The United States of America (USA) managed to pull off a shocking upset when they defeated Pakistan in the Super Over in the T20 World Cup 2024 match at the Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas, on Thursday, June 6.
The memorable victory for the associate team came after a high-quality bowling performance which paralyzed Pakistan’s top order and restricted them to a score of 159.
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Chasing the target, USA managed to tie the scores at the end of the regulation 20 overs, and further extending the game to a Super Over, where they successfully defended a target of 19 runs, leading to many experts terming it as one of the biggest upsets in the tournament’s history.
In this article, we look at some of the weaker teams that have defeated Pakistan and caused a major upset at the World Cups.
What are some of the biggest upsets faced by Pakistan in World Cups?
Here is a list of the biggest upsets for Pakistan in World Cup history, including both the T20 and 50-over formats, where a relatively weaker team has defeated the proud cricketing nation:
vs OppositionTournament & YearLoss Margin1United States of America (USA)T20 World Cup 2024Super Over2ZimbabweT20 World Cup 2022by 1 run3BangladeshODI World Cup 1999by 62 runs4AfghanistanODI World Cup 2023by 8 wickets5IrelandODI World Cup 2007by 3 wickets
Pakistan has been a part of two of the most thrilling, final-over upsets at the T20 World Cup – against USA in 2024 and against Zimbabwe in 2022. While they managed to comeback and feature in the Final, after their defeat in 2022, things look tricky this time around.
In addition to their upsets at the T20 World Cup, the one defeat that has haunted them at the World Cups is their loss to Bangladesh in the 1999 World Cup, who were only playing their first major world tournament that year. The recent upset at the hands of USA, even prompted former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akthar to remind fans about this upset, almost 3 decades ago.
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In the recent 50-over World Cup in India, their neighbours Afghanistan also managed to defeat them convincingly by 8 wickets at Chennai, despite setting the opposition a target of 283 runs to chase.
While the defeat to West Indies at the 2019 World Cup is not usually termed as an upset, it was a major defeat in the context of the tournament, given that the Caribbean team finished ranking 9th out of the 10th teams, winning just 2 out of their 8 matches, one against Pakistan and the other against Afghanistan.
Pakistan will take on arch-rivals India in their next T20 World Cup 2024 game at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York, on June 9.
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