Pakistan will play their T20 World Cup 2024 opener clash against the co-hosts United States on June 6 at Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas. USA will look to cause an upset and extend their winning stint in the crucial clash in the mega tournament. The Men in Green were the runner-ups of the last edition of the T20 World Cup and they will hope to win the tournament this year. However, they were seen struggling in their last T20I outings where they lost the series against England.
This will be an important clash for Babar Azam & Co. but there are concerns over the proceedings of the whole match after rain already played spoilsport and causing a washed out the recent clash between England and Scotland on Tuesday.
After this clash, Pakistan will face India for their second match and that will be the high-voltage clash of the tournament. India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2024 clash will take place on June 9 at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.
Weather in Dallas
There is a flash flood alert in Dallas till Wednesday morning as per local time (Wednesday night in India and Pakistan). The flash flood is caused due to heavy rain in a short period of time. If the rain is heavy in Dallas then there are chances that the match will get abandoned.
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United States' recent T20I Outings
T20 World Cup 2024 co-host United States are on a winning T20 streak they recently beat Canada in their opener clash of the tournament and before that they defeated Bangaldesh in a three match T20I series by 2-1.
Squads
Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan
United States: Monank Patel (c), Aaron Jones, Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jessy Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Noshtush Kenjige, Saurabh Nethralvakar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor, Shayan Jahangir. Reserve Players: Gajanand Singh, Juanoy Drysdale, Yasir Mohammad.
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