The Green Team lost three early wickets inside the power play on Thursday in their opening game against the United States in their first game of the ICC T20 World Cup.
United States captain Monank Patel won the toss and elected to field against Pakistan in a T20 World Cup match in Dallas’ Grand Prairie Stadium.
Co-hosts the US came into this match off a stunning opening-day win over arch-rivals Canada, with this game Pakistan’s first in Group A.
Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed by Saurabh Netravalkar in the first over after Steven Taylor caught a blinder in slips.
Usman Khan was the next to depart after Nosthush Kenjige tossed the ball up who skied it to long off and was caught by Nitish Kumar.
Fakhar Zaman followed next after he scooped a mistimed shot to short third man.
Pakistan’s total stood at 35 for three after the end of seven overs.
Pakistan’s team included Mohammad Amir, 15 years after the left-arm quick starred as a teenager when they last lifted the T20 World Cup trophy. The 32-year-old, who was jailed for spot-fixing in 2011, only recently came out of international retirement.
Rizwan was also listed as Pakistan’s wicketkeeper after Azam Khan struggled behind the stumps during a 2-0 T20 series loss in England.
Corey Anderson, the former New Zealand all-rounder, was in the US middle order.
Teams:
United States: Steven Taylor, Monank Patel (capt/wkt), Andries Gous, Aaron Jones, Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan
Pakistan: Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wkt), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir, Haris Rauf
Umpires: Allahuddien Paleker (RSA), Michael Gough (ENG)
TV umpire: Paul Reiffel (AUS)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)