DTVHINDI
On Tuesday, June 11, Canada and Pakistan teams faced each other in the 22nd match of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 at Nassau County Stadium in New York. Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first. Both teams made one change each for this match, Pakistan gave Saim Ayub a chance and dropped Iftikhar Ahmed and Canada included Ravinderpal Singh in place of Dilpreet Bajwa.
Canada had a great start in this match, but Mohammad Aamir broke the opening partnership by dismissing Navneet Dhaliwal on a score of 20 in the third over. After this, none of the Canadian batsmen could do much and all were out on single digit scores. However, while wickets were falling at one end, Aaron Johnson stood like a rock at the other end and scored 52 runs with the help of four fours and four sixes in 44 balls. Mohammad Aamir and Haris Rauf took two wickets each for Pakistan. Canada finished the innings at 106/7 in 20 overs.
Pakistan got off to a slow start in their chase. Saim Ayub was dismissed in the fifth over for just six runs, leaving the team at 20/1. However, Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam put on a match-winning 63-run partnership before the latter was dismissed by Heiliger for his second wicket.
Fakhar Zaman tried to finish the match quickly but he was dismissed for four runs in the 18th over. Later, Rizwan scored an unbeaten 53 to guide Pakistan to victory with seven wickets and 15 balls to spare. For Canada, Dilon Heyliger took two wickets for 18 runs in his four overs.
Canada’s Qualification Scenario: Canada can reach Super 8 even after losing to Pakistan
Canada has a tough challenge to qualify for the Super 8 stage of the tournament. They have played a total of two matches so far in which they have lost. In such a situation, if Canada loses against India, they will be out of the tournament. In such a situation, it is important for Canada to win against India but it will not be easy. Not only this, they need a big win to have a good chance of advancing to the Super 8 round as their NRR is – 0.439.
