New York: Pakistan beat Canada by 7 wickets to win the T20 World Cup for the first time.
In the match played in New York, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first against Canada.
Canada scored 106 runs for the loss of 7 players in the allotted 20 overs. Irwin Johnson played an innings of 52 runs on behalf of Canada.
On behalf of Pakistan, Mohammad Amir and Haris Rauf dismissed 2 players each. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah took one wicket each.
The national team achieved the target of 107 runs in 17.3 overs for the loss of 3 wickets.
Mohammad Rizwan scored a half-century against Canada while Babar Azam scored 33 runs, Saeem Ayub scored 6 runs and Fakhar Zaman scored 4 runs.
Pakistan’s fast bowler Mohammad Amir was declared the player of the match, he took 2 wickets by giving 13 runs in 4 overs.
Today, Saeem Ayub was included in the Pakistan team instead of Iftikhar Ahmed.
Other players included Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhrzaman, Usman Khan, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf and Mohammad Amir.