NEW DELHI: Playing their first ever
T20 World Cup
, the United States on Thursday stunned last time finalists Pakistan in a
Super Over
thriller in Dallas to cause one of the biggest upsets in tournament's history.
As US pulled off a nail-biting win to secure their second victory in Group A, the 2009 champions Pakistan hit rock-bottom, succumbing to an associate nation.
Unable to defend 159 against US, the co-hosts managed an identical score to take the game into Super Over, which they won in a tense finish.
Pakistan, playing their first game of the tournament, looked all over the place and made lapses in all departments.
In one such instance, skipper
Babar Azam
's decision backfired after he ignored
Mohammad Amir
's advice to continue with the pacer.
After giving away just 4 runs and managing a wicket in the 15th over, Amir seemingly told Babar to keep bowling a pacer as US batters were playing spin well. But Babar instead brought
Shadab Khan
into the attack and he leaked 11 runs in the 16th over to ease the pressure.
In a video posted on social media, Babar's blunder was evidently clear as he made a critical mistake in ignoring Amir's advice.
Earlier, Pakistan recovered from a poor start to score 159 for 7 but the US plundered 14 runs from their final over to finish on 159 for 3 and send the match to a Super Over.
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The tournament co-hosts made 18 for 1 before restricting their opponents to 13 for 1 to seal a famous victory.
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