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India nearly made a mess of the modest chase against USA as they huffed and puffed their way to a 7 wicket win and power their way to the Super 8 in the T20 World Cup 2024.
Helping India cross the line was a responsible and unbeaten fifty by Suryakumar Yadav and left- arm seamer Arshdeep Singh’s impressive four-wicket haul .
Put in to bat, the Americans struggled as Arshdeep (4-9) dismissed Shayan Jahangir and Andries Gous in the first over while Aaron Jones succumbed to pressure when he edged Hardik Pandya (2-14) to third man.
With the hosts struggling at 25-3, Steven Taylor (24) fought back, hitting two sixes before he played on to an Axar Patel delivery that clipped the bails.
Nitish Kumar was the Americans’ top scorer with 27 but Arshdeep picked up his crucial wicket when Mohammed Siraj took a stunning catch near the boundary rope while jumping backwards.
Corey Anderson (15), Harmeet Singh (10) and Shadley van Schalkwyk (11 not out) did well towards the end to get the U.S. to a competitive 110-8.
India got their chase off to a shaky start as Virat Kohli was out to Saurabh Netravalkar (2-18) for a golden duck and captain Rohit Sharma (3) also fell to the Indian-born medium pacer.
Rishabh Pant (18) was bowled by Ali Khan and with boundaries hard to come by, Yadav (50 not out) and Shivam Dube (31 not out) rotated the strike to stabilise the innings and saw India home . India reaching 111/ 3 in 18. 2 overs a bit long given India’s fire power in batting .
Match: T20 World Cup, 25th Match
Venue: New York | Date: June 12, 2024
