Tech Giant Reacts As 'Employee' Saurabh Netravalkar Steers USA To Victory Over Pakistan In T20 WC

The United States of America truly arrived on the global cricketing stage, as they secured a historic victory against Pakistan at the Grand Prairie Stadium under the leadership of Monank Patel on Thursday. It was the USA's pace attack, spearheaded by Saurabh Netravalkar, that guided the team to stand victorious over one of the tournament's favourites. It was Netravalkar, whose heroics in the Super Over with the ball earned USA an internet-breaking victory, making the Mumbai-born cricketer a sensation on social media.

An engineer by profession outside of cricket, Netravalkar works for tech giant Oracle. Seeing their 'employee' become a superstar on the internet, even Oracle took to social media and extended greetings.

"Congrats @USACricket on a historic result! Proud of the team and our very own engineering and cricket star @Saurabh_Netra," the post read on X.

Congrats @USACricket on a historic result! Proud of the team and our very own engineering and cricket star @Saurabh_Netra #T20WorldCup https://t.co/adk6OZLide

Netravalkar, a 32-year-old left-arm quick, troubled Pakistan batters with his disciplined line and length throughout his four-over spell in the ongoing T20 World Cup.

Despite achieving figures of 2/18 in his four-over spell, Netravalkar made the headlines for defending 18 runs in the Super Over against the hard-hitting duo of Shadab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed.

Alternate realities and dreams unfolded on Netravalkar's every delivery in the Super Over. His spellbinding performance took the USA to an elusive maiden T20I win over Pakistan.

Netravalkar featured for the India U-19 team in the World Cup in his youth. Fourteen years later, he shattered the dreams of Pakistan fans who hoped for a winning start ahead of