By Humberto Viera
07 Jun 2024, 10:13 AM EDT
The United States cricket team achieved a surprising victory against the powerful Pakistan team after a thrilling Super Over in the Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup on Thursday in Dallas.
According to media reports such as Sky Sports, this historic victory is the most significant in the history of American cricket and can be considered one of the biggest surprises in the sport of cricket, since the United States is co-hosting the World Cup for the first time. next to the West Indies.
Nitish Kumar hit a decisive boundary that tied the match and forced the Super Over, a play-off method in which the team that scores the most runs off six balls wins, much to the delight of the American fans at the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium. In the tiebreaker, the United States reached a competitive score of 18 runs.
Saurabh Netravalkar took the ball for the United States and restricted the Pakistan batsmen to 13 runs, thus ensuring the victory.
United States captain Monank Patel was the team’s best batsman and received the player of the match award.
Having defeated Canada in their first match last Sunday by seven wickets, the United States, leaders of Group A, now have a great opportunity to reach the Super 8 round. The top two teams in each of the four groups They advance to the round of 16 of the tournament.
American captain Monank Patel described the result as a “great achievement”: “To beat Pakistan and play for the first time the way we played today, I’m very proud of the guys,” he declared.
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