PAK vs USA Highlights, T20 World Cup 2026: Usman Tariq, Sahibzada Farhan Shine As Pakistan Beat USA By 32 Runs

Pakistan's spin mastery crushes the USA, clinching a 32-run revenge win in Colombo in their T20 World Cup match on Tuesday. 

Abrar Ahmed's pace does the trick!  Sanjay Krishnamurthi bowled, fooled by the faster delivery's trajectory. 

Shadab Khan's googly does the trick! Shayan Jahangir's big shot backfires, caught at long-on by Shaheen Afridi.

Shadab Khan strikes again! Monank Patel caught & bowled, licking his wounds after a thick top-edge off a slog-sweep attempt.

Nawaz strikes! Andries Gous falls to a slower ball, caught by Salman Agha after a big swing. Pakistan's first wicket!

USA's innings underway! Andries Gous and Shayan Jahangir face Shaheen Shah Afridi's first over in pursuit of 191. 

Pakistan has amassed a formidable 190, riding on Sahibzada Farhan's explosive 73 off 41 balls.

Harmeet Singh strikes again! Sahibzada Farhan (31) edges a flat delivery to Sanjay Krishnamurthi at long-off, USA breaks crucial partnership.

Babar Azam falls! Milind Kumar's stunning catch at long-on! Babar miscues a pull, Milind dives forward to take a tough chance. PAK 137/3 in 14.4 ov.

Farhan's fifty up! He puts up a solid knock, reaching the milestone in 27 balls with a pulled short ball for a couple.

Van Schalkwyk strikes twice! Saim Ayub (10) was caught by Netravalkar, followed by Salman Agha (0), mistiming a pull to deep backward square leg. Pakistan in trouble early on!

Farhan's on fire! Punches ball through mid-off for four, third boundary of the over. 13 off the over!

Pakistan's opening pair of Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub are ready to take on USA, with Netravalkar set to bowl the first over.

Monank Patel said, "We’re going to bowl first. Looks like a good batting track and there’s a consistent breeze here, so once we know the target, it will be easy for us to chase it down. We have two changes. Ali Khan is still injured, so Adil comes in placeof him. Sai misses out and Jahangir comes in. I think we played a lot of good cricket. There were a lot of positives from that game. One thing we discussed is that when we want to win against good teams, it’s important that we do well with both bat and ball. So the focus will be doing well in both departments in this game. We had a great game. First time playing against Pakistan, and the way we played was great to see. Everyone gave their effort, and we want to take confidence and motivation from that game and do well today."

Salman Ali Agha said, "We’ve got one change. Usman Tariq is playing. Salman Mirza is unfortunately missing out. We wanted to give Usman a game. I think he’s a match-winner and a trump card for us, so we want to use him. I think we all know there are things we need to improve.We’ve sat down and talked about that, and I’m hoping we’ll be much better today. We’ve been playing really good cricket over the last few months, and we just want to continue playing good cricket every single day."

United States of America (Playing XI): Andries Gous(w), Shayan Jahangir, Monank Patel(c), Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Mohammad Mohsin, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Ehsan Adil, Saurabh Netravalkar.

Pakistan (Playing XI): Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam, Usman Khan(w), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Usman Tariq, Abrar Ahmed.

United States of America have won the toss and have opted to field against Pakistan in their T20 World Cup 2026 match. 

USA Probable XI: Andries Gous (wk), Saiteja Mukkamalla, Monank Patel (c), Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Mohammad Mohsin, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Ehsan Adil/Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar.

Pakistan Playing 11 Probables: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Salman Agha (c), Usman Khan (wk), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed.

United States of America Squad: Andries Gous(w), Saiteja Mukkamalla, Monank Patel(c), Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Mohammad Mohsin, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Ali Khan, Saurabh Netravalkar, Shehan Jayasuriya, Nosthush Kenjige, Shayan Jahangir, Ehsan Adil.

Pakistan Squad: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam, Usman Khan(w), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Salman Mirza, Abrar Ahmed, Fakhar Zaman, Naseem Shah, Khawaja Nafay, Usman Tariq.

Hello and welcome to our live blog of Pakistan vs USA in the T20 World Cup 2026 at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo on Tuesday.