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.

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.

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