For the fifth time in the men’s T20 World Cup, a match ended in a tie
Sampath Bandarupalli06-Jun-20242:08
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5 Number of matches to have ended in a tie at the men’s T20 World Cup, including Thursday’s game between USA and Pakistan in Dallas. The game between Namibia and Oman in Bridgetown earlier this week was the previous tied match.2 Number of teams to have bagged wins in their first two matches at the men’s T20 World Cup, before the USA. South Africa won their first four matches, while Sri Lanka also won their first two. (Considering the results – win or loss – to have come after the tie-breaker – a bowl out or a Super Over)3 Instances of Pakistan losing to an Associate nation in a men’s International, including the defeat against the USA in the Super Over. Pakistan’s two previous defeats came at the ODI World Cup – against Bangladesh in 1999 and Ireland in 2007. Pakistan also played out a tied ODI against Ireland in 2013.3 Pakistan became the third Full Member to be defeated by the USA in men’s Internationals. USA won a T20I against Ireland in 2021 and beat Bangladesh 2-1 in a three-match T20I series last month.499 Difference in the T20I caps of playing XIs of Pakistan (706) and USA (207) on Thursday. Only one team has overcome a higher difference in experience to win a men’s T20I – 555 caps by India in successive matches against Ireland in August 2023.It is also the highest difference any team overcame to win a men’s T20 World Cup game, bettering the 314 by Sri Lanka (347) when they defeated Ireland (661) in the 2022 edition.
56.00 Babar Azam’s strike rate at the end of the tenth over with only 14 runs off 25 balls. It is the fourth-lowest strike rate recorded by a batter in the first ten overs of an innings at the men’s T20 World Cup, where they faced 25-plus balls. It is also the third-lowest strike rate for Pakistan in the first ten overs of an innings in men’s T20Is.3 Pakistan bowlers dismissed only three USA batters on Thursday. These are the fewest wickets Pakistan have picked up in a men’s T20 World Cup game (Across the 36 matches where they bowled full 20 overs).8 Wins for USA across the nine men’s T20Is they played in 2024. Their only defeat was against Bangladesh in the final game of the three-match T20I series last month. Until the start of 2024, the USA won only 11 of the 21 T20Is they played, including one win in the Super Over versus Canada.
