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With uncertainty shrouding India recreation, Pakistan will look to keep away from an upset in opposition to the USA of their Group A recreation.
Who: Pakistan vs USA
What: ICC T20 World Cup 2026 – Group A
When: Tuesday, February 10 at 7pm (13:30 GMT)
The place: Sinhalese Sports activities Membership (SSC), Colombo, Sri Lanka
How one can comply with: Al Jazeera’s reside textual content and photograph commentary stream begins at 10:30 GMT
Pakistan shall be keen to enhance on their opening-day efficiency of the T20 World Cup, whereas the USA will look to trigger an upset when each groups meet of their Group A fixture in Colombo on Tuesday.
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Salman Ali Agha’s group have been heading in the direction of a shock loss in opposition to the Netherlands earlier than a lower-order rescue act took them over the road on Saturday.
A couple of hours later, the USA practically sprang a shock in opposition to defending champions India after they met within the group’s second fixture, however have been unable to register what might have been the largest shock within the event’s historical past.
Now, each groups meet in a vital second recreation that would form their destiny within the event.
Pakistan are famend for throwing kind and predictions out of the window, and the USA will look to capitalise on their opponents’ unpredictability to get their first factors of the event.
What occurred within the final Pakistan vs USA recreation?
The USA pulled off one of many largest shocks within the T20 World Cup’s historical past after they beat the 2009 champions in an exciting match in 2024.
The win, which got here in a brilliant over after scores have been tied following the regulation 20 overs, despatched shockwaves by means of the cricket world.
Pakistan’s star-studded group posted a meagre whole of 159 of their 20 overs, which the USA equalled on the final ball of their innings, taking the sport to a brilliant over.
Crew USA’s calmness trumped Pakistan’s nerves as they rewrote historical past books.
The 2024 event cohosts had by no means performed Pakistan in any format of the sport previous to the match.
Kind information: Pakistan
Pakistan entered the T20 World Cup on the again of a formidable sequence sweep in opposition to Australia after which received their first recreation in opposition to the Netherlands.
Final 5 video games (most up-to-date first): W W W W L
Kind information: USA
Regardless of the loss in opposition to India, the USA [please complete the sentence.]
Final 5 video games (most up-to-date first): L W W L W
Crew information: Pakistan
Pakistan are unlikely to alter the group that received the primary match.
Predicted XI: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha (captain), Babar Azam, Usman Khan (wicketkeeper), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Salman Mirza, Abrar Ahmed
Crew information: USA
The USA are anticipated to area the identical group that shook up the Indian facet.
Predicted XI: Andries Gous, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Monank Patel, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Milind Kumar, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Mohammad Mohsin, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar
