Pakistan defeated Canada by 7 wickets in New York

In the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup group match, Pakistan secured their first victory by defeating Canada by 7 wickets.

Pakistan successfully chased down Canada's target of 107 runs in 17.3 overs, losing only 3 wickets in the process. Mohammad Rizwan played a crucial role with his innings of 53 runs.

Pakistan's innings commenced with Mohammad Rizwan and Saim Ayub taking to the field, but Saim Ayub fell for just 6 runs.

Captain Babar Azam, batting at number three, contributed 33 runs off 33 deliveries before getting out on the total score of 83.

Fakhar Zaman, batting at number four, couldn't make a significant impact and was dismissed after scoring just 4 runs while attempting a six.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to field, limiting Canada to 106 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

For Canada, Irwin Johnson and Navneet Dhaliwal started the innings, but Navneet was clean-bowled by Mohammad Amir after scoring just 4 runs.

Following Navneet's dismissal, Pargat Singh came in to bat, but he was caught by Fakhar Zaman off Shaheen Shah Afridi's bowling, managing to score only 2 runs.

In the ninth over, Haris Rauf dismissed Shreyas Movva, followed by Ravinderpal Singh's wicket on the fifth ball, reducing Canada's score further.

On the third ball of the 13th over, Naseem Shah bowled out Irwin Johnson, who had scored 50 runs.

In the 16th over, Mohammad Amir got Saad Bin Zafar out, who played an innings of 11 runs before being caught by Mohammad Rizwan.

Canada managed to score 106 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs, with opener Irwin Johnson being the standout performer with 50 runs.

From Pakistan, Mohammad Amir and Haris Rauf took two wickets each, while Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah claimed one wicket each.

Pakistan made one change in their playing eleven for the match against Canada, bringing in Saim Ayub in place of Iftikhar Ahmed.

The Pakistani playing eleven comprised Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Saim Ayub, Usman Khan, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, and Mohammad Amir.

In the previous match, Pakistan suffered a disappointing defeat against India, followed by another loss to the United States in their opening match.