Anand Mahindra on Pakistan’s elimination from ICC T20 World Cup: “That is truly cruel …”

The US team cleared the group stage of the T20 World Cup on Friday, June 15, after its match against Ireland was called off due to heavy rains in Lauderhill; knocking out former champions Pakistan from the tournament. Friday’s match was one of the most-keenly watched matches as the fate of India’s arch rival Pakistan depended on it. The match getting washed out meant that both teams (the US and Ireland) got one point.The US ended the group league campaign with five points from four games and Pakistan even if they win their last match against Ireland can maximum reach four points.
The chances of the match taking place on Friday were always bleak as the state of Florida, where Lauderhill is situated, had been hit by a tropical thunderstorm, leading to incessant rains and flash flooding.

Internet on Pakistan’s elimination from ICC T20 World Cup

Pakistan crashing out of ICC World Cup T20-2024 due to the US-Ireland match getting abandoned got mixed reactions from people on the internet.
Commenting on the same Anand Group chairman Anand Mahindra termed Pakistan’s elimination “truly cruel”. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, “That is truly cruel. It’s much more fun to drown Pakistan out in a fair game than to have them drowned out by rain… (Angrezi shayari ki meri koshish),” wrote Mahindra.
Mahindra later also retweeted a comment from content creator Himanshu Baria. “In short – “Baarish tune kyu dhoya..hum the naa..!!??”,” Baria had replied to Mahindra’s post.

How Pakistan crashed out of T20 World Cup

Pakistan went down to India in New York on Sunday in a close game, failing to chase a target of 120. Before this, in their opening game in Dallas, they suffered a shocking Super Over loss to the USA.
The USA began the tournament with a convincing win over Canada chasing nearly 200 runs, and shocked Pakistan in one of T20 World Cup’s greatest upsets.