Why Pakistan are out of T20 World Cup even before playing their last match against Ireland,
The USA ended the group stage with five points from four games, and Pakistan, even if they win their last match against Ireland, can reach four points
Pakistan's Naseem Shah gets emotional after defeat against India in their Group A match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.The United States of America, in its maiden appearance at the T20 World Cup, made history by advancing to the Super 8 stage of the tournament after their last Group A match against Ireland at Lauderhill was washed out without a ball being bowled on Friday. Apart from ensuring the USA's historic qualification to the second round from a tough group, this washout also ended Pakistan's hopes. The 2009 champions were knocked out of the tournament.
The Babar Azam-led side will play Ireland in their last group-stage match on Sunday at the same venue, but the result of that game is irrelevant to the standings of this group. Pakistan's only hope of staying alive in the tournament was if Ireland had beaten the USA. Any other result would have knocked them out, and that's exactly what happened,
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