USA captain Monank Patel won the toss and decided to bowl first. Saim Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan gave a fast start to Pakistan. Both of them made a partnership of 54 runs in 5.1 overs for the first wicket. Ayub was out after scoring 19 runs in 17 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 1 four. Captain Salman Ali Aga was also out after scoring 1 run in 3 balls.

Sahibzada Farhan and Babar Azam took charge of Pakistan, which had lost 2 wickets at 56. Both of them made a partnership of 81 runs for the third wicket and took the score to 137. On this score, Babar Azam was out after scoring 46 runs in 32 balls with the help of 4 fours and 1 six. Farhan was out as the fourth wicket on the score of 143. Farhan played an inning of 73 runs in 41 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 6 fours. Shadab Khan played a stormy inning of 30 runs in 12 balls with the help of 4 fours and 1 six. Pakistan scored 190 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Shadley Van Schalkwyk took 4 wickets for 25 runs in 4 overs.

In response, the USA team could score only 158 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Andries Goss made a partnership of 42 runs with Shayan Jahangir in 4.5 overs. Ghaus was out after scoring 13 runs, while Jahangir scored 49 runs in 34 balls with 2 sixes and 5 fours. This team lost 3 wickets till the score of 69. Milind Kumar along with Shumbham Ranjane made a partnership of 54 runs in 34 balls for the fourth wicket and took the team beyond 100. Milind scored 29 runs, while Shubham added 51 runs to the team’s account with 6 boundaries in 30 balls, but could not lead USA to victory.

For Pakistan, Usman Tariq took 3 wickets for 27 runs. Usman Tariq had a chance for a hat-trick with the wickets of Harmeet Singh (6) and Mohammad Mohsin (0) on the fourth and fifth balls of the 19th over, but could not capitalize on it. Apart from these, Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed and Mohammad Nawaz took 1 wicket each.

(With agency inputs)