Shubham Ranjane Hit 18 Runs Off Shaheen Afridi: The match between Pakistan and America in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 took place on Tuesday i.e. 10 February. This match was played at K Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo. Even though Pakistan won this match, American batsman Shubham Ranjane beat Shaheen Afridi’s balls fiercely with his bat. Shubham scored a half-century for America while taking on Pakistan alone. Let us tell you, this player has a special connection with Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav and India.

Scored a half century against Pakistan

Shubham Ranjane was the only batsman to score a half-century in the US team which was chasing the target of 191 runs against Pakistan. He scored 51 runs in 30 balls at a strike rate of 170, which included 3 sixes and 3 fours. This is the first half-century of 31 year old Shubham Ranjane in T20 International.

Shubham Ranjane beats Shaheen Afridi

Shubham Ranjane beat left arm fast bowler Shaheen Afridi the most during his half-century innings against Pakistan. Facing 7 balls from Shaheen, he scored a total of 18 runs at a strike rate of 257.14. Out of the total 6 boundaries that Shubham Ranjane hit in his innings, he hit 3 against Shaheen Afridi.

How is your connection with Suryakumar Yadav?

Shubham Ranjane, who beat Shaheen Afridi fiercely, has a special connection with Suryakumar Yadav. Actually, both of them are very good friends. Both have represented Mumbai cricket together. Shubham Ranjane’s bond with Suryakumar Yadav is so good that he calls him his elder brother.

Who is Shubham Ranjane?

American batsman Shubham Ranjane belongs to India. Shubham’s grandfather Vasant Ranjane has represented India in Test cricket. He has played 7 test matches for India, while his father has played for Maharashtra and India A in Under-19 cricket. Shubham also became a cricketer following the footsteps of his grandfather and father and is representing America in international cricket.

Pakistan has defeated USA by 32 runs. This is Pakistan’s second consecutive victory in the 2026 T20 World Cup. In this match played in Colombo, Pakistan team batted first and scored 190 runs. In response, the USA team could score only 158 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Sahibzada Farhan played the match-winning inning of 73 runs for Pakistan. Pakistan has also avenged the defeat of the 2024 T20 World Cup.

In this match, USA won the toss and chose to bowl first. When Pakistan team came to bat, Sahibzada Farhan played an explosive inning of 73 runs in 41 balls. Whereas Babar Azam had played an inning of 46 runs in 32 balls. In the last overs, Shadab Khan also played a quick innings of 30 runs in 12 balls. USA bowlers had taken 5 wickets in the last 2 overs.

Pakistan took revenge

That was the date of June 6, 2024, when the Pakistan cricket team had to suffer a major setback. The USA team created a sensation in the whole world by defeating the Pakistan team in a match that lasted till the Super Over. Taking revenge of the defeat two years ago, Pakistan has now defeated USA by 32 runs.

Shubham Ranjane kept fighting for USA till the end, who played an inning of 51 runs in 30 balls. Shayan Jahangir also played a strong inning of 49 runs, but could not take Pakistan to victory. This is USA’s second consecutive defeat, due to which their hopes of going to Super-8 have now diminished.

Usman Tariq wreaked havoc on the USA batting line-up, whose strange action remained the center of discussion. He took 3 wickets for only 27 runs in 4 overs. In the 19th over of the innings, he also took 2 wickets in 2 consecutive balls, but missed completing the hat-trick.

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Pakistan vs USA Score T20 World Cup: Batting first in the match against USA, Pakistan scored 190 runs. In this match being played in Colombo, Sahibzada Farhan played a strong half-century innings, while Babar Azam started slowly, but this time his bat also created havoc. This is the same USA team, which had caused a huge upset to Pakistan in the 2024 T20 World Cup.

The USA team made a strong comeback in the last overs and stopped Pakistan from touching the 200-run mark. By 18 overs, Pakistan had scored 173 runs and Shadab Khan’s bat was hitting boundary after boundary. In the last 2 overs, USA bowlers gave only 15 runs and dismissed 5 batsmen of Pakistan team.

Sahibzada’s half-century, Babar also shines

Sam Ayub’s poor form continues, who was out after scoring only 19 runs. But Sahibzada Farhan thrashed the USA bowlers. He completed his fifty in 27 balls and in this match he scored 73 runs in 41 balls. In this innings played at a stormy strike rate of around 178, 6 fours and 5 sixes came from his bat.

Babar Azam played an inning of 46 runs in 32 balls. Babar had scored only 15 runs in the first 18 balls of his innings, but scored 31 runs in the last 14 balls. In this innings he hit 4 fours and one six.

5 wickets fell in 12 balls

5 wickets fell in the last 12 balls of Pakistan team’s innings. In the 19th over, Shadley Van Schalkwyk gave only 6 runs and also took 2 wickets. Whereas Saurabh Netrawalkar took three wickets in the 20th over and gave only 11 runs. Talking about Shalkvik, he took 4 wickets for 25 runs, which is the best bowling figures for the USA team against any ICC full member country in T20 cricket. He had done a similar feat in the match against India in the same World Cup.

Today there is a match between Pakistan and America i.e. USA in the 2026 Tea World Cup. This match is discussed all over the world, because USA defeated Pakistan in the 2024 T20 World Cup. In such a situation, fans are hopeful that this time again a tough competition can be seen in the match between these two teams. Many cricket fans are even saying that today USA will once again pull off an upset.

Today the match between Pakistan and USA will be played in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Pakistan has won one match in the 2026 T20 World Cup, but it had to struggle to win against Netherlands. Netherlands had put Pakistan in a lot of trouble. While chasing the target of 148 runs, Pakistan team was under pressure after losing 7 wickets for 114 runs in 16.1 overs. However, Faheem Ashraf finally made Pakistan win the lost match.

USA team is very strong

The USA team, which is captained by Monank Patel, could not win the match in its last match against India despite a good start. America gave initial blow to India’s strong batting and reduced the score to 6 wickets for 77 runs. However, after this, Suryakumar Yadav played a brilliant innings and took India to a respectable score. While chasing the target, the American team came under pressure and lost the match. However, America’s confidence in bowling can become a threat to Pakistan.

USA team: Monank Patel (captain), Jesse Singh, Andries Gaus, Shehan Jayasuriya, Milind Kumar, Shayan Jahangir, Saiteja Mukkamala, Sanjay Krishnamurthy, Harmeet Singh, Nostush Kenzige, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Saurabh Netrawalkar, Ali Khan, Mohammad Mohsin, Shubham Ranjane.

Pakistan team: Salman Ali Aga (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Nafe, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Sam Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Usman Tariq.

Pakistani Ehsan Adil Enters USA T20 World Cup 2026 Squad: Pakistan and America will play their second match in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. This match will be played at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo, but before this match, a player has entered the US team, who has previously played the World Cup for Pakistan. The name of that player is Ehsaan Adil. He has been included in the team as a replacement in place of Jasdeep Singh. Now there is a lot of hope that Ehsaan Adil will also be a part of America’s playing eleven in the match against Pakistan.

Played for Pakistan in 2015 ODI World Cup

Ehsan Adil has represented Pakistan in both red ball and white ball formats. He has also played World Cup for Pakistan. He was a part of the Pakistani team in the 2015 ODI World Cup. Pakistan played that ODI World Cup under the captaincy of Misbah-ul-Haq, in which Ehsan Adil took 2 wickets in 2 matches.

Will play against Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2026

Now after 11 years, Ehsaan Adil will take the field not for the Pakistan team but against it. America has included Ehsan in the team in place of Indian origin player Jasdeep Singh just before the match against Pakistan. Jasdeep Singh has been ruled out of T20 World Cup 2026 due to right shoulder injury. He suffered this injury in the warm-up match against New Zealand. Ehsan Adil was already a part of the team’s traveling reserve, but now he has come to the main squad.

Ehsan Adil can play against Pakistan

Right-arm fast bowler Ehsan Adil has played 3 Tests and 6 ODIs for Pakistan, in which he has taken a total of 9 wickets. He has taken 5 wickets in Test and 4 wickets in ODI. He has not yet made his international debut for America. It is expected that he can get this opportunity only against Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2026.

In the 10th edition of the T20 World Cup, the smaller teams have impressed a lot so far. This also includes USA, which demolished the strong top order of Team India. Now the team faces Pakistan, whom it has defeated in the previous edition of the T20 World Cup (2024). Today’s match will be played at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. Know how the behavior of the pitch will be, who is expected to get more help here, the bowlers or the batsmen.

Pakistan and USA are included in Group A. This will be the fourth match of this group. Pakistan is at second place in the points table with 2 points. Till the time of writing the news, USA is at fourth place. So far 4 matches have been played in Sinhalese Sports Club. This match will be the fifth match here.

pakistan vs usa head to head

Before this, only one T20 International match has been played between Pakistan and USA. Both had faced each other in the previous edition (2024), when USA performed brilliantly, first tied the match and then won it in the Super Over.

Sinhala Sports Club Records

A total of 4 T20 International matches have been played on this ground. 2 matches were played in the year 2010, while 2 matches took place in the ongoing edition. On February 7, Pakistan had defeated Netherlands on the same ground, but the team’s poor batting was seen. Zimbabwe defeated Oman here on 9 February. In both the matches the team chasing the target won.

The high score on this ground is 176, which was made by Ireland in 2010. In this match, Ireland had scored 172 runs. Never before had more than 150 runs been scored on this ground.

Pakistan vs USA match pitch report

The pitch of Sinhalese Sports Club is helpful for spinners. Low scoring matches are seen here. There remains a challenge for the batsmen. The team chasing the target has won the last 3 matches here, even today the toss will play an important role. Pakistan vs USA match will start at 7 pm, there is a possibility of dew here, so it will be right to win the toss and choose to bowl first.

However, if the team batting first scores 170 or 180, then the pressure on the team playing in the second innings will increase. Pakistan had lost their sweat while chasing the target of 148 runs on this ground.

The 12th match of T20 World Cup 2026 is today between Pakistan and USA, which will be held at the Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo. On papers, the US team is undoubtedly weak, but the last time the two teams faced each other, the USA had won. Even in the ongoing World Cup, USA had troubled the batsmen of a strong team like India. While Pakistan escaped defeat in its first match, can we see a change in Pakistan’s playing 11 today?

The first match of T20 World Cup 2026 was played between Pakistan and Netherlands, in which Pakistan bowlers performed well and restricted Netherlands to 147. Despite a good start, Pakistan’s middle order collapsed and the team was on the verge of defeat. In that match, Babar Azam scored only 15 runs in 18 balls. He was just playing defensively, as soon as he tried to hit a big shot, he was caught out.

Will Babar Azam be out of playing 11?

This is also possible because Salman Ali Aga had hinted before the tournament that if he does not perform well, anyone can be dropped from the playing 11. Babar’s form has not been good for some time. Even in the Big Bash League, he had to face trouble due to his low strike rate, when Steve Smith refused to let him take strike. A similar situation happened in his match against Netherlands also.

Fakhar Zaman is also in Pakistan’s squad, who did not get a chance in the first match. There is a possibility that as a change against USA today, Pakistan may include Fakhar in the playing 11 in place of Babar Azam.

Pakistan’s probable playing 11

Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Aga (captain), Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan (wicketkeeper), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Salman Mirza, Abrar Ahmed.

T20 World Cup 2026 PAK vs USA: Today on February 10, the teams of Pakistan and America will face each other in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. This match will be played in Sri Lanka and is considered very important for both the teams. The special thing is that in the T20 World Cup of 2024, America had created a big upset by defeating Pakistan in the Super Over. In such a situation, Pakistan cannot make the mistake of taking this match lightly. Before this match, the focus is on those American players who can once again create problems for Pakistan.

Mohammad Mohsin born in Pakistan

Mohammad Mohsin was born in Mingora, Pakistan, but he now plays for America. He is a leg spin bowler and can prove to be very dangerous on the spin supporting pitches of Sri Lanka. In his first match of the tournament, he bowled tightly against India and took wickets giving less runs. Pakistan’s batting has already been seen struggling against spin, in such a situation Mohsin’s role can be very important.

Saurabh Netravalkar

Mumbai-born Saurabh Netrawalkar is one of America’s most reliable fast bowlers. Even though he has proved to be a bit expensive in recent matches, his experience comes in handy in big matches. In the 2024 T20 World Cup, he bowled brilliantly against Pakistan and took 2 important wickets. His new ball’s precise line-length in swing and death overs can become a problem for Pakistan’s batsmen.

Captain Monank Patel

America’s captain Monank Patel has already proved his ability against Pakistan. Indian-origin Monank led the team to a historic victory by scoring a brilliant half-century against Pakistan in the 2024 World Cup. His biggest strength is his calm nature and scoring runs under pressure. Once he settles on the crease, it will not be easy for Pakistan’s bowlers to stop him.

In the T20 World Cup 2026, the teams of Pakistan and America (USA) will face each other in Colombo on Tuesday. This match is not just a fight to score two points, but it is also an opportunity for Pakistan to erase the memories of that shocking defeat of 2024. America surprised the entire cricket world by defeating Pakistan in its World Cup debut. This time Pakistan will come to settle the score of that defeat while America will have a chance to pull off another big upset.

Batting became a cause of concern for Pakistan

In their last match, Pakistan had made a good start while chasing the target against Netherlands, but the team faltered due to sudden fall of wickets in the middle order. Faheem Ashraf had made the team win the match in the end, but this victory also left many questions. Captain Salman Ali Aga has clearly said that the team will have to take better decisions under pressure and the batsman who survives will have to play big innings.

Special attention will be kept on Babar Azam in this match. After his return to T20 format, he has not yet produced any big innings. The team is also expected to contribute more from opener Saim Ayub, who has been effective with bowling in recent matches, but has not been able to show consistency with the bat.

America’s confidence remains intact

America had given a tough competition to India in its first match. In bowling, he kept the defending champion under pressure. However, in batting, his team had to suffer the consequences of playing unnecessary shots during the powerplay. Captain Monank Patel himself had admitted that the team’s plan had gone haywire due to the early fall of early wickets.

South African native Shadley Van Schalkwyk remains America’s strength in bowling. Whereas experienced fast bowler Saurabh Netrawalkar was ineffective against India. Now he would also like to make a comeback against Pakistan. A matter of concern for the team is the fitness of Ali Khan, who was injured in the last match and went out of the field.

There will be excitement in the match

The American team has already known the conditions of Sri Lanka. His team practiced here before the tournament. In such a situation, this match will not be easy at all for Pakistan. On one hand the desire for revenge, on the other hand the confident American team, this match to be held in Colombo can prove to be one of the most interesting matches of the tournament.

usa team

Monank Patel (captain), Jesse Singh, Andries Gaus, Shehan Jayasuriya, Milind Kumar, Shayan Jahangir, Saiteja Mukkamala, Sanjay Krishnamurthy, Harmeet Singh, Nostush Kenzige, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Saurabh Netrawalkar, Ali Khan, Mohammed Mohsin, Shubham Ranjan.

Pakistan team:
Salman Ali Aga (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Nafay, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayyub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Usman Tariq.

Pakistan team seems to be stuck in a difficult situation in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. The decision of not playing the match against India even before the start of the group stage has raised a big question on Pakistan’s strategy and prospects. Now the danger is not from India, but from two such teams which have often been taken lightly.

Withdrawal from the match against India became a big headache

There was to be a match between India and Pakistan on 15th February, but Pakistan has boycotted this match. This will have a direct impact on the group points table. Pakistan will not get any benefit in terms of net run rate from this match. Whereas the role of NRR is very important in the initial stages of the tournament and Pakistan already seems to be lagging behind here.

Real threat from Netherlands and America

Pakistan will play its first two matches against Netherlands (7 February) and America (10 February). Both these matches may seem easy on paper, but the recent record tells a different story. America surprised the world by defeating Pakistan in the Super Over in the last T20 World Cup. Not only this, recently by scoring 200 runs in the warm-up match against India A, America showed that their batting is not worth taking lightly.

At the same time, Netherlands is also no less than anyone. They surprised everyone by defeating South Africa in the 2022 T20 World Cup. Before this, Netherlands had also given a crushing defeat to a strong team like England in 2009. In such a situation, both these matches will be like “do or die” for Pakistan.

Pakistan’s weak links

Pakistan’s biggest problem has been its uncertain batting. In big tournaments, his game has often been seen disintegrating against weak teams. The defeat against Afghanistan in the ODI World Cup is an example of this. On top of that, the decision of not playing the match against India can also increase pressure on the team.

Namibia is also not easy

Pakistan’s last group match is against Namibia on 18 February. If there is even one defeat in the first two matches, then the match against Namibia will be very stressful.

Will the journey end in just 3 matches?

If Pakistan loses to either Netherlands or America, then its hopes of making the semi-finals may be almost over. In such a situation, not India but these two teams are emerging as the biggest threat to Pakistan’s World Cup journey.

Pakistan’s T20 World Cup 2026 group stage schedule

7 February 2026: pakistan vs netherlands

place: Colombo, Sinhalese Sports Club

10 February 2026: Pakistan vs America

place: Colombo, Sinhalese Sports Club

15 February 2026: Pakistan vs India (Pakistan will not play the match)

place: Colombo, R. Premadasa Stadium

18 February 2026: pakistan vs namibia

place: Colombo, Sinhalese Sports Club