Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline The U.S. men’s cricket team is on the verge of making it to the second round of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup—a feat that would be considered a major upset—after a string of favorable results over the weekend following their shock victory against cricket giant Pakistan last week.
Team U.S.A pulled off one of cricket's biggest ever upsets last week by beating heavyweights .
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Key Facts Team U.S.A.
is currently ranked second among four teams in the tournament’s Group A, with four points from two wins in two games—level with table topper India, who are ranked higher due to their better scoring rate. The top two sides in each group will advance to the Super 8s round and U.S.
A.’s next two games are against India, the pre-tournament favorites and cricket’s financial powerhouse, and Ireland, who have lost both of their matches so far—including an upset loss to Canada. Team U.
S.A. will need to either pull off another massive upset by beating India in New York on Wednesday, or beat the low-on-confidence Irish team on Friday in Lauderhill, Florida, to gain two more points and end up with six points to reach the next round.
Having lost both their games so far, former world champions Pakistan can only get a maximum of four points if they win their next two games—so one more U.S.A.
win would guarantee the American team being ahead of them in the table. To qualify ahead of team U.S.
A., Pakistan will h.