T20 World Cup 2024 Biggest Upsets: The first week of T20 World Cup 2024 was fascinating. Something happened to some teams that they would have never imagined. Novice teams like Canada, the USA crushed Ireland and Pakistan. In the matches held in the last two days, 4 teams have been victims of upsets. Let us know all the 4 big upset matches, from America’s win over Pakistan to New Zealand’s defeat to Afghanistan, which happened in the last two days. Seeing these upset matches, the heartbeats of the champion teams have also increased.
USA Beats Pakistan surprising everyone, Biggest upsets in T20 World Cup 2024
The upset started with the US-Pakistan match, in which the host USA showed stars to Babar Azam’s team. In this match with Pakistan, the American batsmen first tied the match and then won in the super over. This defeat is no less than a nightmare for Pakistan. America has performed brilliantly and has won two consecutive matches this season.
Canada thrashed Ireland
America had just thrashed Pakistan and the next day Canada thrashed Ireland. This low-scoring match held at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York was thrilling. In this match which went on till the last over, Ireland needed 17 runs from 6 balls to win, but Canadian bowler Jeremy Gordon gave only 4 runs and made the team win by 12 runs. This was the second big upset of this season.
New Zealand’s humiliating defeat by 84 runs
The New Zealand team suffered a big upset when Afghanistan defeated them by 84 runs in their opening match of the tournament. After the brilliant batting of Rahmanullah Gurbaz (80 runs) and Ibrahim Zadran (44 runs), the Afghanistan bowlers completely dominated New Zealand.
None of the Kiwi batsmen could face the fiery balls of Rashid Khan and Fazalhaq Farooqui, as a result of which the entire team collapsed for just 75 runs in response to Afghanistan’s 159 runs.
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Bangladesh defeated the world champion
Bangladesh created another upset by defeating the Sri Lankan team that won the T20 World Cup in 2014. The Bangladesh team, playing its first match, attacked Sri Lanka and defeated it by 2 wickets. This match was also low-scoring, in which Sri Lanka could score only 124 runs while batting first. Bangladesh achieved the target by scoring 125 runs in 19 overs with 2 wickets remaining.
