During a crucial encounter against the Pakistan cricket team, Aaron Johnson smashes his first fifty at New York Stadium. The 33-year-old right-hander batter Aaron Johnson who made his T20I debut in 2022, scored 52 runs with a strike rate of 118.18 and single-handedly took the team’s score above 50.
Canada is scheduled to play in the 22nd T20 World Cup 2024 match against Pakistan on June 11 at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium. After suffering two defeats in the group stage matches, Pakistan is under pressure to bring in a victory for their side.
Pakistan lost two matches in a row against the United States and India. They are eyeing for a victory to stay alive in the competition for the Super 8s in the tournament. Meanwhile, Canada has one victory against Ireland and one defeat against the United States in the campaign.
A crucial half-century from Aaron Johnson ⭐
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Coming to the match, Pakistan won the toss and opted to bowl. Aaron Johnson and Navneet Dhaliwal opened the innings. Mohammad Amir picked the wicket for four runs. Navneet was bowled out as he stayed back to get a full delivery. But the ball swung inside the edge and stuck the middle stump. In the third over Shaheen Afridi picked the wicket of Pargat Singh for 2 runs. With Aaron Johnson continuing to bat, Canada scored 30 runs in the powerplay.
Nicholas Kirton was sent out on a run-out for one run in the seventh over. With the dismissal of Shreyas Movva and Ravinderpal Singh by Haris Rauf, Canada started to feel the pressure in the match by losing wickets at regular intervals. By the end of the 10th over, Canada lost 5 wickets for scoring 55 runs.
Aaron Johnson smashed a half-century in 39 deliveries with an impressive six. He was later dismissed by Naseem Shah for 52 runs in the 14th over. Saad Bin Zafar scored 10 runs before his dismissal by Amir in the 17th over. With Kaleem Sana and Dillon Heyliger‘s runs of 13 and 9, Canada scored 106 runs in 20 overs.
With a target of 106 runs, Mohammad Rizwan and Saib Ayub opened the innings. Saim Ayub was sent out for 6 runs in the 5th over while Babar Azam joined hands with Rizwan to score 63 partnership runs for the second wicket.
Fakhar Zaman scored only four runs before being dismissed by Gordon in the 18th over. With Mohammad Rizwan’s unbeaten 53 runs, Pakistan secured their first victory of the ongoing T20 World Cup season.
