Shoaib Akhtar’s one-line post goes viral after Pakistan’s exit from T20 World Cup

Pakistan’s T20 World Cup journey came to a disappointing conclusion on Friday with the team failing to qualify for the Super 8 stage of the tournament. Pakistan’s elimination came after the United States of America’s game against Ireland was ruined by rain. The USA earned enough point to take them to the Super 8 stage in their tournament debut. After Pakistan’s shock exit, former pacer Shoaib Akhtar expressed his disappointment with the result.

Going to X, Akhtar shared a one-line post, saying, “Pakistan’s World Cup journey is over.”

Pakistan’s World Cup journey is over.

-Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) June 14, 2024

Pakistan needed Ireland to beat the USA in their final group game against the Irish.

However, a draw means they can only reach four points. Meanwhile, the USA ended their group league campaign with five points from four games, joining India in the next round of Group A.

Pakistan were defeated by India in New York on Sunday in a tight game, failing to reach the target of 120. Before that, in their opening game in Dallas, they suffered a shock Super Over defeat to the USA.

Back-to-back defeats meant Pakistan’s chances of progressing to the Super Eight were already beyond their control. Once again, they had to rely on other results in their favor.

However, heavy rain and flooding in Fort Lauderdale in recent days dashed their hopes of advancing to the next stage.

The USA started the tournament with a convincing victory over Canada by almost 200 runs, shocked Pakistan in one of the biggest upsets of the T20 World Cup and then gave formidable title contenders India a run for their money , but the starting point of the team’s rise in the game was the morale-boosting T20I series victory over Bangladesh just before the final.

The US team is made up of eight cricketers of Indian descent, most of them on temporary H1-B visas that allow companies to hire foreign employees, who are trying to revive the sport 180 years after the country hosted the first international cricket match. cricket, between the USA. and Canada at St George’s Cricket Club in New York in 1844, 33 years before England and Australia played their first Test match.

The USA’s passage to the next phase also sealed their place in the group stage of the 2026 edition.

(With PTI inputs)