Preview: Pakistan vs USA at T20 World Cup – type, head-to-head, staff information | ICC Males’s T20 World Cup Information

Who: Pakistan vs USA
What: ICC Males’s T20 World Cup Group A match
When: Thursday, June 6, 10:30am native time (15:30 GMT)
The place: Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas, US
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USA will look to hold the momentum of their win within the opening match of the T20 World Cup once they meet an out-of-form Pakistan aspect of their Group A match in Dallas.

The co-hosts romped dwelling to a seven-wicket win over their neighbours Canada, due to a belligerent knock by Aaron Jones, and USA’s captain Monank Patel believes his aspect may cause an early upset within the event by beating Pakistan on Thursday.

“It’s T20 [cricket], as soon as we’ve got good 30-40 minutes on the sector, we are able to take the sport away [from Pakistan],” Patel informed reporters in his pre-match information convention.

“We’ve a imaginative and prescient to qualify within the Tremendous Eight [stage] and need to deal with one sport at a time,” he mentioned.

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The USA staff includes a mixture of gamers, most of whom are of South Asian heritage. Jones, their hero within the first match, grew up within the Caribbean whereas in addition they have gamers who started their careers in South Africa and New Zealand.

Patel insists it’s “good to have range” within the aspect however mentioned all of them come collectively once they plan for the USA.

USA can be cautious of the problem posed by the 2009 champions, particularly their captain and star batter Babar Azam.

“Babar is a superb batsman in all codecs [of cricket] so his wicket can be actually essential,” Patel admitted.

USA’s power lies of their skilled batting lineup however Patel mentioned his aspect will face a stiff problem from Pakistan’s tempo assault, particularly Mohammad Amir whom they must “deal with properly.”

Amir, who’s returning to a Pakistan World Cup squad after 4 years, mentioned he needs to “chip in” with common seamers Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah.

“I’ve come again to an excellent dressing room and we’ve got very clear plans for every participant,” Amir mentioned in Wednesday’s information convention.

The 32-year-old, who was a part of Pakistan’s title-winning aspect in 2009, mentioned the staff has moved on from their latest T20 collection loss in opposition to England and are prepared to begin the event with a win.

“In World Cups, there’s no margin for error so we’re mentally and bodily able to win.”

Pitch and climate circumstances

The event’s opening match was performed in Dallas and each groups have been capable of rating within the 190s, which can be an excellent signal for followers who’ve been left involved after the low-scoring encounters in New York.

The climate forecast is evident and sunny for the day match on the Grand Prairie Stadium.

Head-to-head

This would be the first assembly between the 2 sides in any format of cricket.

Type

Pakistan have had a blended run going into the event, successful a T20 collection away to Eire however dropping one in opposition to England final month.

USA can be brimming with confidence as they go into the match with a win within the bag and a 2-1 collection win over Bangladesh final month.

Pakistan: L L W W L
USA: W L W W W

Pakistan staff information

Pakistan must take a name on dropping skilled leg-spinner Shadab Khan to accommodate a four-man seam assault. They may additionally drop out-of-form wicketkeeper Azam Khan for top-order batter Saim Ayub.

Squad: Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abbas Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed

USA staff information

USA are unlikely to tinker with the XI that introduced them their first-ever World Cup win in opposition to Canada.

Squad: Monak Patel (captain), Shayan Jahangir, Andries Gous, Nitish Kumar, Steven Taylor, Harmeet Singh, Corey Anderson, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Ali Khan, Jessy Singh, Saurabh Netravalkar, Nosthush Kenjige