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Troubles piled up for Pakistan after the Green Team lost two back-to-back wickets in the 13th over on Thursday in their opening game against the United States of the ICC T20 World Cup.
Pakistan’s total stood at 149 for 7 after the end of 19 overs.
Babar Azam and Shadab Khan took the attack to the USA after the Green Team lost three early wickets in the powerplay.
The pair sent Harmeet Singh for a 19-run over before the leggie was dismissed by Kenjige who subsequently got the better of Azam Khan on the next ball.
Runs dried up for the Green Team after they ended the powerplay with a run rate of exactly five. The loss of wickets resulted in attacking shots from skipper Babar however, to no avail.
Shadab and Babar held the fort until the ninth over before Shadab began to attack the American bowler to try and reverse some of the pressure. Two sixes in the first two balls and a boundary off the last from the 10th over helped Pakistan cross the 60-run mark.
Babar departed in the 16th over after he was trapped in front for a leg-before-wicket by Jasdeep Singh with Iftikhar Ahmed following his captain two overs later.
United States captain Monank Patel earlier 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 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)
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