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At the end of the first innings, Pakistan manage to cross the 150 mark by posting 159-7 on the board against United States in their opening ICC T20 World Cup match on Thursday.
All-rounder Shaheen Shah Afridi came to the batters’ rescue by taking on the US bowling attack in the last couple of overs with a decent contribution of 23 off 16 balls after Shadab Khan’s attempts to counterattack failed as he succumbed to the wrath of the US spin attack for 40 off 25.
Captain Babar Azam looked to stabilize the innings by raining boundaries, however, the skipper finally lost the battle against US seamers, departing for 44 off 43 balls.
US Captain Monank Patel won the toss and chose to field first in the T20 World Cup match at Dallas’ Grand Prairie Stadium. The co-hosts, coming off a victory against arch-rivals Canada, faced Pakistan in their opening Group A encounter.
Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan fell early to Saurabh Netravalkar’s delivery, caught by Steven Taylor in slips, while Usman Khan was caught by Nitish Kumar off Nosthush Kenjige’s bowling. Fakhar Zaman followed suit, departing after a mistimed shot.
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