ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Pakistan secure first victory by defeating Canada

New York: Pakistan secured its first victory in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2024 by defeating Canada by seven wickets on Tuesday.

In this match, Pakistan's captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan established a solid partnership, positioning the team to successfully chase down the 107-run target set by Canada.

Earlier in the game, Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl first in the 22nd match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.

Prior to this win, Pakistan had lost two matches: one against the USA in a Super Over and another against India, where they narrowly missed the target by six runs while chasing 120.

ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2024: PAKISTAN VS CANADA 

Playing XIs:

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

Canada: Shreyas Movva (wk), Saad Bin Zafar (c), Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Dilpreet Bajwa, Nicholas Kirton, Dillon Heyliger, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Jeremy Gordon, Nikhil Dutta, Rishiv Ragav Joshi, Rayyan Pathan, Ravinderpal Singh.