The United States of America pulled off arguably the greatest upset in T20 history when they defeated Pakistan in a Super Over finish in a 2024 T20 World Cup game at Texas.
The hero of the win was 32-year-old Saurabh Netravalkar, who delivered an outstanding Super Over to defend 18 runs and ensured that his side claimed the two points which took them to the top of the points table.
Expectedly, the left-arm seamer became the talk of the town after the win with an old video of him singing and playing the ukulele going viral.
"Winding down strumming on our rest day! This song is a Great life lesson on the nature of the ever wandering human mind! Mann Udhan Varyache sung by @shankar.mahadevan sir! What a gem of a song!" Netravalkar had written in the video caption.
While chasing, USA ended on the same score, reaching 159 for 3 with skipper Monank Patel (50 off 38), Aaron Jones (36 not out of 26) and Andries Gous (35 off 26) leading from the front.
Aaron Jones (36 not out off 26), who played a blinder against Canada in their last match, lived up to the expectations again and in the company Nitish Kumar (14 not out off 14) took the match into the Super Over. With 12 needed off three balls, Jones smashed a full toss of Haris Rauf over square leg for a six and then got a single to bring down the target to five off last ball.
In the Super Over bowled by Mohammad Amir, USA piled up 18 runs, eight of which came from extras. Netravalkar then kept his cool and bowled brilliantly to give away just 13 runs for a famous win.
(With inputs from PTI).
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