PAK vs CAN T20 World Cup 2024 Highlights: Pakistan beat Canada by 7 wickets to stay alive in tournament

And Pakistan have managed to get their first win. Rizwan has guided the team home

And Rizwan gets to his fifty. A hard-fought one and one he would cherish.

Pakistan are inches away from this. They need 26 from the final six overs and have 9 wickets in hand. Surely, they should get this

Pakistan are at 59/1 after 10 overs and in control of this run-chase. They need only 48 runs in the final 10 overs to win this one. They were 57 after 10 against India and needed 63 in the final 10

Pakistan have lost Saim Ayub after making a fine start. Dillon gets the first wicket as Ayub's dry run continues. He got an inside edge off it and the keeper takes a good one behind. Babar is in with Rizwan

Canada have managed to go past 100 and they finish on 106/7. Not a big total but there is something to fight with for the Canadians. This was innings of two halves. Johnson's 52 was the highlight for Canada but Pakistan bowlers did fairly well to not let them go to 130 or 140

Canada are seven down now. Saad Bin Zafar has been caught behind by Mohammad Rizwan. They are at 88/7 after 17 overs and look for a strong end. Can they touch 110?

And his lovely innings come to an end. He has been clean bowled by Naseem Shah. A good length ball that angled in. Johnson made room and went with horizontal bat, the ball stayed low and hits the timber. Canada six down now for 73.

Wow, he is batting so well. What powerful shots. He gets to his fifty in 39 balls with a six down the ground. His fourth of the innings.

Haris gets into the wickets column as he gets Shreyas caught-behind. Make it 101 please. He now gets Ravinderpal for a two-ball duck. This time caught at slips. Pakistan are back into this. Canada are five down for 54.

Imad does a good work at covers. He runs Kirton out for just 1. No Kirton-show today, who made 51 and 49 in the two innings before this game. Canada are now three down and have botched-up their good start. Canada 43/3 after 7

Shaheen comes for his second and he now finds his length right. He bowls back-of-a-length that holds it's line. Parbat has a poke at it and is caught at first slip by Fakhar.

Amir has got the first wicket. This is a good ball. From over the wicket, on a good length and seaming in after pitching to clean the middle-stupm of Navneet, Canada 20/1 after 3

Naseem is in from the other end and he starts well. He pitched the balls on good-length area and got some seam movement. He was confident of a caught-behind but there was no edge. Five from that. CAN 16/0 after 2

A good start by Johnson and not the best by Shaheen. Two back-to-back fours on the opening two balls as Shaheen missed his lengths, bowling full-tosses. A little bit of swing for Shaheen but a good start. CAN 11/0

And it's action time in New York on a fresh surface. The two Canadian openers Aaron Johnson and Navneet are out in the middle. Shaheen has the new ball in hand. A Johnson starts with two back-to-back fours.

We are little away from the action and both the teams are out in the middle for the anthems. Canada's 'O Canada' to go first followed by Pakistan's 'Qaumi Taranah'.

"Glorious day. It is going to be warm with the highest being 33 degrees. We have 70 meters on the right, 66 on the left and 73 down the ground. We are on a fresh pitch today. There is a lot of moisture in the pitch and the grass is nicely rolled in. As a team and as a bowler you would want to bowl first if you win the toss. It won't be easy and 130-135 will be a good total. You don't have to do much as a bowler and just have to bowl in the right areas. This is not the pitch to bowl slower balls, seam-up and get that lateral movement," Wasim Akram and Ebony Rainford-Brent say in their pitch report

One change, Ravinderpal is in for Dilpreet

Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva(w), Ravinderpal Singh, Saad Bin Zafar(c), Dillon Heyliger, Kaleem Sana, Junaid Siddiqui, Jeremy Gordon

One change - Saim Ayub is in for Iftikhar.

Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam(c), Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Amir

I would have bowled first as well. But we have seen teams have found it difficult chasing, so hopefully we can put the runs on the board. We have one change. We have been playing some good cricket and want to continue that consistency. We understand it is a must-win game for them and they are under pressure, put some runs on the board and put pressure on them.

We will have a bowl first. It is an early morning match and want to utilize the first six overs. We have one change - Saim Ayub is in. We have had a discussion and are focused on today's game. We have a quick turnaround, we have no other option but to win this game. I have played against some of their bowlers.

Pakistan have won the toss and are bowling first. Saim Ayub is in, Iftikhar is out

A brand new pitch will be used today for this clash. We have not seen any game on this pitch. Wasim Akram says there is a lot of moisture on it, there is grass on it too. This shall be good for bowlers to find the swing. 

Pakistan will need to be wary of Canadian batter Kirton. He 51 and 49 in the two games till now. He made 52 in Canada's warm-up game and Pakistan will need to keep him quiet

There is no chance for us to get complacent. If anyone gets complacent after two losses, then whoever it is, does not deserve to be playing for the country. You can't take any team lightly in T20 cricket. We have to be absolutely ready. The morale of the team is down, but this is the time we show our character. We go and play good cricket

Pakistan are still hanging in the tournament. They are not officially out but their chances are very slim now, like they were in 2022. They need to win both of their games and hope for other results to go their way too. More on this is here

Canada stand a chance to end Pakistan's campaign today. They are coming into this clash off a win against Ireland and have momentum with them. If they beat Pakistan today, it will be all over for the 2009 champions

This is it. This is the last chance. Pakistan face Canada in their third match of the T20 World Cup 2024 which will be the last opportunity for them to have any chance of reaching in the Super Eights. They have gone down to the USA and India and have no points in their first two matches. Babar Azam's team is in fourth place in Group A and need wins and some favourable results to go their way if they have to proceed further. Stay tuned with us as I, Varun Malik, take you across this game in New York.