Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Wounded Pakistan eye Canada scalp; should Babar take Afridi’s advice?

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Amir bowling his second over. Pargat and Johnson have taken Canada to 28-1 in 4.3 overs. Amir has been impressive for Pakistan in the powerplay. Into his second over, the senior pacer has leaked just one run. Another dot ball by the Pakistan pacer. End of the over, another successful one by Amir. Canada 29-1 after 5 overs.

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Naseem Shah returns for the fourth over. So no Afridi for Pakistan. FOUR! The return is welcomed with a boundary on the first ball. In the air and safe – Babar makes a darting run, two runs taken. A dot by Naseem. Single taken on the next ball. New batter Pargat Singh is off the mark with a single. Canada 28-1 after 4 overs.

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Veteran Mohammad Amir has joined the Pakistani attack in the powerplay. GLORIOUS! Amir leaks a boundary on the first ball. Wasim Akram is worried about Pakistan’s start in the first six overs on the commentary box. Good comeback by Amir – back-to-back three dots by the Pakistan pacer. Amir’s wobbly seam has outsmarted Dhaliwal. He is on 4 off 5 balls. CLOSE! Right on the blockhole. Another dot ball by the senior pacer. Dhaliwal is struggling now. BOWLED! Amir has rattled Dhaliwal – Back of the length and Pakistan have the first wicket. Dhaliwal is bamboozled. Dhaliwal out for 4 off 7 balls. Canada 20-1 after 3 overs.

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Speedster Naseem Shah has joined the attack. Pacer Naseem starts off with a wide. FOUR – Aaron Johnson resumes the normal services in the second over. OUT OR NOT OUT? Naseem is confident, he is begging for a review. Will Babar take it? Time’s up. Johnson has scored all the (14) runs for Canada in the powerplay so far. He is the prized wicket for Afridi and Shah. BEAUTY! The Canada opener is beaten for pace. End of the over. Canada 16-0 after 2 overs.

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Babar Azam is already frustrated in the first over. Pacer Shaheen Afridi has been smacked for back-to-back boundaries in the first two balls. Great shot! Will it be three boundaries – Babar makes the stop. So 10 runs off the first three balls. Afridi is struggled to open the attack for the Green Army at the T20 World Cup. Aaron Johnson has earned 10 runs off the first three balls. He plays the next one a dot. Strong shout for LBW – Umpire says no. Pakistan opted not to take a review. It was drifting down the leg side. Full toss and dot! End of the over. Canada 11-0 after 1 over.

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Saim Ayub will open the Pakistani innings alongside Mohammad Rizwan. Babar Azam will drop at No.3 position. Iftikhar Ahmed is out of the playing XI for the must-win clash. We are all set for the national anthems at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.

Pakistan Playing XI: Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam(c), Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Amir.

Canada Playing XI: Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva(w), Ravinderpal Singh, Saad Bin Zafar(c), Dillon Heyliger, Kaleem Sana, Junaid Siddiqui, Jeremy Gordon.

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – After losing the toss, Saad Bin Zafar revealed that Canada would have also opted to bowl against Pakistan. Zafar asserted that his side knows that Pakistan are under pressure. The giantkillers will aim to pile more pressure on the crestfallen side in New York. “I would have bowled first as well. But we have seen teams have found it difficult chasing, so hopefully we can put the runs on the board. We have one change. We have been playing some good cricket and want to continue that consistency. We understand it is a must-win game for them and they are under pressure, put some runs on the board and put pressure on them,” the Canada skipper said.

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Speaking after winning the toss, Pakistan skipper Babar revealed that the upper echelons of the Green Army had a discussion at the camp after India’s impressive win. Pakistan are fighting for survival as another defeat will confirm the exit of the Green Army from the T20 World Cup. “We will have a bowl first. It is an early morning match and want to utilize the first six overs. We have one change – Saim Ayub is in. We have had a discussion and are focused on today’s game. We have a quick turnaround, we have no other option but to win this game. I have played against some of their bowlers,” Babar said after the toss.

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Babar Azam gives it a spin and heads is the call. Tails it is! Babar has won the toss. Pakistan have opted to bowl. Pakistan have made one change to its playing XI after defeat to India.

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Pakistan and Canada have only met once at the T20 World Cup. Pakistan are leading the head-to-head record with a solitary win. Can Canada restore parity at the T20 World Cup? Canada have already opened its account while Pakistan are winless. Toss update coming up next!

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Canada pacer Kaleem Sana has set his sights on the jackpot wicket of Babar Azam. He also wants to get the crucial wicket of Mohammad Rizwan in the T20 World Cup clash between Canada and Pakistan. “Since I bowl with the new ball, so my targets will (obviously) be Rizwan and Babar. Babar was in the rival team, while I played my last first-class match in Pakistan,” he told Geo news. Did you know? Sana played with Babar for 8 years. He was a part of the 2010 U19 World Cup squad. After a back injury, he shifted his base and joined Canada.

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Head coach Gary Kirsten knows how Pakistan can bounce back at the T20 World Cup. Under his watch, Pakistan recorded its second straight narrow defeat at the T20 World Cup. Pakistan are now in a do-or-die clash with Canada. “Some maybe not-so-great decision making when you’ve got the game on, it’s (at) a run-a-ball, eight wickets in hand, (it was) decision making at that point and that’s the game. I think we had the game at 76/2, with six or seven overs left at that point, so (it’s) disappointing not to get across the line from the position we got ourselves into.”

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Pakistan have recorded back-to-back defeats at the T20 World Cup. Babar Azam and Co. were upstaged by USA in the Super-Over thriller. Pakistan were then outclassed by India. The Green Army lost their first two games at a T20 World Cup in 2022. Pakistan have never lost its first three games at a T20 World Cup.

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Speaking ahead of Pakistan’s big-match match against Canada, former skipper Shahid Afridi opined that all is not well in the Pakistan dressing room. “A captain brings everyone together, either he spoils the team environment or he builds the team. Let this World Cup finish, and I will speak openly,” said Afridi, whose daughter is married to left-arm pacer Shaheen Afridi. “I have such a relationship with Shaheen (Afridi) that if I talk about him, people will say I am favouring my son-in-law,” he added.

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Former India batter Ambati Rayudu feels Canada are favourites in the upcoming T20 World Cup match against Pakistan. “Definitely Canada, the way they (Pakistan) are playing, anyone will beat them. I am not insulting Pakistan cricket. However, the way they are playing currently, any team will come out on top against them,” the former India cricketer told Star Sports. Do you agree with Rayudu?

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Former Pakistan skipper Salim Malik claimed that Imad Wasim deliberately wasted balls against India in the T20 World Cup showdown. Pakistani batters consumed 59 dot balls as Babar and Co. were restricted to 113 for 7 by India. “You look at his (Wasim) innings and it appears as if he was wasting balls not scoring runs and making things difficult in the run-chase,” Malik told 24 News channel.

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – After defeating Pakistan in the blockbuster clash, Rohit Sharma’s Team India will meet USA and Canada in their remaining games of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 co-hosted by the USA and the West Indies. Rohit and Co. are expected to top Group A. India’s arch-rivals Pakistan have lost back-to-back matches. However, Pakistan can finish second even after back-to-back defeats. To remain in the hunt for the Super 8 stage, Babar’s Pakistan will have to beat Canada and Ireland. Interestingly, Pakistan can still bridge the Net-Run-Rate gap with massive wins. The former champions would also require the USA to register losses in the remaining games. If Pakistan win the last two games and USA suffer back-to-back defeats with a total of 18 runs, Pakistan can join India from Group A for the Super Eight stage.

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Former Pakistan skipper Afridi feels it’s high time that the crestfallen side should come up with a formula at the T20 World Cup. Afridi batted for Salman Ali Agha’s return in the lineup for the Canada clash. “I think now is the time for Gary Kirsten and Babar Azam to make some changes. I would like to see Salman Ali Agha come into the side in place of Usman Khan and Abrar Ahmed to come in for Shadab Khan,” Afridi told ICC. He also feels Babar should make way for Fakhar at the top.

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Former captain Shahid Afridi wants Pakistan to make a few changes to the starting XI after the heartbreaking loss against India at the T20 World Cup. The former Pakistan skipper feels superstar Babar Azam should take the No.3 spot to accommodate Fakhar Zaman at the top of the order. Do you agree with Afridi?

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Legendary Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar showed no mercy on Babar’s Pakistan side after India outplayed the Green Army in the epic low-scoring encounter of the T20 World Cup. “I think I should have a template text ‘disappointed and hurt’ automatically set to be posted,” Akhtar said. “We should give credit to Pakistan, they tried their best to lose this game, I could not think any other way,” Akhtar added. The Rawalpindi Express asserted that he already predicted the downfall of the Green Army against India. “It was run-a-ball, nobody asked you to hit and do anything stupid. Shocking, surprised, disappointed, but that was expected.”

Expect the unexpected from Pakistan in ICC events. Runners-up in the 2022 edition of the T20 World Cup, Babar Azam’s Pakistan side suffered a shock defeat at the hands of co-hosts USA in their 2024 opener. Pakistan then lost the low-scoring encounter against India to make two defeats out of the first two games of the ICC event. Can Pakistan open its 2024 World Cup account with a win over Canada? We would like to know your thoughts!

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Speedster Jasprit Bumrah produced another match-winning performance for India as Pakistan were upstaged by its arch-rivals in the T20 World Cup. Bumrah bowled Mohammad Rizwan (31) to stage a fightback for India. With Pakistan needing 21 runs from 12 balls with five wickets in hand, Bumrah bowled a match-changing penultimate over. He leaked three runs and bagged the crucial wicket of Iftikhar Ahmed. Bumrah fired 24 balls and bowled 15 dot balls. “We want him to be in that kind of mindset till the end of the World Cup. He’s a genius with the ball,” India skipper Rohit said after the match.

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Pakistan were eager to make amends when Babar and Co. squared off against India in the blockbuster Indo-Pak clash of the T20 World Cup 2024. Batting first in match No. 19 of the ICC event, India posted 119 in 19 overs. Rishabh Pant scored 42 off 31 balls while Axar Patel made 20 off 18 balls. In reply, India restricted Pakistan to 113-7 in 20 overs to hand Babar’s men their second defeat of the 2024 event.

Pakistan vs Canada Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: PAK vs CAN – Babar Azam has failed to fire for Pakistan in T20 World Cups. The Pakistan skipper has an average of 20.11 since the start of the T20 World Cup. Babar has a strike rate of 97.31. The batting superstar of the Green Army has scored only 181 runs in nine innings. Babar’s form is in focus as winless Pakistan are up against Canada in a must-win clash.