United States’ Saurabh Nethralvakar, heart, celebrates with teammates after their win within the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup cricket match towards Pakistan on the Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photograph/Tony Gutierrez)
On Thursday, Crew USA had a surprising upset in cricket, defeating Pakistan — a cricket powerhouse — by 5 runs.
The win occurred within the group stage of the T20 World Cup, a match of the 20 greatest qualifying cricket groups on this planet. Thursday’s upset places the U.S. on the high of Group A, which additionally consists of India, Canada and Eire.
The win occurred after a tense tremendous over, a tiebreaking methodology in cricket much like a penalty shootout. The U.S. completed the tremendous over with 18 runs, which means that Pakistan wanted 19 to win; nonetheless, Crew USA held on and Pakistan ended with 13 runs, giving the Individuals the historic win.
The 2024 T20 match is collectively hosted by the U.S. and the West Indies; Thursday’s matchup occurred in Dallas, Texas. The house win is a very massive deal for Crew USA provided that cricket is basically not a well-liked sport within the U.S.
The U.S. subsequent faces India, one other formidable opponent in cricket, on June 12 for the subsequent group stage match.
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