{"id":43948,"date":"2026-02-10T19:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=43948"},"modified":"2026-02-10T19:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:26:01","slug":"pak-vs-usa-t20-world-cup-usa-pacer-shadley-van-schalkwyk-climbs-to-highest-wicket-taker-of-tournament-after-india-pakistan-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/t20-world-cup\/pak-vs-usa-t20-world-cup-usa-pacer-shadley-van-schalkwyk-climbs-to-highest-wicket-taker-of-tournament-after-india-pakistan-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"PAK vs USA T20 World Cup: USA pacer Shadley van Schalkwyk climbs to highest wicket taker of tournament after India, Pakistan matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan vs United States clash in the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 saw a crucial momentum shift during the powerplay as <strong>Shadley van Schalkwyk<\/strong> delivered a decisive over that pulled the game back in USA\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n<p>After Pakistan raced to a strong start, van Schalkwyk struck twice in the same over, first removing Saim Ayub and then dismissing Salman Agha, halting Pakistan\u2019s early surge. The double breakthrough came at a critical stage, breaking partnerships and forcing Pakistan to rebuild after an aggressive opening.<\/p>\n<p>The spell further strengthened van Schalkwyk\u2019s growing reputation in the tournament. With <strong>six wickets in just two matches<\/strong>, he currently <strong>leads the wicket-takers\u2019 list at the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026<\/strong>. His consistency across games has stood out, particularly against top opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, <strong>four of van Schalkwyk\u2019s six wickets have come against India<\/strong>, highlighting his effectiveness against stronger batting line-ups and underlining his impact with the new ball. His ability to extract movement and deliver timely breakthroughs has become a major asset for the United States in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>As the group stage progresses, van Schalkwyk\u2019s form with the ball is shaping as one of USA\u2019s biggest positives in their World Cup campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan vs United States clash in the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 saw a crucial momentum shift during\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":43946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4641],"tags":[4057],"class_list":["post-43948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-t20-world-cup","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43949,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43948\/revisions\/43949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}