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.