Pakistan will start their T20 World Cup run against Monank Patel’s USA on Thursday, June 6 in Dallas. Babar Azam’s men will look to go one better than they did in the 2022 T20 World Cup where they lost to England in the finals at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. (Prediction| Preview)
However, USA will come into the clash with enormous confidence and form with them after beating, chasing down a huge total against Canada and will be hopeful of pulling an unlikely upset.
Pakistan Vs USA: Head To Head Record
The two sides will be meeting each other for the first time.
Pakistan Vs USA: Highest Wicket-Takers
Pakistan spinner Shadab Khan is Pakistan’s leading wicket-taker in T20I with 107 whereas for USA, it is Nisarg Patel with 27 wickets in the bag.
Pakistan Vs USA: Top Scorers
Pakistan run-machine Babar Azam has scored the most runs with 4023 runs to his name while Steven Taylor has amassed 742 runs for the United States being the top run-getter for the co-hosts.
Pakistan Vs USA: Best Bowling Figures
Umar Gul picked up a five-for giving away just six runs against New Zealand at the Oval back in 2009 which remains the best bowling figures from Pakistan. For the USA, it is left-arm seamer Saurabh Netravalkar’s 5/12 against Singapore.
Squads
Pakistan: 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
United States: Monank Patel (c), Aaron Jones, Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jessy Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Noshtush Kenjige, Saurabh Nethralvakar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor, Shayan Jahangir. Reserve Players: Gajanand Singh, Juanoy Drysdale, Yasir Mohammad.
