Pakistan Secures First Win in ICC T20 World Cup 2024
Pakistan Triumphs Over Canada
The Pakistan cricket team won the 22nd match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 match against Canada by 7 wickets. Canada challenged Pakistan to score 107 runs to win. Pakistan easily completed this challenge in 17.3 overs for 3 wickets. Mohammad Rizwan became the hero of Pakistan’s victory. Rizwan scored an unbeaten half-century. Captain Bahar Azam also contributed to the victory. This was Pakistan’s first win in the tournament. Pakistan has maintained its challenge in the tournament with this win. Mohammad Rizwan played the highest unbeaten innings of 53 runs for Pakistan. Sam Ayub added 6 runs. Captain Babar Azam scored 33 runs. Fakhar Zaman scored 4 and Usman Khan scored 2 not out. Dylan Heyliger took 2 wickets for Canada. Jeremy Gordon took 1 wicket.
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Pakistan vs Canada Match Highlights:
Pakistan won the toss and invited Canada to bat. Canadian batsmen were ineffective in front of Pakistan’s bowling. Only three players from Canada could reach double figures. For Canada, Aaron Johnson scored 52 runs in 44 balls. Captain Saad Bin Zafar scored 10 and Kaleem Sana scored 13 not out. Dylan Heyliger remained unbeaten on 9 runs. Ravinder Paul could not score a single run. Other batsmen failed.
.@babarazam258 and @iMRizwanPak‘s brilliant partnership steers the Pakistan chase 👏
7️⃣-wicket win achieved over Canada 🏏#PAKvCAN | #T20WorldCup | #WeHaveWeWill pic.twitter.com/6PnMphHyev
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) June 11, 2024
In this way, Canada reached 106 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. For Pakistan, Mohammad Aamir and Haris Rauf took 2-2 wickets. While Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah both sent 1-1 batsman to the pavilion.
Missed Opportunity for Pakistan
Pakistan won the match, but they missed a big chance. How much this mistake will cost Pakistan will be clear in the coming days. Pakistan had a chance to improve its net run rate by winning this match in 14 overs. Team India and USA have won both the matches played in Group A. Pakistan has won its first match after 2 consecutive matches. In such a situation, Pakistan had a chance to improve its net run rate by completing the challenge of 107 runs against Canada in 14 overs. But Pakistan missed that opportunity.
Canada Playing XI: Saad Bin Zafar (captain), Shreyas Mowa (wicketkeeper), Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Ravinderpal Singh, Dylan Heliger, Kaleem Sana, Junaid Siddiqui and Jeremy Gordon.
Pakistan Playing XI: Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Sam Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf and Mohammad Aamir.
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