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

PAK vs USA, T-20 World Cup 2026: Today the 12th match of T20 World Cup 2026 is being played between Pakistan and USA. In the match being played at the Sinhalese Sports Club Stadium in Colombo, the Pakistan team, who won the toss, scored 190 runs for the loss of 9 wickets on the strength of Sahibzada Farhan’s half-century, batting first. Team USA needs 191 runs to win. Shedley Van Schalkwyk took the most wickets for USA with 4 wickets.

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Team USA has won the toss and elected to bowl first. Pakistan team was invited to bat first. Pakistan started the innings well. Openers Saim Ayyub and Sahibzada Farhan put on a 54-run partnership for the first wicket. But then Saim Ayyub was dismissed for 19 off 17 balls. After that, the captain of the team, Salman Ali Agha, was immediately dismissed. He was dismissed for 1 run. Then Babar Azam entered the field. Farhan and Babar Azam batted brilliantly to save the team’s innings. These two made a partnership of 119 runs. Sahibzada Farhan completed his half century during this partnership. Babar Azam looked in good form but was dismissed for 46 off 32 balls. He hit 4 fours and 1 six in this innings.

After Babar was dismissed, the team’s set batsman Sahibzada Farhan was also dismissed. He played an important innings of 73 runs off 41 balls with the help of 6 fours and 5 sixes. After that, Shadab Khan played an aggressive innings. He was dismissed for 30 off 12 balls. He hit three fours and one six. Fahim Ashraf 1 run, Usman Khan 0 runs, Abrar Ahmed 0 runs out. Shaheen Afridi remained unbeaten on 9 runs. Shedley Van Schalkwyk took the most wickets for USA with 4 wickets. While Saurabh Netrawalkar, Mohammad Mohsin and Harmeet Singh took 1 wicket each.

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Pakistan Playing XI: Saim Ayyub, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha (c), Babar Azam, Usman Khan (w), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Usman Tariq, Abrar Ahmed

United States of America Playing XI: Andries Goss (W), Shayan Jahangir, Monank Patel (C), Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthy, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Mohammad Mohsin, Shedley van Schalkwyk, Ehsan Adil,