PAK vs USA T20 World Cup: Pakistan spinners dominate, US on backfoot; Shubham’s innings in vain, lost by 32 runs

• Maximum of Pakistan bowlers
• USA won the toss but lost the match
• Pakistan lost by 32 runs

of 2026 T20 World Cup The 12th match was played between Pakistan and USA. US captain Monak Patel won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Pakistan scored 190 runs for 9 wickets. Sahibzada Farhan scored the highest 73 runs. Babar Azam scored 46 runs. The American team lost by 32 runs. However, they fought to the end.

The US started well, but once the opening pair broke, the team’s batting collapsed and they lost wickets in the middle overs. Shubham and Milind then formed a partnership for America. However, the US’s performance fell short in the run chase. USA scored 158 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Usman Tariq took 3 wickets from Pakistan. Pakistan won the match by 32 runs. With this win, Pakistan topped Group A.

PAK vs USA, T-20 World Cup: Farhan puts Pakistan to shame! USA face 191 run target; A quartet of Shalkwick wickets

The target was 191 runs

Batting first By Pakistan Scored 190 and set USA a target of 191 for victory. Sahibzada Farhan was the highest run-scorer for Pakistan, scoring 73 runs off 41 balls. Babar Azam also scored 46 runs while Shadab scored 30 runs. Shadley van Schalkwyk once again wreaked havoc with the ball and took four wickets in the match.

Shalkwick once again wreaked havoc

It has been a very good tournament for Shalkwick. Once again he took two wickets in a single over. Now, he dismissed Faheem Ashraf. Saurabh Netrawalkar took the catch. This time, Netrawalkar took a brilliant catch. A slower ball slanted in front of the left-handed batsman. Ashraf’s bat hits the outside edge and the ball goes down to short third man. Netrawalkar took a good catch. Shadley van Schalkwyk had his fourth wicket of the match. However, except for Shubham Ranjan, the USA team could not show the same performance in batting. Yet till the end the team kept playing and maintaining optimism.

PAK vs USA , T-20 World Cup 2026 : Pakistan lose the toss! Team USA’s decision to bowl first

Playing XI of Both Teams:

Pakistan Playing XI: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha (captain), Babar Azam, Usman Khan (wicketkeeper), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Usman Tariq, Abrar Ahmed.

United States Playing XI: Andries Goss (wicketkeeper), Shayan Jehangir, Monank Patel (captain), Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthy, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Mohammad Mohsin, Shedley van Schalkwyk, Ehsan Adil, Saurabh Netrawalkar.