaheen has taken 18 wickets in the last 9 matches with an economy of 8.
Aaron Jones scored 94 runs against Canada
PAK Vs USA Possible Playing XI
America: Monank Patel (captain), Aaron Jones, Andries Gaus, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jesse Singh, Milind Kumar, Saurabh Netralokar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk and Steven Taylor.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah.