Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan hit a swift half-century as the 2009 champions comfortably beat the United States by 32 runs yesterday, clinching their second straight Group A win in the Twenty20 World Cup. Farhan’s knock of 73 off 41 balls helped Pakistan post 190-9, before spinners Usman Tariq and Shadab Khan took five wickets between them to ensure that the US could not replicate their shock 2024 win over the South Asian side, despite Shubham Ranjane’s defiant fifty. Put in to bat first in Colombo, Farhan...
