Delhi : USA cricket team bowler Ali Khan is confident that if his team faces Pakistan again in the future, they can give Pakistan another blow. Babar Azam and his team recently suffered a humiliating defeat against the hosts in the group stage of the T20 World Cup. That win against Pakistan has boosted USA's confidence a lot, as it was their first big win in the shortest format of the game.
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In a video shared by a Pakistani journalist on the social media platform X, Ali Khan said that USA is capable of defeating Pakistan once again. He said that his team is currently very strong and they have the ability to defeat any team if they play with full strength. Ali also said that if they get a chance against Pakistan again, this match will be great.
How USA beat Pakistan in T20 World Cup
In the first match of the T20 World Cup, America won the toss and decided to bowl first against Pakistan. With the help of brilliant innings of Babar Azam and Shadab Khan, Pakistan scored 159 runs in 20 overs. In response, America got off to a good start thanks to useful innings of 50 runs by captain Monank Patel and 35 runs by Andries Gaus and came close to the target. However, Pakistan's fast bowlers Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf and Mohammad Aamir put pressure on America.
Nevertheless, Aaron Jones and Nitish Kumar played brilliantly in the final over and equalised the score, after which the match went into the Super Over.
In the Super Over, Aaron James scored 11 runs off 6 balls to take USA to 18 runs, while Mohammad Aamir bowled a few wides. Saurabh Netravalkar bowled a brilliant Super Over for USA, ensuring that Iftikhar Ahmed, Fakhar Zaman and Shadab Khan could not reach the target. Eventually, USA won by 5 runs.
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Ali Khan was born and raised in Attock, Pakistan. At the age of 19, his family moved to the United States.
The first match was held between the United States and Canada in 1844 in New York in front of 5,000 spectators.
