Anand Mahindra celebrates US’s win over Pakistan cricket team at the T20 World Cup
cricket fans, business tycoon Anand Mahindra was also in a jovial mood as the American cricket team vanquished its Pakistani counterpart in a Super Over finish at the 2024 T20 World Cup game in Texas on Thursday.
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Retweeting a post that broke the news of the US cricket team’s resounding victory over Pakistan, the Mahindra Group Chairman wrote on X, “And Pakistan left the traffic light on green, letting Patel and the red, white and blue zip right past them! I stayed up to get some mild entertainment and what I got was a slice of history.”
The tweet became viral on the microblogging site moments after it was shared, gaining over 250K views and 8K likes. “That's probably like USA Cricket announcing «We Have Arrived, “ wrote an X user. “Yes, that makes two of us (among the million fans). Excellent cricket by the USA,” wrote another.
The U.S. needed 15 runs in their final over to surpass Pakistan's 159 for 7, with Aaron Jones facing seasoned paceman Haris Rauf. Jones hit the fourth ball over long-on for six but managed only a single on the fifth, leaving Nitish Kumar needing five runs for victory or four to tie the match and force a Super Over.
Kumar rose to the challenge, moving outside his leg stump and lofting a full toss over mid-off for a boundary. In the Super Over, Jones and Harmeet Singh scored 18 runs by running
