NEW YORK: The 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 for 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.
Today, Saeem Ayub was included in the Pakistan team instead of Iftikhar Ahmed.
Other Players included Muhammad Rizwan, Fakhr Zaman, Usman Khan, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf and Muhammad amir.
