Pakistan vs Canada: Preview, pitch conditions, likely lineups and prediction

Pakistan will lock horns against Canada in their third match of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on Tuesday.

Pakistan are surely hitting rock bottom as they suffered defeats in the first two matches of the World Cup against the United States (USA) and India in Dallas and New York respectively and their chances of making way to the Super 8 of the tournament are now lingering on other results of the Group A games.

On the other hand, Canada made an impressive comeback after losing to the USA in their first match of the World Cup by beating Ireland on June 7 in New York and their skipper, Saad bin Zafar, sent a warning to the Green Shirts that they will come strong against them.

“It's one game — and one day — at a time, and we're going to come strong against Pakistan as well,” Saad bin Zafar had said after beating Ireland.

A win against Pakistan tomorrow would make things easier for Canada as they would have four points with just one more match to go. Their chances of qualifying for the T20 World Cup playoffs would still be alive. 

However, if Pakistan lose tomorrow, their campaign will be over as they will be officially eliminated with three successive losses.

Pakistan vs Canada match timings

Local time: 10:30am (June 11)

GMT: 02:30pm (June 11)

PST: 7:30pm (June 11)

Pitch Condition:

The pitches in New York have been supportive of bowlers as not even for once, a team managed to score 150 at the venue as the highest being posted by any team is 137. With no prediction of rain or clouds covering the sky, the pitch will continue to assist the bowlers.

Likely lineups

Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed

Canada: Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva (wk), Dilpreet Bajwa, Saad Bin Zafar (c), Dillon Heyliger, Kaleem Sana, Junaid Siddiqui, Jeremy Gordon

Prediction:

After a rough start to the tournament, we are expecting Pakistan to bounce back and win the match against Canada and stay alive in their pursuit of the World Cup Super 8.