Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha (second from left) and USA’s Monank Patel on the toss for his or her ICC Males’s T20 World Cup match on the SSC Floor in Colombo on February 10, 2026. — PCB
The USA of America (USA) elected to bowl first after successful the toss in opposition to Pakistan within the twelfth match of the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 at Sinhalese Sports activities Membership Floor, Colombo, on Tuesday.
Pakistan and the USA have confronted one another solely as soon as in T20 cricket.
Within the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024, the 2 sides clashed in an exciting Group A match at Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, Dallas, on June 6.
Pakistan posted 159/7 in 20 overs, with Babar Azam scoring 44 and Shadab Khan contributing 40.
USA replied with 159/3, anchored by a stable partnership together with Monank Patel’s half-century.
The match was tied, forcing a Tremendous Over, the place the USA scored 18/1. Pakistan might solely handle 13/1, handing the co-hosts a historic Tremendous Over victory — one of many largest upsets of the match.
Taking part in XIs
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha (c), Babar Azam, Usman Khan (wk), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Usman Tariq and Abrar Ahmed.
USA: Andries Gous (wk), Shayan Jahangir, Monank Patel (c), Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Mohammad Mohsin, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Ehsan Adil and Saurabh Netravalkar.
Head-to-head
Pakistan and USA have come face-to-face simply as soon as within the shortest format.
Their solitary assembly got here on the earlier version of the T20 World Cup in 2024, throughout which the USA surprised Pakistan after the Tremendous Over.
Matches: 1USA: 1Pakistan: 0Form Information
Pakistan and USA enter the fixture with respectable momentum of their favour because the Inexperienced Shirts have only one defeat of their final 5 accomplished T20Is, whereas USA have three triumphs in as many video games.
The upcoming fixture marks the second recreation for each groups within the T20 World Cup 2026; Pakistan edged previous the Netherlands by three wickets, whereas USA succumbed to a 29-run defeat by the hands of co-hosts and defending champions India.
Pakistan: W, W, W, W, L (most up-to-date first)
USA: L, W, W, L, W
