Match Details
Date: June 6, 2024
Time : 9:00 PM IST
Venue : Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas
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Preview
The USA will take on Pakistan in the Group A match of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas. After winning the first match of the tournament against Canada, the USA cricket team will be high on confidence to keep the winning momentum going irrespective of the opponent in their own den. Meanwhile, Pakistan, who are known to be perennial slow starters in tournament cricket, will have to be wary of the challenge posed by the hosts in the opening T20 World Cup 2024 match.
Pitch Report
The Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas has produced a couple of contrasting pitches in the first two matches of the T20 World Cup, with the first one delivering a high-scoring run chase, while the other one brought about a low-scoring thriller. The average first innings score at this venue in T20I is 150 after these two matches, but the USA and Pakistan have to assess how the pitch plays during the match to determine what could be a good first innings score.
Team Analysis
USA
Aaron Jones was quite exceptional in the 198-run chase against Canada, playing a major role in taking the USA over the line with 94 not out, an inning which included 10 maximums, while stitching together a match-winning stand with Andries Gous. In the bowling side of things, Harmeet Singh bowled a decent spell for the USA, but the rest of the bowling lineup will be needing to deliver better performances in the remainder of the T20 World Cup 2024 matches.
USA squad for T20 World Cup 2024
Monank Patel (c), Aaron Jones, Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jessy Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Noshtush Kenjige, Saurabh Netravalkar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor, Shayan Jahangir
Pakistan
Pakistan have arrived on the American shores after playing a plethora of T20I matches in the build-up to the T20 World Cup 2024, with the likes of Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan, and Iftikhar Ahmed getting some runs under the belt. The bowling department of Pakistan was quite decent with the ball prior to the start of the tournament, with the likes of Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, and Naseem Shah, who returned from injury, picking up a few wickets.
Pakistan squad for T20 World Cup 2024
Babar Azam (c), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan
Match Prediction
Conclusion
Pakistan will be slight favourites to turn over the USA in their T20 World Cup 2024 opener, owing to the better quality of players at their disposal. But they can’t afford to take them lightly at any stage during the upcoming match of the tournament.
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