USA won the match in Super Over; Indian origin players including Gujju became heroes
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USA has created history by hosting the T20 World Cup for the first time and playing the World Cup for the first time. USA defeated 2009 champions Pakistan in Super Over.
The match was interesting and the winner of the match could not be decided till the last over. The decision was taken in the super over. This was the second Super Over match of this World Cup. Earlier, Namibia defeated Oman in the Super Over.
Before this whole story, know that America is led by Gujarat-born Monank Patel, who has played for Gujarat's under-19 team in India.
Saurabh Netrawalkar, who played for India in the Under-19 World Cup in 2010, is in the squad. Harmeet Singh has played in the Under-19 World Cup in 2010 and 2012. At the same time, Jasdeep is among the possible players for the 2011 Under-19 World Cup.
All four contributed to the history-making American team. Especially that of Monanak and Netrawalkar.
The thrill of the last over before analyzing the Pakistan-USA match...
Pakistan gave America a target of 159 runs. Babar Azam scored the highest 44 runs. After which all-rounder Shadab Khan contributed 40 runs. Nostush Kenjige took 3 wickets and Netrawalkar took 2 wickets. Monak scored a fifty from America. Andreas Gaus scored 35 runs and Aaron Jones scored 36 runs.
Match tie, now story of super over
America's match winner
Nostush Kenzig guided 3 Pakistani batsmen to the pavilion. He took the wickets of Usman Khan, Shadab Khan and Azam Khan.
Nostush Kenzig guided 3 Pakistani batsmen to the pavilion. He took the wickets of Usman Khan, Shadab Khan and Azam Khan.
Nostush Kenzige..... He is the real hero of America's historic victory against Pakistan. He put pressure on Pakistan in the powerplay by dismissing Usman Khan for 3 runs off the third ball of the third over of the match.
In the 13th over, he took the wicket of Shadab Khan and broke the 72-run partnership with Babar. Not only this, he put pressure on Pakistan by dismissing the explosive batsman Azam Khan for a wicket in the middle overs.
Heroes of Victory
1.Monank Patel
Came to chase the target of 160 runs and played a brilliant innings of 50 runs off 38 balls. He defended well on good balls and hit boundaries on bad balls. He hit 7 fours and 1 six. Monak made 2 important partnerships in the top order. He was also declared the player of the match.
2. Andreas Gauss
After Taylor was dismissed for 36, he took charge of the innings with captain Monack and took the team past 100. Gaus played an innings of 35 runs off 26 balls. Both added 36 runs.
3. Aaron Jones
Scored 36 runs off 26 balls. He scored runs with 2 fours and 2 sixes at a strike rate of 138.46. Jones tied the match by sharing an unbeaten 48 off 35 balls with Nitish Kumar in the death overs.
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First: Nitish's four off the last ball of the 20th over, the last over of the match bowled by Harris Rauf. Harris conceded 10 runs off the first 5 balls while defending 15 runs. In such a situation, America needed 5 runs in one ball to win and Nitish Kumar tied the match by hitting fours.
Second: Iftikhar's wicket in the super over In the super over, the American batsmen scored 18 runs in the over of Mohammad Amir and gave a target of 19 runs. Saurabh scored 5 runs in the first 3 balls. Then Nitish Kumar took a brilliant catch and sent Iftikhar to the pavilion.
3 Reasons to Lose…
USA won the toss and elected to bowl and Pakistan got off to a poor start. The team lost 3 wickets for 30 runs in the Powerplay. Opener Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed for 9 runs and Usman Khan for 3 runs.
2. No wicket in first 5 overs, good start from USA
Pakistan's fast bowlers could not take a single wicket in the first 5 overs. In such a situation, Stephen Taylor and Monk Patel were able to give the team a good start. Both had an opening partnership of 36 runs. There was no pressure after Taylor got out in the last over of the Powerplay.
3. Caught by Shaheen Afridi
Captain Monank Patel got a lifeline in the fourth over of the American innings. Patel was caught out by Shaheen Afridi at long off. Then he was playing on 12 runs. Monak scored a half-century after getting a life donation. Shaheen also dropped the catch of Jones in the last over of the innings.
Fighter of the match
Saurabh saved 19 runs in the super over against batsmen like Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed and Shadab Khan. In a moment of pressure Saurabh bowled the right line. Kept the ball away from the batters and bowled according to the fielding. He ended Pakistan's hopes of victory by dismissing Iftikhar Ahmed on the third ball of the super over.
USA Vs PAK Playing-11
America (USA): Sadhu Patel (capt), Steven Taylor, Aaron Jones, Andreas Gauss, Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Nostush Kenzige, Saurabh Netrawalkar and Ali Khan.
Pakistan (PAK): Babar Azam (Cap