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New York: America, which is hosting T-20 World Cup for the first time and playing World Cup for the first time, has created history. America defeated 2009 champion Pakistan in Super Over.
The match was interesting and the winner of the match could not be decided till the last over. The decision was made in Super Over. This was the second Super Over match of this World Cup. Before this, Namibia defeated Oman in Super Over.
Before this whole story, know that America is captained by Gujarat-born Monank Patel, he has played for Gujarat’s Under-19 team in India.
Saurabh Netravalkar is in the team, who has played Under-19 World Cup for India in 2010. Harmeet Singh has played Under-19 World Cup in 2010 and 2012. Jasdeep was among the probables for the 2011 Under-19 World Cup.
All four of them have contributed to the history-making American team. Especially Monank and Netravalkar.
Pakistan had given America a target of 159 runs. Babar Azam scored the highest 44 runs. After him, all-rounder Shadab Khan contributed 40 runs. Nostush Kenzige took 3 wickets and Netravalkar took 2 wickets. Monank scored a fifty from America’s side. Andris Gaus scored 35 and Aaron Jones scored 36 runs to tie the score.
Nostush Kenzige… He is the real hero of America’s historic victory against Pakistan. He put pressure on Pakistan in the powerplay by dismissing Usman Khan for 3 runs on the third ball of the third over of the match.
By taking the wicket of Shadab Khan in the 13th over, he broke the 72-run partnership with Babar. Not only this, he put pressure on Pakistan in the middle overs by dismissing explosive batsman Azam Khan on zero.
Heroes of victory
He came to open in the chase of 160 runs and played a sensible innings of 50 runs in 38 balls. He was defensive on good balls and hit boundaries on bad balls. He hit 7 fours and a six. Monank made 2 important partnerships in the top order. He was also selected as the Player of the Match.
After Taylor was out on a score of 36 runs, he took over the innings with captain Monank and took the team past 100. Gaus played an innings of 35 runs in 26 balls. Both added 36 runs.
Scored an unbeaten 36 runs in 26 balls. He scored runs at a strike rate of 138.46 with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes. Jones along with Nitish Kumar shared an unbeaten 48-run partnership off 35 balls in the death overs to tie the match.
