Pakistan team was eliminated from the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 after the United States of America’s (USA) game against Ireland was abandoned due to rain at Lauderhill in Florida.
Both team shared one point each which sealed the fate of the Babar Azam-led team in the marquee event on Friday.
As a result of a washout, the USA qualified for the Super 8s of the tournament for the first time.
Meanwhile, for the first time in the history of the shorter format, Pakistan was knocked out of the T20 World Cup in the group-stage.
USA have booked a spot in their second successive T20 World Cup.
With the match being abandoned without a single ball bowled, both teams were awarded one point each and the USA made their way to the Super 8 of the T20 World Cup as they now have five points and Pakistan can no longer catch them.
India and the USA have qualified from Group A while Pakistan, Ireland and Canada will head home after completing their group matches.
The Men in Green began their campaign with a shocking defeat at the hands of the USA on June 5 in New York.
They later faced India on June 9 and were defeated by six runs, making it two-in-two defeats in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024.
Chasing a target of 120, the batting order of Pakistan collapsed in the middle and they were defeated by six runs.
In the last two editions, Pakistan made it to the semi-final in 2021 where they lost to Australia while in 2022, despite a poor start, the Green Shirts went all the way to the final but lost to England at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
Pakistan have played the T20 World Cup semi-final six times — 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2021 and 2022 — the most by any team and this will be their first group-stage exit since 2016 and only third overall.
While Babar Azam’s men triumphed over Canada in their third game, they were relying on Ireland to beat the USA who are placed second in the Group A with two victories in their previous three games.
Pakistan will play their last group-stage game against Ireland on June 16.
Teams still chasing spots in the Super Eight stage of the T20 World Cup 2024 have extra motivation to get the job done: a spot in the top eight guarantees direct qualification for the next T20 World Cup, in 2026.
The next edition will also have 20 teams like this one, with 12 automatic qualifiers: the two co-hosts – India (who have made the Super Eight) and Sri Lanka (who have not) – as well as the other teams in the Super Eight in 2024 (that’s seven, excluding India), and the three highest-ranked teams outside of these on the ICC’s T20I rankings as of June 30, 2024. That’s 12. The remaining eight spots will be decided through the ICC’s regional qualifiers pathway.
