The United States won the toss and elected to field against Pakistan in their Group A game at the T20 World Cup. The U.S. made a winning start to the tournament by beating Canada by seven wickets at the same venue in the opening game of the event, which it is co-hosting with the West Indies.
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — The United States won the toss and elected to field against Pakistan in their Group A game at the T20 World Cup on Thursday.
Aaron Jones smashed 10 sixes in his 40-ball unbeaten knock of 94 in that game and eased the U.S. to the 195-run target with 14 balls to spare. The home team made one change and brought in Nosthush Kenjige in place of all-rounder Shadley van Schalkwyk. Pakistan has fallen back to its tried and tested opening pair of captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan after Saim Ayub couldn’t excel in the role of opening batter in the leadup matches to the World Cup.India, Australia open with dominant victories; Uganda gets its 1st win at cricket’s T20 World CupBad weather hampered Pakistan’s training sessions over the last week since it landed in the U.S. and its two practice sessions were moved to indoor facilities in Dallas.
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