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 – 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.

Canada: Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Dilpreet Bajwa, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva(w), Dillon Heyliger, Saad Bin Zafar(c), Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Jeremy Gordon, Nikhil Dutta, Rishiv Ragav Joshi, Rayyan Pathan, Ravinderpal Singh.

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

Babar Azam’s Pakistan side is fighting for survival as the 2009 world champions are up against Canada in match No.22 of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 co-hosted by the USA and the West Indies. Pakistan will meet Canada at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. Pakistan’s must-win T20 World Cup match against Canada is scheduled for start at 8:00 IST. The toss will take place in New York at 7:30 PM IST. Stay tuned for all the latest updates and live scores of the T20 World Cup encounter!