USA cricket team, filled with office workers, pulls off huge upset over Pakistan

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One of the biggest upsets in sports history happened Thursday when the United States defeated Pakistan in the T20 World Cup of cricket.

The match was decided in a super over tiebreaker, with the U.S. beating Pakistan by five runs in the final.

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The United States' Saurabh Netravalkar celebrates after a win in an ICC men's T20 World Cup cricket match against Pakistan at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas, Thursday, June 6, 2024.  (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Perhaps the stars and stripes had homefield advantage with the tournament being co-hosted by the United States. The matchup was in Grand Prairie, Texas.

But Pakistan is a cricket powerhouse. The United States, frankly, is not. In fact, some of the team's players probably had to take paid time off to even play in the tournament.

According to Front Office Sports, one of the top U.S. players, Saurabh Netravalkar, is a principal engineer at Oracle who attended Cornell.

But that's just a day job. Now, he's a bowler (pitcher) on the global stage.

Oracle even congratulated its employee, dubbing Netravalkar its "very own engineering and cricket star.

The United States' Saurabh Netravalkar, center, celebrates with teammates after a win in an ICC men's T20 World Cup cricket match against Pakistan at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas, Thursday, June 6, 2024.  (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Another member of the team, Ravi Timbawala, is a manager at Foothill Pharmacy in Rialto, California, according to his LinkedIn.

And, according to ESPN Cric Info, Nisarg Patel earned a master’s degree in