The United States may be a perennial powerhouse in multiple sports, but cricket isn’t the first thing that comes to mind.

However, the upstart group scored a huge win on Thursday in Dallas during the T20 World Cup, which is being held in the U.S. for the first time, knocking off cricketing nation Pakistan in arguably the biggest upset in the history of the tournament.

Pakistan, who won the tournament in 2009 and finished runners-up two years ago, is ranked sixth in the world, while the U.S. is ranked 18th (out of 20 teams).

Both sides were tied at 159 runs after the regulation 20 overs, which meant a sudden-death super over. The U.S., however, held their nerve and knocked in 19 runs, holding Pakistan to just 13.

“It’s a big achievement beating Pakistan and playing for the first time,” U.S. captain and player of the match Monank Patel said. Patel hit a half-century, or 50 of his team’s 159.

Bowler Saurabh Netravalker was the super over hero, restricting Pakistan to their inferior total.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam was disappointed by his side’s batting performance.

“We didn’t capitalize with the bat and they took a lot of momentum. We lost back-to-back wickets in the middle overs. As a batting unit, you need to step up, you need to create partnerships, and we didn’t do that,” Azam said.

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So far, the U.S. now has two wins from two matches in the tournament, having knocked off Canada in the first game.

Pakistan is set to match against its archrival India in New York on June 9. The tournament’s finals are scheduled for June 29 in Barbados. The U.S. is co-hosting the tournament with the West Indies.